Average Margin of Victory
Margin of Victory: Measure of the average in a state's House races of the winner’s percentage of the vote minus the second-place candidate’s percentage of the vote.
Ranking |
State |
MOV |
1 |
South Dakota |
2.4% |
2 |
New Hampshire |
6.9% |
3 |
New Mexico |
9.5% |
4 |
North Dakota |
9.8% |
5 |
Maine |
12.0% |
6 |
Iowa |
16.0% |
7 |
Delaware |
16.1% |
8 |
West Virginia |
17.5% |
9 |
Connecticut |
18.4% |
10 |
Rhode Island |
18.5% |
11 |
Arizona |
18.9% |
12 |
Nevada |
20.0% |
13 |
Mississippi |
20.3% |
14 |
Minnesota |
20.5% |
15 |
Arkansas |
22.9% |
16 |
Colorado |
23.3% |
17 |
North Carolina |
23.9% |
18 |
Washington |
24.0% |
19 |
South Carolina |
25.0% |
20 |
Oregon |
25.2% |
21 |
Ohio |
25.4% |
22 |
Indiana |
25.7% |
23 |
Wisconsin |
26.1% |
24 |
Virginia |
27.2% |
25 |
Hawaii |
27.3% |
26 |
Michigan |
27.9% |
27 |
Pennsylvania |
27.9% |
28 |
Massachusetts |
28.0% |
29 |
Montana |
28.2% |
30 |
Idaho |
29.1% |
31 |
New Jersey |
30.3% |
32 |
Kentucky |
30.5% |
33 |
Kansas |
32.2% |
34 |
Vermont |
33.7% |
35 |
New York |
35.2% |
36 |
Illinois |
35.3% |
37 |
Utah |
35.3% |
38 |
Missouri |
35.8% |
39 |
California |
36.1% |
40 |
Maryland |
37.5% |
41 |
Alaska |
38.6% |
42 |
Tennessee |
40.1% |
43 |
Nebraska |
41.2% |
44 |
Florida |
42.5% |
45 |
Georgia |
46.8% |
46 |
Texas |
48.3% |
47 |
Wyoming |
48.4% |
48 |
Alabama |
54.6% |
49 |
Louisiana |
54.7% |
50 |
Oklahoma |
59.6% |
Total |
USA OVERALL |
33.0% |