Appendix C: 1988-2000 Presidential General Election
Ranking by State of Popular Vote Percentages
(Republican Nominee)
(Updated 12/2001)
BUSH 2000 |
DOLE 1996 |
BUSH 1992 |
BUSH 1988 |
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| STATE | EV |
% |
STATE | EV |
% |
STATE | EV |
% |
STATE | EV |
% |
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1 |
Wyoming | W |
3 |
67.76 |
Utah | W |
5 |
54.37 |
Mississippi | W |
7 |
49.68 |
Utah | W |
5 |
66.22 |
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2 |
Idaho | W |
4 |
67.17 |
Kansas | W |
6 |
54.29 |
South Carolina | W |
8 |
48.02 |
New Hampshire | W |
4 |
62.41 |
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3 |
Utah | W |
5 |
66.83 |
Nebraska | W |
5 |
53.66 |
Alabama | W |
9 |
47.64 |
Idaho | W |
4 |
62.08 |
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4 |
Nebraska | W |
5 |
62.24 |
Idaho | W |
4 |
52.18 |
Nebraska | W |
5 |
46.58 |
South Carolina | W |
8 |
61.50 |
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5 |
North Dakota | W |
3 |
60.66 |
Alaska | W |
3 |
50.80 |
Virginia | W |
13 |
44.96 |
Florida | W |
21 |
60.87 |
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6 |
Oklahoma | W |
8 |
60.31 |
Alabama | W |
9 |
50.12 |
North Dakota | W |
3 |
44.22 |
Wyoming | W |
3 |
60.53 |
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7 |
South Dakota | W |
3 |
60.30 |
Wyoming | W |
3 |
49.81 |
North Carolina | W |
14 |
43.44 |
Nebraska | W |
5 |
60.16 |
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8 |
Texas | W |
32 |
59.30 |
South Carolina | W |
8 |
49.79 |
Utah | W |
5 |
43.36 |
Arizona | W |
7 |
59.95 |
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9 |
Alaska | W |
3 |
58.62 |
Mississippi | W |
7 |
49.21 |
Indiana | W |
12 |
42.91 |
Mississippi | W |
7 |
59.89 |
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10 |
Montana | W |
3 |
58.44 |
Texas | W |
32 |
48.76 |
Georgia | 13 |
42.88 |
Indiana | W |
12 |
59.84 |
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11 |
Kansas | W |
6 |
58.04 |
North Carolina | W |
14 |
48.73 |
Oklahoma | W |
8 |
42.64 |
Georgia | W |
12 |
59.75 |
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12 |
Mississippi | W |
7 |
57.62 |
Oklahoma | W |
8 |
48.26 |
Tennessee | 11 |
42.43 |
Virginia | W |
12 |
59.74 |
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13 |
South Carolina | W |
8 |
56.84 |
Indiana | W |
12 |
47.13 |
Idaho | W |
4 |
42.03 |
Alaska | W |
3 |
59.59 |
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14 |
Indiana | W |
12 |
56.65 |
Virginia | W |
13 |
47.10 |
Kentucky | 8 |
41.34 |
Alabama | W |
9 |
59.17 |
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15 |
Kentucky | W |
8 |
56.50 |
Georgia | W |
13 |
47.01 |
Louisiana | 9 |
40.97 |
Nevada | W |
4 |
58.86 |
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16 |
Alabama | W |
9 |
56.48 |
North Dakota | W |
3 |
46.94 |
Florida | W |
25 |
40.89 |
North Carolina | W |
13 |
57.97 |
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17 |
North Carolina | W |
14 |
56.03 |
South Dakota | W |
3 |
46.49 |
South Dakota | W |
3 |
40.66 |
Oklahoma | W |
8 |
57.93 |
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18 |
Georgia | W |
13 |
54.67 |
Colorado | W |
8 |
45.80 |
New Jersey | 15 |
40.58 |
Tennessee | W |
11 |
57.89 |
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19 |
Louisiana | W |
9 |
52.55 |
Tennessee | 11 |
45.59 |
Texas | W |
32 |
40.56 |
Arkansas | W |
6 |
56.37 |
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20 |
Virginia | W |
13 |
52.47 |
Kentucky | 8 |
44.88 |
Wyoming | W |
3 |
39.56 |
New Jersey | W |
16 |
56.24 |
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21 |
West Virginia | W |
5 |
51.92 |
Arizona | 8 |
44.29 |
Alaska | W |
3 |
39.46 |
North Dakota | W |
3 |
56.03 |
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22 |
Arkansas | W |
6 |
51.31 |
Montana | W |
3 |
44.11 |
Kansas | W |
6 |
38.88 |
Texas | W |
29 |
55.95 |
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23 |
Tennessee | W |
11 |
51.15 |
Nevada | 4 |
42.91 |
Arizona | W |
8 |
38.47 |
Delaware | W |
3 |
55.88 |
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24 |
Arizona | W |
8 |
51.02 |
Florida | 25 |
42.32 |
Ohio | 21 |
38.35 |
Kansas | W |
7 |
55.79 |
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25 |
Colorado | W |
8 |
50.75 |
New Mexico | 5 |
41.86 |
