Alternate US States

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Interesting that the states with Dallas and Houston go Republican.

not really. two words: 'suburban' and 'margins'

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Of all the alternate US States I have yet to see one where the Panhandle from the Apalachicola River is part of Alabama. 

You mean everything just west of Tallahassee being in Alabama?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Out of curiosity, what was the exact margin in Erie?

Here are the full results:

Hillary 50.01%
T***p 44.74%
Johnson 2.95%
Others 2.31%

That's a margin of 5.27, which means a PVI of 3.18 (the lowest ever for all the elections I have data for).

@JG: That's a fair point, although I'm not sure she invested as much into Pennsylvania and Ohio as she should have.

Trump, if I am not mistaken, is the first Republican in a long while to come within single digits in Erie.

Since George Bush Sr. in 1988, yes. They lost it by similar margins, but of course the difference is that Bush won the national PV by 8 points.

Did Trump win Erie minus Cuyahoga County?

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

Good work.