My Ranking of the States, 2024 Edition

I previously did this in 2015 and 2020. This time, I'm using different parameters. Or, rather, one parameter: How well did you oppose Fascism in the 2024 election? In other words: What percent of your popular vote went to Kamala Harris, instead of Donald Trump or any other candidate?

The Good

-. District of Columbia: 92.5

1. Vermont: 64.3

2. Maryland: 61.5

3. Massachusetts: 61.3

4. Hawaii: 60.6

5. California: 58.2

6. Washington: 58.0

7. Delaware: 56.6

8. Connecticut: 56.5

9. New York: 55.8

10. Oregon: 55.6

11. Rhode Island: 55.7

12. Colorado: 54.2

13. Illinois: 53.8

14. Maine: 52.2

15. Virginia: 51.8

16. New Mexico: 51.8

17. New Jersey: 51.7

18. Minnesota: 51.1

19. New Hampshire: 50.9

The Bad

20. Wisconsin: 48.9

21. Georgia: 48.5

22. Pennsylvania: 48.5

23. Michigan: 48.3

24. North Carolina: 47.7

25. Nevada: 47.5

26. Arizona: 46.5

Aside from North Carolina, each of those States went for Joe Biden last time, but flipped to Trump this time.

The Ugly

27. Ohio: 43.9

28. Florida: 43.0

29. Iowa: 42.7

30. Texas: 42.4

31. Kansas: 41.0

32. South Carolina: 40.4

33. Alaska: 40.4

34. Missouri: 40.1

35. Indiana: 39.7

36. Nebraska: 38.9

37. Montana: 38.4

38. Utah: 38.3

39. Louisiana: 38.2

40. Mississippi: 37.3

41. Tennessee: 34.5

42. Alabama: 34.2

43. South Dakota: 34.2

44. Kentucky: 33.9

45. Arkansas: 33.5

46. Oklahoma: 31.9

47. North Dakota: 30.8

48. Idaho: 30.4

49. West Virginia: 27.9

50. Wyoming: 26.1 (Gee, thanks, Liz Cheney.)

The last time each State voted for the Democratic Party's candidate for President:

* 2024, Kamala Harris: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington.

* 2020, Joe Biden: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin.

* 2012, Barack Obama: Florida, Iowa, Ohio.

* 2008, Barack Obama: Indiana, North Carolina.

* 1996, Bill Clinton: Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Tennessee, West Virginia. Clinton was,  Southerner, but that didn't help Al Gore 4 years later. By that point, the South had stopped caring about geography, and cared more about religion, guns, and white supremacy.

* 1976, Jimmy Carter: Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas. Southern States that would have gone Republican if any of that year's major Democratic candidates other than Carter had been nominated.

* 1964, Lyndon Johnson: Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming. These are Western States with a libertarian streak.