STATE % Dem
Massachusetts 96.46140023
Maryland 88.42451874
New York 85.44064834
Washington 85.1797862
Illinois 81.73187205
New Jersey 81.62087912
Rhode Island 81.29055516
Hawaii 81.18767507
Wisconsin 77.07431457
Michigan 76.78058783
Arkansas 75.30612245
Connecticut 73.9325134
Delaware 72.33449477
West Virginia 72.33053221
Oregon 70.34013605
Vermont 70.03217503
California 69.44923061
Pennsylvania 64.30586318
New Hampshire 60.0503663
Maine 58.83303657
Montana 57.35642136
Minnesota 56.01163089
North Dakota 54.25531915
Colorado 53.46938776
Iowa 53.28571429
STATE % Rep
Idaho 93.26530612
Alaska 87.5
Utah 87.48768473
South Carolina 83.23445225
Texas 82.36539939
Georgia 81.96833095
Nebraska 80
Wyoming 78.33333333
Alabama 78.15149137
Mississippi 76.49972978
Florida 70.52941176
Kansas 69.62857143
Oklahoma 69.49080622
Missouri 67.26011468
Arizona 65.95238095
Indiana 65.63492063
Nevada 64.96598639
Louisiana 64.46232339
Kentucky 63.84427284
Tennessee 63.21742773
South Dakota 61.2244898
North Carolina 61.06959707
Ohio 54.04040404
Virginia 53.48484848
New Mexico 50.01478852
BEST BUDS (Neighboring states with margin difference less than 3)
0.28 - Kansas and Oklahoma
0.59 - Michigan and Wisconsin
1.25 - Tennessee and Kentucky
1.97 - Arizona and Nevada
2.43 - New Hampshire and Maine
2.53 - South Carolina and Georgia
MORTAL ENEMIES (Neighboring states with margin differences greater than 100)
101.24 - Idaho and Montana
103.61 - Arkansas and Mississippi
115.34 - Arkansas and Texas
127.21 - Idaho and Oregon
137.38 - Alaska and Hawaii*
145.36 - Alaska and Washington*
156.89 - Idaho and Washington
*Close enough!
I calculated these numbers using a slightly modifed version of what I have used before. I gave one point for which party's Presidential candidate won the state in 2004, one point for what party the governor is, and one point each to the party of the Senators. I gave one point for the state's overall house delegation (If a state has 4 Representatives and 2 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans, then each party got 0.5 points). I used a similar method for the state legislatures. One point for the lower house and one point for the upper house. (If a house was 60 D - 40 R, then the Democrats received 0.6 points and the Republicans received 0.4 points). This added up to 7 total points in 49 states and 5 in Nebraska. I put Sanders and Lieberman as Democrats. I put Jore as a Republican and the VT Progressives as Democrats, and ignored the other indies/third parties in the state legislatures because I was too lazy to look them up (and if they were indies too lazy to find out which party if any they caucused with). A minor detail, hopefully, though if people complain I might "fix" it. I didn't do any data for DC but figured it was >90% because of its non-voting Rep. being a Dem and because it voted for Kerry.
This data is meant to show each party's strength in and control over the fifty states. Interestingly enough, there are 25 Democratic states and 25 Republican states.
