State Electoral Trends: WV, MD, DE

Continuing the series of graphs showing state electoral trends since 1960, here are the next three up: West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware.

The graphs show how much more or less Democratic each state voted as compared to the national average; thus a +5% means that in a 50/50 national tie, the Democrat would have received 55% in a 2-way race.

Pics and comments below.

Nader vote in 2000:

WV: 2
MD: 3
DE: 3

Shorthand version: Maryland and Delaware good, West Virginia bad. Question: will Gore's WV vote in 2000 be a blip, similar to McGovern's in '72, or is it a sign of things to come?

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