New Hampshire | 4 |
37.64 |
Kentucky | W |
9 |
55.52 |
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26 |
Missouri | W |
11 |
50.42 |
Missouri | 11 |
41.24 |
New Mexico | 5 |
37.34 |
Maine | W |
4 |
55.34 |
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27 |
Ohio | W |
21 |
49.97 |
Ohio | 21 |
41.02 |
Iowa | 7 |
37.27 |
Ohio | W |
23 |
55.00 |
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28 |
Nevada | W |
4 |
49.52 |
Pennsylvania | 23 |
39.97 |
Wisconsin | 11 |
36.78 |
Louisiana | W |
10 |
54.27 |
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29 |
Florida | W |
25 |
48.85 |
Louisiana | 9 |
39.94 |
Hawaii | 4 |
36.70 |
Michigan | W |
20 |
53.57 |
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30 |
Iowa | 7 |
48.22 |
Iowa | 7 |
39.92 |
Michigan | 18 |
36.38 |
Colorado | W |
8 |
53.06 |
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31 |
New Hampshire | W |
4 |
48.07 |
New Hampshire | 4 |
39.37 |
Pennsylvania | 23 |
36.13 |
South Dakota | W |
3 |
52.85 |
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32 |
New Mexico | 5 |
47.85 |
Oregon | 7 |
39.06 |
Colorado | 8 |
35.87 |
Montana | W |
4 |
52.07 |
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33 |
Wisconsin | 11 |
47.61 |
Michigan | 18 |
38.48 |
Connecticut | 8 |
35.78 |
Connecticut | W |
8 |
51.98 |
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34 |
Oregon | 7 |
46.52 |
Wisconsin | 11 |
38.48 |
Maryland | 10 |
35.62 |
New Mexico | W |
5 |
51.86 |
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35 |
Pennsylvania | 23 |
46.43 |
Maryland | 10 |
38.27 |
Arkansas | 6 |
35.48 |
Missouri | W |
11 |
51.82 |
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36 |
Michigan | 18 |
46.15 |
California | 54 |
38.21 |
West Virginia | 5 |
35.39 |
California | W |
47 |
51.13 |
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37 |
Minnesota | 10 |
45.50 |
Washington | 11 |
37.30 |
Delaware | 3 |
35.31 |
Maryland | W |
10 |
51.11 |
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38 |
Washington | 11 |
44.58 |
Illinois | 22 |
36.81 |
Montana | 3 |
35.12 |
Vermont | W |
3 |
51.10 |
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39 |
Maine | 4 |
43.97 |
Arkansas | 6 |
36.80 |
Nevada | 4 |
34.73 |
Pennsylvania | W |
25 |
50.70 |
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40 |
Illinois | 22 |
42.58 |
West Virginia | 5 |
36.76 |
Illinois | 22 |
34.34 |
Illinois | W |
24 |
50.69 |
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41 |
Delaware | 3 |
41.90 |
Delaware | 3 |
36.58 |
Missouri | 11 |
33.92 |
Washington | 10 |
48.46 |
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42 |
California | 54 |
41.65 |
New Jersey | 15 |
35.86 |
New York | 33 |
33.88 |
Wisconsin | 11 |
47.80 |
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43 |
Vermont | 3 |
40.70 |
Minnesota | 10 |
34.96 |
California | 54 |
32.61 |
New York | 36 |
47.52 |
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44 |
New Jersey | 15 |
40.29 |
Connecticut | 8 |
34.69 |
Oregon | 7 |
32.53 |
West Virginia** | 6 |
47.46 |
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45 |
Maryland | 10 |
40.18 |
Hawaii | 4 |
31.64 |
Washington | 11 |
31.96 |
Oregon | 7 |
46.61 |
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46 |
Connecticut | 8 |
38.44 |
Vermont | 3 |
31.09 |
Minnesota | 10 |
31.85 |
Minnesota | 10 |
45.90 |
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47 |
Hawaii | 4 |
37.46 |
Maine | 4 |
30.76 |
Vermont | 3 |
30.42 |
Massachusetts | 13 |
45.38 |
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48 |
New York | 33 |
35.23 |
New York | 33 |
30.61 |
Maine | 4 |
30.39 |
Hawaii | 4 |
44.75 |
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49 |
Massachusetts | 12 |
32.50 |
Massachusetts | 12 |
28.08 |
Massachusetts | 12 |
29.02 |
Iowa | 8 |
44.50 |
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50 |
Rhode Island | 4 |
31.91 |
Rhode Island | 4 |
26.82 |
Rhode Island | 4 |
29.02 |
Rhode Island | 4 |
43.93 |
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51 |
D.C.* | 3 |
8.95 |
D.C. | 3 |
9.34 |
D.C. | 3 |
9.10 |
D.C. | 3 |
14.30 |
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| Total Electoral
Votes: Total Popular Vote %: |
271 47.87% |
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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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