Ron Paul Support by Region

[Keith and stuff]

Ron Paul Support by Region as of 6/6/12
Dark red shows the most amount support for Ron Paul. Bright green shows the least amount of support for Ron Paul.

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States are colored for the region they are in with the most amount of support for Ron Paul. For Example, ME in in the Northern New England region, the New England region, the Canadian Border region, Northeast and the East Coast Region. ME is colored dark red because the Northern New England region is colored dark red and of the regions ME is part of, the Northern New England region has the most amount of support for Ron Paul.
The strongest regions for Ron Paul are:
Northern New England 28% (VT, NH, ME) (dark red)
New England 22% (VT, NH, ME, MA, RI, CT) (orange)
Canadian Border 22% (AK, WA, ID, MT, ND, MN, WI, MI, NY, VT, NH, ME) (orange)
Pacific Northwest 20% (AK, WA, OR, ID) (orange)
Northeast 19% (ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, NY, PA, NJ) (orange)
West Coast 18% (HI, AK, WA, OR, CA) (yellow)
East Coast 16% (ME, NH, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, DC, VA, NC, SC, GA, FL) (green)
Mid-Atlantic 15% (NY, PA, NJ, DE, MD, DC, WV, VA) (green)
Midwest 15% (ND, SD, NE, KS, MN, IA, MO, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH) (green)
Mountain West 15% (NV, ID, MT, WY, UT, CO, AZ, NM) (green)
Great Lakes 14% (MN, MI, WI, IL, IN, OH, PA, NY) (green)
Southeast 12% (VA, WV, KY, NC, SC, TN, AK, LA, MS, AL, GA, FL) (green)
Southwest 12% (NV, UT, CO, AZ, NM, TX, OK) (green)
Mexican Border 10% (CA, AZ, NM, TX) (green)
Gulf Coast 7% (TX, LA, MS, AL, FL) (green)

 

[Respect38]

So focused on the north is weird...

plus, Indiana being so low surprises me... they were the state that voted most Libertarian in the 2008 race. How are we measuring this, exactly?

 

[Keith and stuff]

Respect38, it is interesting that people respond much more to Ron Paul's message in the North than other places. Near the Mexican Border and Gulf Coast, Ron Paul had the least amount of support, by far.

The Midwest, where IN is was about average by region at 15%. That is better than what Ron Paul did as a state average, which is 11%. For the record, if you look at IN by itself, the number is 16%, which is about the same as the Midwest.

The 2008 LP for President totals aren't useful. For example, while 1.1% is over twice as high as the US average of 0.4%, the numbers are so small that they are mostly meaningless unless they make the difference b/t the Republican nominee and the Democratic nominee.

I explained in detail how I came up with the numbers and the graph on the Forum. http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?366812-Ron-Paul-Support-by-Region

Long story short, I averaged the percentage of the Republican Primary/Caucus vote in the states of a region. For example, Northern New England is made up of VT (26%), NH (23%) and ME (36%) for an average of 28%.

An alternative way to do this (that I didn't use) would be to weigh the states of a region based on the percentage of the population in a region they make up. It would just make the leading region, Northern New England, look even that much better compared to the other regions. In Northern New England, the number would go from 28% to 29%.