States unanimous in counties

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

For Obama:
Hawaii
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Vermont

Gone from 2008:
Connecticut
New Hampshire

For Romney:
Oklahoma

New from 2008:
Utah
West Virginia

West Virginia is the only big surprise, though I'm quite disappointed in Connecticut and Utah. I also love that the Republicans have yet to win a county in Massachusetts in 20 years, not even with a former Governor of it, and that the last Democrat to lose counties in Massachusetts WAS from Massachusetts.

[fezzyfestoon]

I also love that the Republicans have yet to win a county in Massachusetts in 20 years, not even with a former Governor of it, and that the last Democrat to lose counties in Massachusetts WAS from Massachusetts.

Yeah, that's pretty amusing, isn't it?

[nclib]

I also love that the Republicans have yet to win a county in Massachusetts in 20 years, not even with a former Governor of it, and that the last Democrat to lose counties in Massachusetts WAS from Massachusetts.

Yeah, that's pretty amusing, isn't it?

Ironic, though that has more to do with the fact that 1988 was the last solid (nationally) Republican election. With a uniform swing, only Plymouth would have gone GOP since then, and only in 2000, 2004, and 2012.

For Senate, Hirono (HI), Carper (DE), King (ME), and Barrasso (WY), have won every county with Sanders (VT) and Whitehouse (RI) likely.

[mileslunn]

Has West Virginia ever gone solidly Republican in every county before?  This was not too long ago a fairly Democrat state.  After all it was the only state Dukakis carried that Obama didn't and likewise Clinton carried it twice.  Mondale and McGovern may have not won the state but they did better than Obama did in 2012.  Mind you a lot probably has to do with the fact the Democrats traditionally were strongest in the coal areas and Obama is seen as the antithesis of coal production.  Interestingly enough in Ohio he had a strong second place in the coal counties and he only narrowly won those in 2008 so it seems the swing there was much weaker than West Virginia and Pennsylvania; in fact had it been as strong as West Virginia it might have hurt his chances at winning Ohio.

[Eraserhead]

Romney's performance in Massachusetts was comically bad.

[memphis]

Romney's performance in Massachusetts was comically bad.

^^^^^^^^^^^^
Romney's losing margin in MA (in percent) was larger than Gore's in TN, McGovern's in SD, and Landon's in KS combined. Either the home state boost is dead or Massachusetts really doesn't like Romney or both.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Romney's performance in Massachusetts was comically bad.

^^^^^^^^^^^^
Romney's losing margin in MA (in percent) was larger than Gore's in TN, McGovern's in SD, and Landon's in KS combined. Either the home state boost is dead or Massachusetts really doesn't like Romney or both.

The second, clearly.

[mileslunn]

To be fair to Romney, Massachusetts was the only state in the Northeast he did better than Bush in 2004, so one could argue it just wasn't winneable for the GOP no matter who they choose.  I think his loss in Michigan and his running mate's state of Wisconsin are more significant and those are far more winneable never mind they weren't exactly close like they were in 2000 and 2004. 

[Antonio the Sixth]

To be fair to Romney, Massachusetts was the only state in the Northeast he did better than Bush in 2004, so one could argue it just wasn't winneable for the GOP no matter who they choose.  I think his loss in Michigan and his running mate's state of Wisconsin are more significant and those are far more winneable never mind they weren't exactly close like they were in 2000 and 2004. 

But the fact MA trended toward Obama is pretty unforgivable.

[Brittain33]

To be fair to Romney, Massachusetts was the only state in the Northeast he did better than Bush in 2004, so one could argue it just wasn't winneable for the GOP no matter who they choose. 

It certainly wasn't winnable for any Republican, but Romney didn't have to lose in such a landslide to a candidate who wasn't quite as good a fit for Massachusetts as John Kerry.

[hopper]

To be fair to Romney, Massachusetts was the only state in the Northeast he did better than Bush in 2004, so one could argue it just wasn't winneable for the GOP no matter who they choose.  I think his loss in Michigan and his running mate's state of Wisconsin are more significant and those are far more winneable never mind they weren't exactly close like they were in 2000 and 2004. 

But the fact MA trended toward Obama is pretty unforgivable.

Still when the next edition of the Partisin Voter Index(2008-2012) cames out Massachusetts will move from D+12(2004-2008 cycle) to D+11(2008-2012 cycle) I believe.