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The 11 states with the largest population account for more than half of EC Votes.

StateECV2000
Margin
CA 55 -11.8%
TX 34 21.3
NY 31 -24.5
FL 27 0.01
IL 21 -12.0
PA 21 -4.2%
StateECV2000
Margin
OH 20 3.6
MI 17 -5.1
NJ 15 -15.8
NC 15 12.8
GA 15 11.8
ECV - Elctoral College votes

Battleground States

The following were considered battleground states in at least one of the last five elections.
Democrat Republican
State ECV Margin of victory
Clinton Bush Obama
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008
National 5.6% 8.5% -0.5% 2.8% 6.5%
Ohio OH 20 1.83% 6.36% 3.5% 2.1% 4%
Nevada NV 5 2.63% 1.02% 3.5% 2.6% 12%
Florida FL 27 1.89% 5.70% 0.0% 5.0% 3%
New Mexico NM 5 8.56% 7.32% 0.1% 0.8% 15%
Iowa IA 7 6.02% 10.34% 0.3% 0.7% 9%
New Hampshire NH 4 1.22% 9.95% 1.3% 1.4% 9%
Colorado CO 9 4.26% 1.37% 8.4% 4.7% 9%
Missouri MO 11 10.15% 6.30% 3.3% 7.2% 0%
Tennessee TN 11 4.65% 2.41% 3.9% 14.3% 15%
Arkansas AR 6 17.73% 16.94% 5.4% 9.8% 20%
West Virginia WV 5 13.02% 14.75% 6.3% 12.9% 13%
Arizona AZ 10 6.77% 2.23% 6.3% 10.5% 9%
Montana MT 3 2.51% 2.88% 25.1% 20.5% 3%
Wisconsin WI 10 4.35% 10.33% 0.2% 0.4% 14%
Oregon OR 7 9.95% 8.09% 0.4% 4.2% 16%
Minnesota MN 10 11.63% 16.14% 2.4% 3.5% 10%
Pennsylvania PA 21 9.02% 9.20% 4.2% 2.5% 11%
Michigan MI 17 7.39% 13.21% 5.1% 3.4% 16%
Washington WA 11 11.44% 12.54% 5.6% 7.2% 16%
New Jersey NJ 15 2.37% 17.86% 15.8% 6.7% 15%
Virginia VA 13 4.38% 1.95% 8.0% 8.2% 7%
North Carolina NC 15 0.79% 4.69% 12.8% 12.4% 0%
Indiana IN 11 6.12% 5.58% 15.6% 20.7% 1%
North Dakota ND 3 12.04% 6.81% 27.6% 27.4% 8%
ECV - Elctoral College votes

Links:
www.PresidentElectionPolls.com/
Presidential Elections at Infoplease
US Presidential Election Maps: 1860-1996 at U. Virginia
County Voting Patterns in US Presidential Elections, 1976-2000
Maps at Washington Post
Presidential Elections 1789-2000 Results by county 2000 & 2004 at USA TODAY
Red States feed, Blue states Supply at TaxProf Blog

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