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.