Appendix B: 1988-2000 Presidential General Election
Ranking by State of Popular Vote Percentages
(Democratic Nominee)
(Updated 12/2001)
GORE 2000 |
CLINTON 1996 |
CLINTON 1992 |
DUKAKIS 1988 |
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| STATE | EV |
% |
STATE | EV |
% |
STATE | EV |
% |
STATE | EV |
% |
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1 |
D.C.* | W |
3 |
85.16 |
D.C. | W |
3 |
85.19 |
D.C. | W |
3 |
84.64 |
D.C. | W |
3 |
82.65 |
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2 |
Rhode Island | W |
4 |
60.99 |
Massachusetts | W |
12 |
61.47 |
Arkansas | W |
6 |
53.21 |
Rhode Island | W |
4 |
55.64 |
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3 |
New York | W |
33 |
60.21 |
Rhode Island | W |
4 |
59.71 |
Maryland | W |
10 |
49.80 |
Iowa | W |
8 |
54.71 |
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4 |
Massachusetts | W |
12 |
59.80 |
New York | W |
33 |
59.47 |
New York | W |
33 |
49.72 |
Hawaii | W |
4 |
54.27 |
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5 |
Maryland | W |
10 |
56.57 |
Hawaii | W |
4 |
56.93 |
Illinois | W |
22 |
48.58 |
Massachusetts | W |
13 |
53.23 |
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6 |
New Jersey | W |
15 |
56.12 |
Illinois | W |
22 |
54.31 |
West Virginia | W |
5 |
48.41 |
Minnesota | W |
10 |
52.91 |
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7 |
Connecticut | W |
8 |
55.91 |
Maryland | W |
10 |
54.25 |
Hawaii | W |
4 |
48.09 |
West Virginia** | W |
6 |
52.20 |
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8 |
Hawaii | W |
4 |
55.79 |
Arkansas | W |
6 |
53.74 |
Massachusetts | W |
12 |
47.54 |
New York | W |
36 |
51.62 |
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9 |
Delaware | W |
3 |
54.96 |
New Jersey | W |
15 |
53.72 |
Tennessee | W |
11 |
47.08 |
Wisconsin | W |
11 |
51.41 |
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10 |
Illinois | W |
22 |
54.60 |
Vermont | W |
3 |
53.35 |
Rhode Island | W |
4 |
47.04 |
Oregon | W |
7 |
51.28 |
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11 |
California | W |
54 |
53.45 |
Connecticut | W |
8 |
52.83 |
Vermont | W |
3 |
46.11 |
Washington | W |
10 |
50.05 |
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12 |
Michigan | W |
18 |
51.28 |
Louisiana | W |
9 |
52.01 |
California | W |
54 |
46.01 |
Illinois | 24 |
48.60 |
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13 |
Vermont | W |
3 |
50.63 |
Delaware | W |
3 |
51.82 |
New Mexico | W |
5 |
45.90 |
Pennsylvania | 25 |
48.39 |
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14 |
Pennsylvania | W |
23 |
50.60 |
Michigan | W |
18 |
51.69 |
Louisiana | W |
9 |
45.58 |
Maryland | 10 |
48.20 |
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15 |
Washington | W |
11 |
50.16 |
Maine | W |
4 |
51.62 |
Pennsylvania | W |
23 |
45.15 |
Missouri | 11 |
47.84 |
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16 |
Maine | W |
4 |
49.09 |
West Virginia | W |
5 |
51.50 |
Kentucky | W |
8 |
44.55 |
Vermont | 3 |
47.58 |
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17 |
Florida | 25 |
48.84 |
California | W |
54 |
51.10 |
Missouri | W |
11 |
44.07 |
California | 47 |
47.56 |
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18 |
Iowa | W |
7 |
48.54 |
Minnesota | W |
10 |
51.10 |
Michigan | W |
18 |
43.77 |
New Mexico | 5 |
46.90 |
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19 |
New Mexico | W |
5 |
47.91 |
Iowa | W |
7 |
50.26 |
Delaware | W |
3 |
43.51 |
Connecticut | 8 |
46.87 |
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20 |
Minnesota | W |
10 |
47.90 |
Washington | W |
11 |
49.84 |
Minnesota | W |
10 |
43.48 |
South Dakota | 3 |
46.51 |
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21 |
Wisconsin | W |
11 |
47.83 |
New Hampshire | W |
4 |
49.32 |
Georgia | W |
13 |
43.47 |
Montana | 4 |
46.20 |
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22 |
Tennessee | 11 |
47.28 |
New Mexico | W |
5 |
49.18 |
Washington | W |
11 |
43.40 |
Michigan | 20 |
45.67 |
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23 |
Missouri | 11 |
47.08 |
Pennsylvania | W |
23 |
49.17 |
Iowa | W |
7 |
43.28 |
Colorado | 8 |
45.28 |
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24 |
Oregon | W |
7 |
46.96 |
Wisconsin | W |
11 |
48.81 |
New Jersey | W |
15 |
42.95 |
Ohio | 23 |
44.15 |
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25 |
New Hampshire | 4 |
46.80 |
Florida | W |
25 |
48.02 |
North Carolina | 14 |
42.65 |
Louisiana | 10 |
44.06 |
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26 |
Ohio | 21 |
46.46 |
Tennessee | W |
11 |
48.00 |
