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Oldiesfreak1854
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« on: February 05, 2016, 10:45:12 AM »

Delaware was a bellwether for a while, but has quite a record with losers as well: Hoover in 1932, Dewey in 1948, Gore in 2000, and Kerry in 2004, not to mention a lot of Democrats in the post-Civil War era.  Maine and Washington seem to have the greatest number of losers in recent decades; Washington gets a slight edge of the two because of 1988. 

Meanwhile, no Republican has ever won the presidency without Ohio (at least not yet), and only two have won without Pennsylvania (Nixon in 1968 and Bush 2 in both his elections.)  Missouri voted for the winner of all but one presidential election in the 20th century (the exception was 1956), and Illinois went for the winner of all but two from 1888 to 1996 (1916 and 1976).  I could probably figure it out if I went through the maps mentally (and/or on the main site.)
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« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2016, 11:03:39 AM »

Maine was almost like Washington. But voted for Bush 1988. Almost voted for Carter 1980.
That was probably due to Anderson siphoning off moderate/liberal Republican votes.
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« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2016, 09:57:12 AM »

New Mexico has the best record historically with having carried for presidential winners. It first voted in 1912 and sided with only one loser in the popular vote [and Electoral College]: 1976 Gerald Ford.

Nevada has voted the same as New Mexico with just one exception: 2000, a year which gave split results with one winner of the popular vote [who carried New Mexico] and one winner of the Electoral College [who carried Nevada].
Bush probably would've carried New Mexico in 2000 if it weren't for the early call of Florida.
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