Which are Great Lakes states?

[King of Kensington]

Take 2 (multiple voting options).

Some may argue any state that touches a Great Lake, while others may limit to geographic prominence, population, culture etc.

[Padfoot]

I don't know much about Erie, Pennsylvania but it seems to me that it doesn't have a very significant influence on the overall economy or culture compared to the Appalachian and Eastern Seaboard influences so it doesn't really belong with the rest.

Some may argue New York doesn't belong but I think its hard to exclude it when it borders two of the five lakes and has two major cities on the shores.

Indiana is the only other one I could see as being marginal but I think that you can't deny the significance of the Chicago spillover and the fact that they have a National Park on the shore.

All the others are definitively in the group even if they have some areas that maybe fit better with another region.

[TDAS04]

If it borders a Great Lake, it’s a Great Lake state.  So AOTA.

[King of Kensington]

Interesting to see Minnesota polling at 100% even though it's not rust belt, doesn't have the Great Lakes accent etc.

[America Needs a 13-6 Progressive SCOTUS]

All of these plus Iowa.

[S019]

I generally consider Great Lakes to be Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. New York and Pennsylvania are not Great Lakes imo and most of their population is distant from the region near the Great Lakes.

[Del Tachi]

Michigan and Wisconsin have the most Great Lakes influence, New York and Pennsylvania the least

[Chips]

I generally consider Great Lakes to be Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. New York and Pennsylvania are not Great Lakes imo and most of their population is distant from the region near the Great Lakes.

[Bismarck]

What the census bureau calls East north central. Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.

[CookieDamage]

All except NY and PA. The general social, political, and economic centers of both states are on the Atlantic/Atlantic-bordering parts of the states (i.e. NYC and Philly).

You could argue that Indiana and Minnesota also fit this category, as Indianapolis and the Twin Cities are far inland.

[Alcibiades]

I generally consider Great Lakes to be Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. New York and Pennsylvania are not Great Lakes imo and most of their population is distant from the region near the Great Lakes.

Why would Iowa be Great Lakes, when it, you know, doesn’t actually have a Great Lakes coastline?

[Cokeland Saxton]

All except New York and Pennsylvania

[Hope For A New Era]

All states that touch the Great Lakes. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York.

Don't overthink it.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

All states that touch the Great Lakes. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York.

Don't overthink it.

[jimrtex]

How about Vermont?

[King of Kensington]

Counties of the Great Lakes basin.  Would be interesting to tally up the popular vote in these counties. 

https://project.geo.msu.edu/geogmich/michigan/Maps_Graphics/Watershed.pdf

[Big Abraham]

I once had a coworker who was from Wilkes-Barre, who simply couldn't believe that Pennsylvania bordered Lake Erie.

Anyway, all of the above ofc.