Average Republican Vote over History

[ElectionsGuy]

I decided to do a project where I typed all the percentages (rounded to the tenth) of the vote the republican nominee for president got in all elections from 1856 to 2012 for all states. Some states didn't start until the late 19th century or early 20th century. I finally finished today, and got the averages of all the percentages for the republican candidate. There is a margin of error since I rounded (its probably very small though, so no worries), but here they are:

1. Vermont - 60.2%
2. Kansas - 57.0%
3. Nebraska - 56.2%
4. Wyoming - 55.4%
5. Maine - 54.3%
6. North Dakota - 54.0%
7. Alaska - 53.7%
8. Idaho - 53.6%
8. Utah - 53.6%
10. New Hampshire - 53.2%
11. South Dakota - 52.7%
12. Iowa - 52.1%
13. Michigan - 51.7%
14. Indiana - 51.1%
15. Oklahoma - 50.8%
15. Pennsylvania - 50.8%
17. Ohio - 50.4%
18. Minnesota - 49.7%
18. Wisconsin - 49.7%
20. Connecticut - 49.6%
21. Massachusetts - 49.3%
22. New Jersey - 49.2%
23. Illinois - 49.1%
24. Colorado - 48.6%
24. Rhode Island - 48.6%
26. Arizona - 48.5%
26. West Virginia - 48.5%
28. Oregon - 48.4%
Nationwide - 48.0%
29. New Mexico - 47.8%
30. Nevada - 47.2%
30. New York - 47.2%
32. Montana - 47.0%
33. California - 46.6%
34. Washington - 46.4%
35. Delaware - 46.2%
36. Missouri - 45.4%
37. Kentucky - 44.3%
38. Tennessee - 44.1%
39. Maryland - 43.3%
40. North Carolina - 42.7%
41. Virginia - 42.5%
42. Hawaii - 40.6%
43. Florida - 37.8%
44. Arkansas - 37.6%
45. Alabama - 36.0%
46. Texas - 34.8%
47. Louisiana - 32.8%
48. Georgia - 32.7%
49. South Carolina - 31.7%
50. Mississippi - 28.9%
51. District of Columbia - 12.5%

Special Note: If a candidate wasn't on the ballot (ex: Lincoln in the south 1860) it is counted as 0.0%. But if a state didn't hold an election (Confederate States 1864) it is not counted as part of the average.

If you have any requests for certain time periods and certain states averages, I can get the averages off my excel page really easily. I plan to be doing one of these for the democrats too (starting at 1856 as well) and comparing the two sometime in the future.

[ElectionsGuy]

1960-2012 Average

1. Utah - 62.2%
2. Idaho - 60.0%
2. Nebraska - 60.0%
4. Wyoming - 59.7%
5. Oklahoma - 57.9%
6. Kansas - 56.4%
7. North Dakota - 55.6%
8. Arizona - 54.4%
9. Indiana - 54.0%
9. South Carolina - 54.0%
9. South Dakota - 54.0%
12. Alaska - 53.7%
13. Mississippi - 53.6%
14. Alabama - 53.3%
15. Texas - 52.6%
16. Kentucky - 51.9%
16. Virginia - 51.9%
18. Montana - 51.7%
19. Florida - 51.6%
19. Tennessee - 51.6%
21. North Carolina - 51.3%
22. New Hampshire - 51.0%
23. Colorado - 50.5%
24. Nevada - 50.3%
25. Georgia - 49.9%
26. Louisiana - 49.5%
27. Missouri - 49.0%
28. Ohio - 48.9%
29. Arkansas - 48.8%
30. New Mexico - 48.7%
Nationwide - 48.1%
31. West Virginia - 48.0%
32. Iowa - 47.8%
33. New Jersey - 46.8%
34. Pennsylvania - 46.4%
34. Wisconsin - 46.4%
36. Michigan - 46.3%
37. Delaware -45.6%
37. Illinois - 45.6%
39. Oregon - 45.5%
40. California - 45.4%
40. Washington - 45.4%
42. Maine - 45.3%
43. Connecticut - 44.7%
44. Vermont - 44.1%
45. Maryland - 43.5%
46. Minnesota - 43.4%
47. New York - 42.0%
48. Hawaii - 40.6%
49. Massachusetts - 37.1%
50. Rhode Island - 36.7%
51. District of Columbia - 12.5%

[NHLiberal]

Pretty funny that of the 50 states, VT has the highest Republican average and MS has the lowest. How times have changed.

