How many times has your state voted for the winning presidential candidate?

[Joe Republic]

Green denotes that that candidate won the election; red denotes they lost.


Ohio

1804: Jefferson
1808: Madison
1812: Madison
1816: Monroe
1820: Monroe
1824: Clay
1828: Jackson
1832: Jackson
1836: Harrison
1840: Harrison
1844: Clay
1848: Cass
1852: Pierce
1856: Frémont
1860: Lincoln
1864: Lincoln
1868: Grant
1872: Grant
1876: Hayes
1880: Garfield
1884: Blaine
1888: Harrison
1892: Harrison
1896: McKinley
1900: McKinley
1904: Roosevelt
1908: Taft
1912: Wilson
1916: Wilson
1920: Harding
1924: Coolidge
1928: Hoover
1932: Roosevelt
1936: Roosevelt
1940: Roosevelt
1944: Dewey
1948: Truman
1952: Eisenhower
1956: Eisenhower
1960: Nixon
1964: Johnson
1968: Nixon
1972: Nixon
1976: Carter
1980: Reagan
1984: Reagan
1988: Bush
1992: Clinton
1996: Clinton
2000: Bush
2004: Bush


Ohio is an 82.4% bellwether state.  Not too shabby.

[True Democrat]

Times it's been wrong:
2004: Kerry
2000: Gore
1968: Humphrey
1948: Dewey
1932: Hoover
1916: Hughes
1912: Roosevelt
1892: Harrison
1884: Blaine
1824: Jackson
1796: Jefferson

PA's pre-end of reconstruction track record is excellent, with only 1824 and 1796 wrong, and in 1824 PA did vote for the candidate who won the most electoral and popular votes.

I wonder which state has been wrong the most.

[KEmperor]

Enough.

[nclib]

Times it's been wrong:

1996: Dole (R)
1992: Bush I (R)
1956: Stevenson (D)
1952: Stevenson (D)
1924: Davis (D)
1920: Cox (D)
1908: Bryan (D)
1904: Parker (D)
1900: Bryan (D)
1896: Bryan (D)
1888: Cleveland (D)*
1880: Hancock (D)
1876: Tilden (D)*
1860: Breckinridge (SD)
1844: Clay (Whig)
1824: Jackson (D-R)*
1796: Jefferson (D-R)

[John Dibble]

Look it up yourself if you care so much! I'm to lazy to do it, lazy.

[bgwah]

Washington
2004: D (Wrong)
2000: D (Wrong)
1996: D (Right)
1992: D (Right)
1988: D (Wrong)
1984: R (Right)
1980: R (Right)
1976: R (Wrong)
1972: R (Right)
1968: D (Wrong)
1964: D (Right)
1960: R (Wrong)
1956: R (Right)
1952: R (Right)
1948: D (Right)
1944: D (Right)
1940: D (Right)
1936: D (Right)
1932: D (Right)
1928: R (Right)
1924: R (Right)
1920: R (Right)
1916: D (Right)
1912: I (Wrong)
1908: R (Right)
1904: R (Right)
1900: R (Right)
1896: D (Wrong)
1892: R (Wrong)

20/29 right (69%)

[Joe Biden 2020]

Oklahoma

1908: William Bryan (D) Wrong -- Winner:  William Taft
1912: Woodrow Wilson (D) Right
1916: Woodrow Wilson (D) Right
1920: Warren Harding (R) Right
1924: John Davis (D) Wrong -- Winner: Calvin Coolidge
1928: Herbert Hoover (R) Right
1932,1936,1950,1944: Franklin Roosevelt (D) Right
1948: Harry Truman (D) Right
1952, 1956: Dwight Eisenhower (R) Right
1960: Richard Nixon (R) Wrong -- Winner: John Kennedy (D)
1964: Lyndon Johnson (D) Right
1968, 1972: Richard Nixon (R) Right
1976: Gerald Ford (R) Wrong -- Winner: James Carter (D)
1980, 1984: Ronald Reagan (R) Right
1988: George Bush (R) Right
1992: George Bush (R) Wrong -- Winner:  William Clinton (D)
1996: Bob Dole (R) Wrong -- Winner: William Clinton (D)
2000, 2004: George Bush (R) Right
2008: Who Knows

