Rank the states in each region from most to least Democratic-friendly

[Cynthia]

Northeast

1. New York
2. Connecticut
3. Maryland
4. Rhode Island
5. Vermont
6. Delaware
7. Massachusetts
8. New Jersey (no statewide office except governor, D control in legislature, but doesn't mean much)
9. Virginia
10. Maine
11. New Hampshire (unified Republican government, unified R government for a long time)

Southeast

1. North Carolina
2. Kentucky
3. West Virginia
4. Florida
5. Georgia
6. Louisiana
7. Mississippi
8. Arkansas
9. South Carolina 
10. Tennessee
11. Alabama

Southwest

1. New Mexico
2. Arizona
3. Oklahoma
4. Texas

Midwest

1. Illinois
2. Minnesota
3. Pennsylvania
4. Wisconsin
5. Missouri
6. Michigan
7. Iowa
8. Indiana
9. Kansas
10. North Dakota (at least there's a Democratic Sen.)
11. Ohio
12. Nebraska
13. South Dakota

West

1. California
2. Hawaii
3. Washington
4. Oregon
5. Colorado
6. Montana
7. Nevada
8. Alaska
9. Wyoming (Dave Freudenthal used to be governor)
10. Utah
11. Idaho