national elections

Former President Donald Trump quickly took the lead on election night, including in all of the swing states that either presidential candidate needed to win. By the next morning, Trump crossed the threshold of 270 electoral votes. Aside from his quick win, there are also other big ones, nail-biters and monumental losses that stand out in history.

In 1964, the so-called solid South was Democratic - more out of tradition and protocol than policy. Both national parties took the South and Alabama for…