Red, Blue, and Purple

1996 Election

Red States Dole by more than 5%	Blue States Clinton by more than 5%	Purple States Victory by 5% or less
Alabama	Arkansas	Arizona Clinton by 2.22%
Alaska	California	Colorado Clinton by 1.37%
Idaho	Connecticut	Florida Clinton by 5.7%
Kansas	Delaware	Georgia Dole by 1.17%
Nebraska	District of Columbia	Indiana Dole by 5.58%
North Dakota	Hawaii	Kentucky Clinton by .96%
Oklahoma	Illinois	Mississippi Dole by 5.13%
South Carolina	Iowa	Montana Dole by 2.88%
Utah	Louisiana	Nevada Clinton by 1.02%
Wyoming	Maine	North Carolina Dole by 4.69
62 electoral votes	Maryland	South Dakota Dole by 3.46%
	Massachusetts	Tennessee Clinton by 2.41%
	Michigan	Texas Dole by 4.93%
	Minnesota	Virginia Dole by 1.96%
	Missouri	161
	New Hampshire
	New Jersey
	New Mexico
	New York
	Ohio
	Oregon
	Pennsylvania
	Rhode Island
	Vermont
	West Virginia
	Washington
	Wisconsin
62 electoral votes	315	161

2000 Election

Red States Bush by more than 5%	Blue States Gore by more than 5%	Purple States Victory by 5% or less
Alabama	California	Arkansas Bush by 5%
Alaska	Connecticut	Florida Bush by .01%
Arizona	Delaware	Iowa Gore by .32%
Colorado	District of Columbia	Maine Gore by 5%
Georgia	Hawaii	Michigan Gore by 5%
Idaho	Illinois	Minnesota Gore by 2%
Indiana	Maryland	Missouri Bush by 3%
Kansas	Massachusetts	Nevada Bush by 3.5%
Kentucky	New Jersey	New Hampshire Bush by 1.2%
Louisiana	New York	New Mexico Gore by .06%
Mississippi	Rhode Island	Ohio Bush by 3.5%
Montana	Vermont	Oregon Gore by .44%
Nebraska	Washington	Pennsylvania Gore by 4.2%
North Carolina		Tennessee Bush by 4%
North Dakota		Wisconsin Gore by .22%
Oklahoma
South Carolina
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Virginia
West Virginia
Wyoming
189 electoral votes	182	167

2004 Election

Red States Bush by more than 5%	Blue States Kerry by more than 5%	Purple States Victory by 5% or less
Alabama	California	Colorado Bush by 4.67%
Alaska	Connecticut	Florida Bush by 5.01%
Arizona	Delaware	Iowa Bush by .67%
Arkansas	District of Columbia	Michigan Kerry by 3.4%
Georgia	Hawaii	Minnesota Kerry by 3.4%
Idaho	Maine	Nevada Bush by 2.59%
Indiana	Illinois	New Hampshire Kerry by 1.37%
Kansas	Maryland	New Mexico Bush by .79%
Kentucky	Massachusetts	Ohio Bush by 2.11%
Louisiana	New Jersey	Oregon Kerry by 4.16%
Mississippi	New York	Pennsylvania Kerry by 2.5%
Missouri	Rhode Island	Wisconsin Kerry by .38%
Montana	Vermont
Nebraska	Washington
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
West Virginia
Wyoming
222 electoral votes	176	139*

* One electoral voter voted for John Edwards

Presidential Vote and Governors

State	2004 Vote	Incumbent Governor 2006	Red or Blue or Purple?
Alabama	R	R	Red
Alaska	R	R	Red
Arizona	R	D	Purple
Arkansas	R	R	Red
California	D	R	Purple
Colorado	R	R	Red
Connecticut	D	R	Purple
Delaware	D	D	Blue
Florida	R	R	Red
Georgia	R