[ElectionsGuy]

1856-1908 Average:

1. Vermont: 74.1%
2. Rhode Island: 61.0%
3. Massachusetts: 60.8%
4. Maine: 60.6%
5. Kansas: 59.8%
6. Minnesota: 59.6%
7. North Dakota: 59.1%
8. South Dakota: 57.1%
9. Iowa: 56.6%
9. Nebraska: 56.6%
11. Michigan: 55.8%
11. Wyoming: 55.8%
13. New Hampshire: 55.4%
14. Wisconsin: 54.8%
15. Pennsylvania: 54.4%
16. Connecticut: 53.0%
17. Washington: 52.9%
18. Oregon: 52.2%
19. Ohio: 52.0%
20. Illinois: 51.8%
21. West Virginia: 51.7%
22. New York: 50.8%
23. Indiana: 49.5%
23. New Jersey: 49.5%
25. California: 48.8%
Nationwide: 48.7%
26. Nevada: 47.5%
27. Idaho: 46.5%
28. Utah: 46.4%
29. Colorado: 45.0%
30. Delaware: 43.4%
31. Oklahoma: 43.3% (only one election)
32. Missouri: 41.7%
33. Maryland: 40.8%
34. Montana: 40.6%
35. North Carolina: 39.4%
35. Tennessee: 39.4%
37. Virginia: 36.1%
38. Kentucky: 35.7%
39. Arkansas: 33.1%
40. Alabama: 28.1%
41. South Carolina: 28.0%
42. Florida: 26.9%
43. Georgia: 26.3%
44. Louisiana: 25.4%
45. Texas: 22.7%
46. Mississippi: 18.2%

[ElectionsGuy]

1912-1956 Average:

1. Vermont: 62.6%
2. Maine: 57.5%
3. Kansas: 54.8%
4. Michigan: 53.4%
5. New Hampshire: 53.1%
6. Iowa: 52.0%
7. New Jersey: 51.7%
8. Pennsylvania: 51.6%
9. Nebraska: 51.5%
10. Connecticut: 51.2%
11. Delaware: 50.4%
12. Wyoming: 50.3%
13. Ohio: 50.2%
14. Massachusetts: 50.1%
15. North Dakota: 50.1%
16. Illinois: 50.0%
17. Indiana: 49.7%
18. South Dakota: 49.4%
19. New York: 49.1%
20. Idaho: 49.0%
21. Colorado: 48.9%
22. Rhode Island: 48.2%
23. Oregon: 47.8%
24. Wisconsin: 47.7%
Nationwide - 47.2%
25. New Mexico: 46.9%
26. Minnesota: 46.3%
27. Maryland: 46.1%
28. Utah: 45.9%
29. West Virginia: 45.8%
30. California: 45.6%
31. Missouri: 45.6%
32. Kentucky: 45.2%
33. Washington: 44.9%
34. Montana: 44.3%
35. Oklahoma: 43.2%
36. Nevada: 43.1%
37. Arizona: 41.7%
38. Tennessee: 40.5%
39. Virginia: 37.9%
40. North Carolina: 36.2%
41. Florida: 32.7%
42. Arkansas: 29.1%
43. Texas: 26.2%
44. Alabama: 24.5%
45. Louisiana: 21.3%
46. Georgia: 19.6%
47. Mississippi: 10.9%
48. South Carolina: 9.1%