Oregon | W |
7 |
42.48 |
Kentucky | 9 |
43.88 |
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27 |
Nevada | 4 |
45.98 |
Missouri | W |
11 |
47.54 |
Connecticut | W |
8 |
42.21 |
Maine | 4 |
43.88 |
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28 |
Arkansas | 6 |
45.86 |
Ohio | W |
21 |
47.38 |
Wisconsin | W |
11 |
41.13 |
Delaware | 3 |
43.48 |
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29 |
West Virginia | 5 |
45.59 |
Oregon | W |
7 |
47.15 |
Alabama | 9 |
40.88 |
Texas | 29 |
43.35 |
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30 |
Louisiana | 9 |
44.88 |
Arizona | W |
8 |
46.52 |
Mississippi | 7 |
40.77 |
North Dakota | 3 |
42.97 |
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31 |
Arizona | 8 |
44.73 |
Georgia | 13 |
45.84 |
Virginia | 13 |
40.59 |
New Jersey | 16 |
42.60 |
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32 |
Virginia | 13 |
44.44 |
Kentucky | W |
8 |
45.84 |
Ohio | W |
21 |
40.18 |
Kansas | 7 |
42.56 |
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33 |
North Carolina | 14 |
43.20 |
Virginia | 13 |
45.15 |
Colorado | W |
8 |
40.13 |
Arkansas | 6 |
42.19 |
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34 |
Georgia | 13 |
42.98 |
Colorado | 8 |
44.43 |
South Carolina | 8 |
39.88 |
North Carolina | 13 |
41.71 |
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35 |
Colorado | 8 |
42.39 |
Mississippi | 7 |
44.08 |
Florida | 25 |
39.00 |
Tennessee | 11 |
41.55 |
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36 |
Alabama | 9 |
41.57 |
North Carolina | 14 |
44.04 |
New Hampshire | W |
4 |
38.86 |
Oklahoma | 8 |
41.28 |
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37 |
Kentucky | 8 |
41.37 |
South Carolina | 8 |
43.96 |
Maine | W |
4 |
38.76 |
Alabama | 9 |
39.86 |
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38 |
Indiana | 12 |
41.01 |
Nevada | W |
4 |
43.93 |
Montana | W |
3 |
37.63 |
Indiana | 12 |
39.69 |
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39 |
South Carolina | 8 |
40.90 |
Texas | 32 |
43.83 |
Nevada | W |
4 |
37.36 |
Georgia | 12 |
39.50 |
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40 |
Mississippi | 7 |
40.70 |
Alabama | 9 |
43.16 |
South Dakota | 3 |
37.14 |
Virginia | 12 |
39.23 |
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41 |
Oklahoma | 8 |
38.43 |
South Dakota | 3 |
43.03 |
Texas | 32 |
37.08 |
Nebraska | 5 |
39.19 |
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42 |
Texas | 32 |
37.98 |
Indiana | 12 |
41.55 |
Indiana | 12 |
36.79 |
Mississippi | 7 |
39.07 |
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43 |
South Dakota | 3 |
37.56 |
Montana | 3 |
41.23 |
Arizona | 8 |
36.52 |
Arizona | 7 |
38.74 |
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44 |
Kansas | 6 |
37.24 |
Oklahoma | 8 |
40.45 |
Oklahoma | 8 |
34.02 |
Florida | 21 |
38.51 |
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45 |
Montana | 3 |
33.36 |
North Dakota | 3 |
40.13 |
Wyoming | 3 |
33.98 |
Wyoming | 3 |
38.01 |
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46 |
Nebraska | 5 |
33.25 |
Wyoming | 3 |
36.84 |
Kansas | 6 |
33.74 |
Nevada | 4 |
37.92 |
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47 |
North Dakota | 3 |
33.06 |
Kansas | 6 |
36.08 |
North Dakota | 3 |
32.18 |
South Carolina | 8 |
37.58 |
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48 |
Wyoming | 3 |
27.70 |
Nebraska | 5 |
34.95 |
Alaska | 3 |
30.29 |
New Hampshire | 4 |
36.29 |
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49 |
Alaska | 3 |
27.67 |
Idaho | 4 |
33.64 |
Nebraska | 5 |
29.40 |
Alaska | 3 |
36.27 |
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50 |
Idaho | 4 |
27.64 |
Utah | 5 |
33.30 |
Idaho | 4 |
28.42 |
Idaho | 4 |
36.01 |
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51 |
Utah | 5 |
26.34 |
Alaska | 3 |
33.27 |
Utah | 5 |
24.65 |
Utah | 5 |
32.05 |
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| Total Electoral
Votes: Total Popular Vote %: |
266 48.38% |
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Notes:
W = Winning Candidate (For That State).
EV = Total Possible Electoral Votes Per State. (Note that the number of electoral votes in
several states changed as a result of the U.S. Census conducted in 1990. For example,
Arizona gained one electoral vote between 1988 and 1992.)
Total Electoral Vote = 538; Total Electoral Vote Needed to Elect = 270.
* In the District of Columbia, one of the three
electoral votes was an abstention (2000).
** In West Virginia, one of the six electoral votes was cast for Lloyd Bentsen (1988).
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