The numbers
Red and blue states ranked: only 8 of 51 were within 5 points
From Wyoming at R +45.8 to Vermont at D +31.5, America’s map has few real battlegrounds.
51 shown
- WyomingR +45.8
- West VirginiaR +41.9
- IdahoR +36.5
- North DakotaR +36.4
- OklahomaR +34.3
- ArkansasR +30.6
- KentuckyR +30.5
- AlabamaR +30.5
- TennesseeR +29.7
- South DakotaR +29.2
- MississippiR +22.9
- LouisianaR +22.0
- UtahR +21.6
- NebraskaR +20.5
- MontanaR +19.9
- IndianaR +19.0
- MissouriR +18.4
- South CarolinaR +17.9
- KansasR +16.1
- TexasR +13.7
- IowaR +13.2
- AlaskaR +13.1
- FloridaR +13.1
- OhioR +11.2
- ArizonaR +5.5
- North CarolinaR +3.2
- NevadaR +3.1
- GeorgiaR +2.2
- PennsylvaniaR +1.7
- MichiganR +1.4
- WisconsinR +0.9
- New HampshireD +2.8
- MinnesotaD +4.2
- VirginiaD +5.8
- New JerseyD +5.9
- New MexicoD +6.0
- MaineD +6.9
- IllinoisD +10.9
- ColoradoD +11.0
- New YorkD +12.6
- Rhode IslandD +13.8
- OregonD +14.3
- ConnecticutD +14.5
- DelawareD +14.7
- WashingtonD +18.2
- CaliforniaD +20.1
- HawaiiD +23.1
- MassachusettsD +25.2
- MarylandD +28.5
- VermontD +31.5
- District of ColumbiaD +83.8
Why it matters
Search for “red or blue” and you get a label. The margin tells you more: a state won by 2 points and one won by 40 wear the same color on a map.
How we counted
Republican minus Democratic share of all 2024 presidential votes in each state. D.C. is shown but excluded from “bluest state” in the summary because it is not a state.