Average Margin of Victory Rankings
Margin of Victory: The margin of victory index measures the winner’s percentage of all the votes cast minus the second-place candidate’s percentage of votes cast.Rank | State | MOV |
1 | Wyoming | 0.5% |
2 | New Hampshire | 4.9% |
3 | Vermont | 8.9% |
4 | Iowa | 11.8% |
5 | Nebraska | 12.0% |
6 | Nevada | 14.2% |
7 | Idaho | 17.0% |
8 | Alaska | 17.1% |
9 | Delaware | 19.2% |
10 | Indiana | 19.4% |
11 | Montana | 20.2% |
12 | New Mexico | 22.9% |
13 | Connecticut | 23.5% |
14 | Ohio | 24.1% |
15 | South Carolina | 26.6% |
16 | Minnesota | 27.0% |
17 | West Virginia | 27.3% |
18 | Utah | 27.9% |
19 | Washington | 29.5% |
20 | Pennsylvania | 29.5% |
21 | Hawaii | 30.4% |
22 | Arizona | 30.5% |
23 | Oregon | 31.1% |
24 | Kansas | 31.2% |
25 | North Dakota | 31.4% |
26 | Kentucky | 31.5% |
27 | Colorado | 31.6% |
28 | North Carolina | 32.9% |
29 | Arkansas | 33.4% |
30 | Oklahoma | 33.6% |
31 | Wisconsin | 35.1% |
32 | Missouri | 35.4% |
33 | Maine | 36.5% |
34 | Illinois | 38.4% |
35 | Michigan | 39.2% |
36 | Georgia | 39.7% |
37 | Tennessee | 39.8% |
38 | South Dakota | 40.4% |
39 | Florida | 40.5% |
40 | New Jersey | 41.0% |
41 | Virginia | 43.8% |
42 | Texas | 43.8% |
43 | California | 45.9% |
44 | New York | 50.6% |
45 | Louisiana | 53.5% |
46 | Mississippi | 55.0% |
47 | Maryland | 55.8% |
48 | Alabama | 32.5% |
49 | Rhode Island | 74.9% |
50 | Massachusetts | 83.3% |
US | United States | 38.8% |