Florida in 1992

[CARLHAYDEN]

Well Joe, others are entirely correct about Georgia being a traditionally Democrat state provided that the Democrat nominee wasn't a vocal liberal (like McGovern to Dukakis).

Now, with respect to the Florida/Montana comparison, lets first look at the numbers:

State     Party                           Year
                           1988          1992          Comparison

Florida

             Rep          61%         41%               -20
   
             Dem         36            36                      0

             Ind                           20                  +20

Montana

             Rep           52           35                   -17

             Dem          46           38                   -  8

             Ind                           26                   +26

Essentially, what happened is that Bush's victory margin was considerably smaller in Montana in 88 than in Florida, such that the Perot candidacy hurt him worse there.

[CARLHAYDEN]

Is there a typo somewhere? or am I adding things up that shouldnt be added.

State     Party                           Year
                           1988          1992          Comparison

Florida

             Rep          61%         41%               -20
  
             Dem         46            46                      0

             Ind                           20                  +20
                            ____
                            107%???

You are right.  The 46 should have been 36.  Sorry about the typo.