States that voted closest to national average

[Fritz]

File this under Stupid Things People Do on the Atlas Forum.

Year	Winner	State
1824	Jackson*	New Jersey
1828	Jackson	Indiana
1832	Jackson	Maine
1836	Van Buren	Connecticut
1840	Harrison	Mississippi
1844	Polk	New York
1848	Taylor	Connecticut
1852	Pierce	Rhode Island, New York, Iowa
1856	Buchanan	New Jersey
1860	Lincoln	California
1864	Lincoln	Maryland
1868	Grant	Pennsylvania
1872	Grant	Louisiana
1876	Tilden*	Connecticut, New York
1880	Garfield	Indiana
1884	Cleveland	Connecticut, New York
1888	Cleveland*	Connecticut
1892	Cleveland	California, Indiana, West Virginia
1896	Mckinley	Ohio
1900	Mckinley	Ohio, Kansas, Maryland
1904	Roosevelt	New Jersey
1908	Taft	Kansas, Ohio
1912	Wilson	Colorado, Indiana, West Virginia
1916	Wilson	Kansas, New Mexico
1920	Harding	Oregon
1924	Coolidge	New York
1928	Hoover	Montana, New Hampshire, West Virgrinia
1932	Roosevelt	Iowa
1936	Roosevelt	Wyoming, Colorado
1940	Roosevelt	Delaware
1944	Roosevelt	New Mexico
1948	Truman	Idaho, Wisconsin, Virginia
1952	Eisenhower	Minnesota, New Mexico
1956	Eisenhower	New Mexico, Nevada, Florida
1960	Kennedy	Illinois
1964	Johnson	Delaware, Colorado
1968	Nixon	Missouri
1972	Nixon	Maryland
1976	Carter	Hawaii
1980	Reagan	Ohio
1984	Reagan	Ohio
1988	Bush	Michigan, Colorado
1992	Clinton	Iowa
1996	Clinton	Pennsylvania
2000	Gore*	Iowa
2004	Bush	Ohio, Nevada
2008	Obama	Virginia
2012	Obama	Virginia

[barfbag]

Very interesting and thanks!

[Fritz]

States appearing most often are Connecticut, Ohio, New York, and Iowa.

[barfbag]

Recently Ohio seems like the big one.

[SingingAnalyst]

OH voted within 2 points of national average, including minor parties, in 1968-84 as well as 2004 and 2012. MI, OH and IL were each within 2 points, including minor parties, in 1980. MI was within a point in 1984, 88 and 92.

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Interesting!