Observations:10% of the time, both parties have lost
22% of the time, both parties have won
68% of the time, one party won and one party lost
- 27% of the time, Dems won/GOP lost
- 41% of the time, GOP won/Dems lost
Only 4 out of the 26 elections in the past century have had conventions where either both parties won or lost their respective convention states. In the remaining 22, one party won while one party lost. Prior to that, both parties winning their conventions' states occurred about half the time.