# He who rules Vermont, rules the WORLD! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 8, 2000, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-who-rules-vermont-rules-the-world/40223 "2000-11-08T01:36:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-who-rules-vermont-rules-the-world/40223/1 "2000-11-08T01:36:01Z")
Well not really, but my question is sort of along those lines. Throughout the history of the electoral college, which state has most frequently voted for the winning presidential candidiate? I just figure it would make for a goofy factoid. Since I’ve been rather busy in the Pit lately, I haven’t been as up to date on GQ threads as I would like, so forgive me if this has been asked before. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-who-rules-vermont-rules-the-world/40223/2 "2000-11-08T01:49:16Z")
Not quite answering the question in the OP, but there is an Electoral College Trivia Quiz at [http://www.infortainment.com/elct-tst.htm](http://www.infortainment.com/elct-tst.htm) that says Delaware has gone with the winning candidate in every election from 1948 on, making it the state with the longest winning streak. ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-who-rules-vermont-rules-the-world/40223/3 "2000-11-08T02:01:02Z")
Hm. Good info, delph. I also learned from [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) that no Republican who lost Ohio has ever become president. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-who-rules-vermont-rules-the-world/40223/4 "2000-11-08T02:36:28Z")
Unfortunately, the mallethead has just WON Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-who-rules-vermont-rules-the-world/40223/5 "2000-11-08T02:49:03Z")
I think Tennesee is right up there in the winners circle too. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-who-rules-vermont-rules-the-world/40223/6 "2000-11-08T03:25:47Z")
And these statistics are totally useless. The sample size is just too small. What you’re probably seeing is just noise. This is a pet peeve of mine. When a pundit says something like, ‘No Republican has won without Florida since 1976’, he’s giving you completely meaningless information, yet the implication is that Florida somehow carries more importance than its 25 electoral votes would indicate. ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-who-rules-vermont-rules-the-world/40223/7 "2000-11-08T03:29:50Z")
No left handed republican has won a national presidental election without at leat 43% of the vote in western wyoming since 1993. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-who-rules-vermont-rules-the-world/40223/8 "2000-11-08T03:30:19Z")
A little off topic, but you can always count on **Minnesota** to _‘Shock The World’_ in damn near every election. I tell 'ya, we’re trend setters, each and every one of us! ---
**Author:** ![oldscratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@oldscratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oldscratch)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-who-rules-vermont-rules-the-world/40223/9 "2000-11-08T03:37:08Z")
In America…First you get Minnesota… Then you get the Power… Then you get the Wimmin. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-who-rules-vermont-rules-the-world/40223/10 "2000-11-08T03:38:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CnoteChris \* > \*\*I tell 'ya, we’re trend setters, each and every one of us! \*\* You say that like it’s a good thing!😉 ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-who-rules-vermont-rules-the-world/40223/11 "2000-11-08T03:48:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sam Stone \* > **And these statistics are totally useless. The sample size is just too small. What you’re probably seeing is just noise.** I know that Sam, which is exactly why I said “I just figure it would make for a goofy factoid.” It’s like the fact that everytime the University of Kansas men’s basketball team has won the NCAA title, the NY Yankees proceed win the World Series. Totally unrelated events. If UofK won the big one next year and the Yanks are 14.5 games back in late August, I’m not about to bet the Alpha family fortune on the Bombers. It’s just noise but it’s entertaining noise. Don’t take it so seriously. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-who-rules-vermont-rules-the-world/40223/12 "2000-11-08T04:20:43Z")
Well, first off, KU won in '88, and the Yankees sure didn’t do much in th 80s. Missouri has incorrectly voted for the president only once in the 20th century (Eisenhower). ---
**Author:** ![Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@Nanook\_of\_the\_North\_Shore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook_of_the_North_Shore)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2000, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-who-rules-vermont-rules-the-world/40223/13 "2000-11-08T04:39:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alphagene \* > \*\*It’s like the fact that everytime the University of Kansas men’s basketball team has won the NCAA title, the NY Yankees proceed win the World Series. Totally unrelated events. If UofK won the big one next year and the Yanks are 14.5 games back in late August, I’m not about to bet the Alpha family fortune on the Bombers. > > It’s just noise but it’s entertaining noise. Don’t take it so seriously. > > Sheesh. \*\* Actually its Kentucky 😉 But other than that I agree with ya. But it sure was fun in 96 to tell all my friends the Yankees were gonna win and be proven right…