Presidential Election Voting Trivia

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Across
  1. 1. Home to Presidential Peanut Farmer
  2. 6. home state of previous vice president and current democratic hopeful
  3. 12. One of two states that isn’t “Winner Take All” but instead is divided by the popular vote and the winner of each of its three congressional districts
  4. 14. No Republican has ever won an electoral vote here
  5. 15. Based on percentage terms, this state was the 2nd closest race of 2008 and 2012, falling behind Missouri and Florida, respectively
  6. 16. Has voted Republican in every election since 1964 except in 1976 when neighboring it voted for its neighboring candidate
  7. 17. voted for Populist Party’s James Baird Weaver in 1892
  8. 21. Home to a 2016 Faithless elector
  9. 22. Second in electoral votes only to California, this state is on track to gain four more votes after the 2020 Census and could become a battleground state in the next decade due to Latino population growth
  10. 23. electoral votes have supported 7 political parties including: federalists, Democratic-Republicans, Democrats, National Republicans, Whigs, Constitutional Union, and Republicans
  11. 24. Republican candidates have dominated in four consecutive elections by more than 30%
  12. 30. electoral votes were rejected in 1872 due to irregularities
  13. 31. home of the infamous hanging chad
  14. 32. Has voted identically to neighboring state Idaho since 1904, except in 1944
  15. 33. Joining the Union just a month before the 1864 election, this state ended up with an anomalous two electoral votes as the third was snowbound and the new legislature, which hadn’t yet convened had no way to send a replacement
  16. 35. has gained at least 1 electoral vote in each of the last 6 censuses
  17. 38. Most recently dependably Democratic, this state has the third most electoral votes in the western half of the country
  18. 39. One of two states that isn’t “Winner Take All” but instead is divided by the popular vote and the winner of each of its two congressional districts
  19. 40. Generally considered a battleground state, although it has gone Democratic in the prior six elections, this is one of three "Blue Wall" states Trump won in 2016
  20. 41. Staunchly Republican, this state voted for FDR four times
  21. 42. has voted in all 58 presidential elections
  22. 45. Since 1972 has reliably voted for the winning candidate, except for 2008 and 2012 when it went for McCain and Romney, respectively
  23. 47. 1892 election was split 3 to 1 for Benjamin Harrison and James Baird Weaver, respectively
  24. 48. Flipped in 2016, this was the closest popular vote with a 0.2% difference
  25. 49. Reddest state in the Midwest and home to winner of the 2020 Iowa Caucus
Down
  1. 2. Home of the first caucus each election cycle
  2. 3. The only state to have voted for Walter Mondale
  3. 4. Due to increasing support by Latinos, this state has gone Democratic the last 6 out of 7 elections
  4. 5. Reliably Republican, this state has only voted Democratic four times, most recently in 1964 when it voted for Lyndon Johnson
  5. 7. The only state to have seceded from a state to avoid seceding from the Union during the Civil War
  6. 8. First election as a state was won by a 3rd party candidate
  7. 9. The only state to vote for George McGovern in 1972
  8. 10. Gave Mitt Romney the biggest state defeat over Barack Obama since Ronald Reagan beat Walter Mondale here in 1984
  9. 11. Reliably Republican, this state is one of seven that has only 3 electoral votes
  10. 13. A major battleground state in recent elections, the largest margin since 1988 being 8 points in 2016
  11. 18. Had the most electoral votes, due to the 1810 Census, from 1812 until 1972 when California claimed the role as most populous state
  12. 19. Correctly predicted the election winner all but once between 1904 and 2004
  13. 20. Donald Trump won this state in a extremely close, yet surprise victory as he had not won a single one of the dozens of polls in the months leading up to the 2016 election
  14. 25. Was unable to vote in either the 1864 or 1868 elections due to secession
  15. 26. Didn’t participate in the 1864 election due to Secession
  16. 27. First state to hold its primary in every election cycle
  17. 28. In several elections, the electoral votes have been shared by multiple political parties
  18. 29. Rogue 2016 elector who attempted to vote for Bernie sanders was replaced to vote appropriately for Hillary Clinton
  19. 34. Aside from the crazy 1964 Johnson/Goldwater election, this state had voted Republican for over 100 years until 1992 when it voted for Bill Clinton and has since voted strictly Democratic
  20. 36. Has had 3 electoral votes in all 15 Presidential elections held in this state
  21. 37. Second most over-represented state in the electoral college with one vote per 263,142 residents
  22. 42. provides more than 10% of all electoral votes
  23. 43. Has more electoral votes per square mile than any other state except Rhode Island
  24. 44. Largest electoral prize in the Midwest but often overlooked due to neighbor’s notoriety
  25. 46. didn’t participate in the 1864 election due to secession, nor the 1872 election due to irregularities