Missouri broke a streak of 12 consecutive presidential elections where the state voted with the winner. Missouri's polling result became official yesterday with McCain scoring a razor-thin victory. Not since favoring Adlai Stevenson over Dwight Eisenhower in 1956 has Missouri "gotten it wrong", thus gaining the well-deserved bellweather state reputation. Thirteen was just not a lucky number for Mr McCain.
So, I thought it would be interesting to poke around and see which state has sided with the loser the most over the same 1960-2008 period. The anti-bellweather states are: Washington, Mississippi and Alabama. Each of the three states has voted with the eventual loser in 6 of the last 13 opportunities. The two southern states supported a third party in both the 1960 and 1968 elections.
Ohio is the new bellweather state, having voted with the winner since 1964.
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