Losing your state of birth

[Joe Republic]

Going back to 1900:

1900
McKinley won Ohio
Bryan lost Illinois

1904
Roosevelt won New York
Parker lost New York

1908
Taft won Ohio
Bryan lost Illinois

1912
Wilson won Virginia
Taft lost Ohio
Roosevelt lost New York

1916
Wilson won Virginia
Hughes won New York

1920
Harding won Ohio
Cox lost Ohio

1924
Coolidge won Vermont
Davis lost West Virginia

1928
Hoover won Iowa
Smith lost New York

1932
Roosevelt won New York
Hoover lost Iowa

1936
Roosevelt won New York
Landon lost Pennsylvania

1940
Roosevelt won New York
Willkie won Indiana

1944
Roosevelt won New York
Dewey lost Michigan

1948
Truman won Missouri
Dewey won Michigan

1952
Eisenhower won Texas
Stevenson lost California

1956
Eisenhower won Texas
Stevenson lost California

1960
Kennedy won Massachusetts
Nixon won California

1964
Johnson won Texas
Goldwater won Arizona

1968
Nixon won California
Humphrey lost South Dakota

1972
Nixon won California
McGovern lost South Dakota

1976
Carter won Georgia
Ford won Nebraska

1980
Reagan won Illinois
Carter won Georgia

1984
Reagan won Illinois
Mondale won Minnesota

1988
Bush lost Massachusetts
Dukakis won Massachusetts

1992
Clinton won Arkansas
Bush lost Massachusetts

1996
Clinton won Arkansas
Dole won Kansas

2000
Bush lost Connecticut
Gore won Washington DC

2004
Bush lost Connecticut
Kerry lost Colorado

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Not much of a pattern if you ask me.