How about Marylansas (Maryland x Kansas)? New Mexicohio?
Marylansas:
2020:
58-402016:
53-412012:
55-432008:
55-432004:
50-49 (rounded from 49.5-49.3, a real nail biter)
2000:
50-461996:
47-441992:
44-37-191988:
53-461984:
58-421980:
49-42-71976:
50-491972:
65-341968:
47-40-131964:
61-391960:
53-47Bellwether from 1964-1996, and perpetually close except for landslides. Obama wins with a 12-pt margin in 2008, and by holding that margin in 2012 solidified its safe state status.
It's actually pretty similar to Michigan, voted the same way from 1980 to 2012. But while Michigan moved to the right post-Obama, marylansas did the opposite