The Real "Firewall": The 206 Firewall

[Clark Kent]

This is a better floor map then most, but if Minnesota is a swing state, surely North Carolina is too.

I've done the math. In 2012, North Carolina was much more Republican compared to the nation as a whole than Minnesota was Democratic.

[Clark Kent]

Yeah, I know the colors are reversed from the way this site usually does things, but I like this better:

The results are all from 2012 as they were compared to the nation as a whole:

Darkest blue is Democratic with a margin greater than 15% (DC, HI, VT, NY, RI, MD)

Dark blue is Democratic with a margin between 15% and 20% (MA, CA)

Medium blue is Democratic with a margin between 10% and 15% (DE, NJ, CT, IL, ME, WA)

Light blue is Democratic with a margin between 5% and 10% (OR, NM, MI)

White is swing, going from 5% Democratic to 5% Republican (MN, WI, NV, IA, NH, PA, CO, VA, OH, FL)

Pink is Republican with a margin between 5% and 10% (NC)

Medium red is Republican with a margin between 10% and 15% (GA, AZ, MO, IN, SC)

Dark red is Republican with a margin between 15% and 20% (MS, MO, AK, TX)

Darkest red is Republican with a margin greater than 20% (LA, SD, ND, TN, KS, NE, AL, KY, AK, WV, ID, OK, WY, UT)