Our record -- 19 wins 6 losses

Kansas coming up in a few moments:

[Joe Biden 2020]

Kansas

1864:  Abraham Lincoln (R) -- Right
1868, 1872:  Ulysses Grant (R) -- Right
1876:  Rutherford Hayes (R) -- Right
1880:  James Garfied (R) -- Right
1884:  James Blaine (R) -- Wrong -- Winner: Grover Cleveland (D)
1888:  Benjamin Harrison (R) -- Right
1892:  James Weaver (People) -- Wrong -- Winner: Grover Cleveland (D) (NOT EVEN ON BALLOT)
1896:  William Bryan (D) -- Wrong -- Winner: William McKinley (R)
1900:  William McKinley (R) -- Right
1904:  Theodore Roosevelt (R) -- Right
1908:  William Taft (R) -- Right
1912, 1916:  Woodrow Wilson (D) -- Right
1920:  Warren Harding (R) -- Right
1924:  Calvin Coolidge (R) -- Right
1928:  Herbert Hoover (R) -- Right
1932, 1936:  Franklin Roosevelt (D) -- Right
1940:  Wendell Wilkie (R) -- Wrong -- Winner:  Franklin Roosevelt (D)
1944:  Thomas Dewey (R) -- Wrong -- Winner: Franklin Roosevelt (D)
1948:  Thomas Dewey (R) -- Wrong -- Winner: Harry Truman (D)
1952, 1956:  Dwight Eisenhower (R) -- Right
1960:  Richard Nixon (R) -- Wrong -- Winner: John Kennedy (D)
1964:  Lyndon Johnson (D) -- Right
1968, 1972:  Richard Nixon (R) -- Right
1976:  Gerald Ford (R) -- Wrong -- Winner: James Carter (D)
1980, 1984:  Ronald Reagan (R) -- Right
1988:  George Bush (R) -- Right
1992:  George Bush (R) -- Wrong -- Winner:  William Clinton (D)
1996:  Robert Dole (R) -- Wrong -- Winner:  William Clinton (D)
2000, 2004:  George Bush (R) -- Right

Score:  26-10

[DownWithTheLeft]

New Jersey (oft wrong):

2004: Kerry (lost)
2000: Gore (lost)
1996: Clinton (won)
1992: Clinton (won)
1988: Bush (won)
1984: Reagan (won)
1980: Reagan (won)
1976: Ford (lost)
1972: Nixon (won)
1968: Nixon (won)
1964: Johnson (won)
1960: JFK (won)
1956: Eisenhower (won)
1952: Eisenhower (won)
1948: Dewey (lost)
1944: FDR (won)
1940: FDR (won)
1936: FDR (won)
1932: FDR (won)
1928: Hoover (won)
1924: Coolidge (won)
1920: Harding (won)
1916: Hughes (lost)
1912: Wilson (won)
1908: Taft (won)
1904: TR (won)
1900: McKinley (won)
1896: McKinley (won)
1892: Cleveland (won)
1888: Cleveland (lost)
1884: Cleveland (won)
1880: Hancock (lost)
1876: Tilden (lost)
1872: Grant (won)
1868: Seymour (lost)
1864: McClelan (lost)
1860: Lincoln (won)
1856: Buchanan (won)
1852: Pierce (won)
1848: Taylor (won)
1844: Clay (lost)
1840: Harrison (won)
1836: Harrison (lost)
1832: Jackson (won)
1828: Adams (lost)
1824: Jackson (lost)
1820: Monroe (won)
1816: Monroe (won)
1812: Clinton (lost)
1808: Madison (won)
1804: Jefferson (won)
1800: Adams (lost)
1796: Adams (won)
1792: Washington (won)
1789: Washington (won)

Right 39/55 or 71%

[12th Doctor]

Washington
2004: D (Wrong)
2000: D (Wrong)
1988: D (Wrong)

I agree completely