A Regional Look at the Last Five Presidential Elections, 1992-2008
Winning Share of Vote in Percent and Margin in Percentage Point Range (Indicated by Color)
Democratic Margin in Percentage Points .
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25.01+
20.01-25.0
15.01-20.0
10.01-15.0
5.01-10.0
0.01-5.0
Republican Margin in Percentage Points
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The Census Bureau divides the United States into 4 Regions and 9 Divisions.

National

'92
'96
'00 '04
'08

Clinton43.01
Bush   37.45
Perot   18.91
Clinton49.23
Dole    40.72
Perot    8.40
Bush 47.87
Gore 48.38
Nader 2.73
Bush 50.73
Kerry 48.27
Obama52.92
McCain45.61

Northeast (Region 1)
New England
Connecticut 42.21
52.83
55.91
54.31
60.69
Maine 38.76
51.62
49.09
53.57
57.71
Massachusetts 47.54
61.47
59.80
61.94
61.80
New Hampshire 38.86 49.32 48.07 50.25 54.13
Rhode Island 47.04 59.71 60.99 59.42 62.95
Vermont 46.11 53.35 50.63 58.94
67.76
Middle Atlantic
New Jersey
42.95 53.72 56.13
52.92
57.27
New York
49.72 59.47 60.21 58.37 62.91
Pennsylvania
45.15 49.17 50.60 50.92 54.65

Midwest (Region 2)
East North Central
Indiana 42.91 47.13 56.65 59.94 49.95
Illinois
48.58 54.31 54.60 54.82 61.92
Michigan 43.77 51.69 51.28 51.23 57.43
Ohio
40.18 47.38 49.99 50.81 51.50
Wisconsin
41.13 48.81 47.83 49.70 56.22
West North Central
Minnesota
43.48
51.10
47.91
51.09
54.06
Iowa 43.28 50.26 48.54 49.90 54.17
Missouri
44.07 47.54 50.42 53.30 49.43
Kansas
38.88
54.29
58.04
62.00
56.61
Nebraska
46.58 53.66 62.25 65.91 56.56**
North Dakota
44.22
46.94 60.66
62.86
53.25
South Dakota
40.66
46.49 60.30 59.91 53.16
**In Nebraska, Obama carried the 2nd CD with 49.97% of the vote (1.22 percentage points).

South
South Atlantic
Delaware 43.51 51.82 54.96 53.33 61.94
Maryland
49.80 54.25 56.46 55.97 61.92
District of Columbia
84.64 85.19 85.16 89.18 92.46
West Virginia
48.41
51.51
51.92
56.07
55.72
Virginia 44.96 47.10 52.47 53.68 52.62
North Carolina
43.34 48.73 56.03 56.02 49.70
South Carolina
48.02 49.79 56.84 57.98 53.87
Georgia 43.47 47.01 54.68 57.97 52.20
Florida 40.89 48.02 48.85 52.10 51.03
East South Central
Alabama 47.64 50.12 56.48 62.46 60.32
Mississippi
49.68 49.21 57.62 59.45 56.18
Kentucky
44.55 45.84 56.50 59.55 57.40
Tennessee
47.08 48.00 51.14 56.80 56.90
West South Central
Arkansas 53.21 53.74 51.31 54.31 58.72
Louisiana
45.58 52.01 52.55 56.72 58.56
Oklahoma
42.64 48.26 60.31 65.57 65.65
Texas
40.56 48.75 59.30 61.09 55.45

West
Mountain
New Mexico 45.90 49.18 47.91 49.84 56.91
Arizona
38.47 46.52 51.02 54.87 53.64
Colorado
40.13 45.80 50.75 51.71 53.66
Utah 43.36 54.37 66.83 71.54 62.58
Wyoming
39.56 49.81 67.76 68.86 64.78
Montana 37.63 44.11 58.44 59.07 49.53
Idaho
42.03 52.18 67.17 68.39 61.53
Nevada 37.36 43.93 49.52 50.47 55.15
Pacific
California
46.01
51.10
53.45
54.41
61.01
Oregon
42.48
47.15
46.96
51.35
56.75
Washington
43.40
49.84
50.15
52.82
57.65
Alaska 39.46
50.80
58.62
61.07
59.42
Hawaii 48.09
56.93
55.79
54.01
72.40

12 states that the Republican candidate carried for the past five elections: AL, AK, ID, KS, MS, ND, OK, SC, SD, TX, UT, WY.
18 states plus DC that the Democratic candidate carried for the past five elections: CA, CT, DE, HI, IL, MD, ME, MA, MI, MN, NJ, NY, OR, PA, RI, VT, WA, WI and DC.

Copyright © 2009 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.