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Mr. Smith
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« on: August 16, 2016, 12:37:42 PM »
« edited: August 22, 2016, 12:46:08 PM by L.D. Smith »

Thought this would be interesting to compile, especially after that thread with everyone's guess for what 2016's would be.  Here is a list of the most Democratic and most Republican state in each election since 1856 ("most" is defined by lowest percent, not margin).  For the 1860 election, the Northern Democratic ticket was treated as the Democrats.


Year  Democratic  Republican
1856        IL               OH
1860        MO             CA
1864        DE              NY
1868        OR            CA
1872        TN            VA
1876        IN             SC
1880        CA            CT
1884        NY             IL
1888        CT             IN
1892        NC             MT
1896        SD             KY
1900        KY              NE
1904        KY              MD
1908        NV              MT
1912        ID               VT
1916        CA               MN
1920        KY                TN
1924        OK                KY
1928        RI                 NY
1932        NJ                 CT
1936        NH                ME
1940        WI                 MI
1944        MI                 OH
1948        VA                 MI
1952        KY                 TN
1956        SC                 TN
1960       NJ                  CA
1964       ID                   AZ
1968       TX                   TN
1972       MA                   RI
1976       OH                   OR
1980       HI                    MA
1984       MN                   MA
1988       WA                   IL
1992       ME                    KS
1996        NV                    MT
2000        OR                NH
2004       WI                  NM
2008        NC                MO
2012        FL                 NC
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« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2016, 12:43:58 AM »
« Edited: August 22, 2016, 12:45:40 PM by L.D. Smith »

Continuing off the first post (which I cut because of work)...

Here is how I am defining our regions (West = Yellow, Green = Midwest, The South = Red and Northeast = Blue), and a list by region:



Now looking at the state's from last post here's what things look like

Year  Democratic Republican
1856    Midwest   Midwest
1860    Midwest   West
1864    Northeast  Northeast
1868    West        West
1872    South         South
1876    Midwest    South
1880    West      Northeast
1884    Northeast   Midwest
1888    Northeast   Midwest
1892    South     West
1896    Midwest    South
1900    South      Midwest
1904    South      Northeast
1908    West         West
1912    West      Northeast
1916    West      Midwest
1920    South       South
1924    South       South
1928    Northeast       Northeast
1932    Northeast       Northeast
1936    Northeast       Northeast
1940    Midwest       Midwest
1944    Midwest       Midwest
1948    South           Midwest
1952    South       South
1956    South       South
1960    Northeast            West
1964    West       West
1968    South       South
1972    Northeast       Northeast
1976    Midwest             West
1980    West                Northeast
1984    Midwest              Northeast
1988    West             Midwest
1992    Northeast              Midwest
1996    West        West
2000    West              Northeast
2004    Midwest              West
2008    South                     Midwest
2012    South       South


Anyone else find it interesting how for three decades the narrowest states were in the same region, and they switched by the era [Harding-Coolidge = South, Great Depression = Northeast, WWII =Midwest]?
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« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2016, 07:50:30 AM »

Dubya must have been doing something right in Wisconsin in 00/04.
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« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2016, 07:59:41 AM »

As a reverse of the above, Reagan and Massachusetts and Eisenhower with Wisconsin
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« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2016, 07:16:33 PM »

Wasn't Gore's margin in New Mexico smaller than in Wisconsin? I remember it being decided by only about 300 votes...
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« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2016, 07:38:58 PM »

Wasn't Gore's margin in New Mexico smaller than in Wisconsin? I remember it being decided by only about 300 votes...

Just what I was thinking, but then I read the OP:

("most" is defined by lowest percent, not margin)



But I think the percentage was smaller there, as well.

https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=35&f=1&off=0&elect=0

Gore won NM by .06%

https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=55&f=1&off=0&elect=0

He won WI by .22%
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« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2016, 08:51:46 PM »

Wasn't Gore's margin in New Mexico smaller than in Wisconsin? I remember it being decided by only about 300 votes...

Just what I was thinking, but then I read the OP:

("most" is defined by lowest percent, not margin)



But I think the percentage was smaller there, as well.

https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=35&f=1&off=0&elect=0

Gore won NM by .06%

https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=55&f=1&off=0&elect=0

He won WI by .22%

Yeah, but he's talking about the percentage of votes the Democratic candidate received, not the margin. Gore got 47.91% of the vote in NM, but only 47.83% in WI, so WI was "less Democratic" than NM. Smiley
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« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2016, 11:35:45 PM »

Wasn't Gore's margin in New Mexico smaller than in Wisconsin? I remember it being decided by only about 300 votes...

Just what I was thinking, but then I read the OP:

("most" is defined by lowest percent, not margin)



But I think the percentage was smaller there, as well.

https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=35&f=1&off=0&elect=0

Gore won NM by .06%

https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=55&f=1&off=0&elect=0

He won WI by .22%

Yeah, but he's talking about the percentage of votes the Democratic candidate received, not the margin. Gore got 47.91% of the vote in NM, but only 47.83% in WI, so WI was "less Democratic" than NM. Smiley

Precisely

1960 would be wrong too, since Hawaii was the smallest margin for JFK, nonetheless it was still more Democratic than New Jersey.
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« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2016, 11:41:50 PM »

Ah, got it. In that case, Utah could definitely be the state Trump wins with the smallest amount of the vote. For Hillary, it's a little less certain. Maybe North Carolina.
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« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2016, 04:12:36 AM »

Wasn't Gore's margin in New Mexico smaller than in Wisconsin? I remember it being decided by only about 300 votes...

Just what I was thinking, but then I read the OP:

("most" is defined by lowest percent, not margin)



But I think the percentage was smaller there, as well.

https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=35&f=1&off=0&elect=0

Gore won NM by .06%

https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2000&fips=55&f=1&off=0&elect=0

He won WI by .22%

Yeah, but he's talking about the percentage of votes the Democratic candidate received, not the margin. Gore got 47.91% of the vote in NM, but only 47.83% in WI, so WI was "less Democratic" than NM. Smiley

By that measure then Gore's should be Oregon, because he got 46.96% of the vote in Oregon.
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