Appendix J

Potential Additional Votes in the 2000 and 2016 Elections

States listed above are designated safe states with vote margins greater than 5% and turnout less than the swing state average. ME, ND, NE, WI, & WY not included due to lack of registered voter information or use of the district system.

2000 Presidential Election - Possible Additional Votes with 5% Swing States

Swing State Average Turnout: 66.26%

State	Winner	Dem Votes	Rep Votes	Total Vote	REG	Turnout	Margin	Add'l Dem	Add'l Rep
Alabama	Rep	692,611	941,173	1,666,272	2,528,963	65.89%	14.92%	3,915	5,320
Alaska	Rep	79,004	167,398	285,560	473,648	60.29%	30.95%	7,824	16,578
Arkansas	Rep	422,768	472,940	921,781	1,555,809	59.25%	5.44%	50,037	55,975
Colorado	Rep	738,227	883,748	1,741,368	2,641,990	65.91%	8.36%	3,906	4,676
Delaware	Dem	180,068	137,288	327,622	503,614	65.05%	13.06%	3,338	2,545
District of Col.	Dem	171,923	18,073	201,894	354,410	56.97%	76.20%	28,048	2,949
Hawaii	Dem	205,286	137,845	367,951	637,349	57.73%	18.33%	30,326	20,363
Indiana	Rep	901,980	1,245,836	2,199,302	3,994,910	55.05%	15.63%	183,622	253,622
Kansas	Rep	399,276	622,332	1,072,218	1,623,623	66.04%	20.80%	1,339	2,086
Kentucky	Rep	638,898	872,492	1,544,187	2,556,815	60.39%	15.13%	62,044	84,729
Louisiana	Rep	792,344	927,871	1,765,656	2,796,551	63.14%	7.68%	39,194	45,897
Michigan	Dem	2,170,418	1,953,139	4,232,501	6,859,332	61.70%	5.13%	160,245	144,203
Mississippi	Rep	404,614	572,844	994,184	1,739,858	57.14%	16.92%	64,566	91,411
Montana	Rep	137,126	240,178	410,997	698,260	58.86%	25.07%	17,239	30,195
New York	Dem	4,107,697	2,403,374	6,821,999	11,262,816	60.57%	24.98%	385,807	225,732
North Carolina	Rep	1,257,692	1,631,163	2,911,262	5,122,123	56.84%	12.83%	208,512	270,430
Oklahoma	Rep	474,276	744,337	1,234,229	2,233,602	55.26%	21.88%	94,436	148,210
Rhode Island	Dem	249,508	130,555	409,112	671,612	60.91%	29.08%	21,893	11,456
South Carolina	Rep	565,561	785,937	1,382,717	2,266,199	61.01%	15.94%	48,619	67,564
Texas	Rep	2,433,746	3,799,639	6,407,637	10,267,639	62.41%	21.32%	150,295	234,645
West Virginia	Rep	295,497	336,475	648,124	1,066,349	60.78%	6.32%	26,644	30,339
Totals		17,318,520	19,024,637	37,546,573	61,855,472			1,591,850	1,748,926
								Potential Additional Rep Votes: 157,075

2016 Presidential Election - Possible Additional Votes with 5% Swing States

Swing State Average Turnout: 70.24%

State	Winner	Dem Votes	Rep Votes	Total Vote	REG	Turnout	Margin	Add'l Dem	Add'l Rep
Alabama	Rep	729,547	1,318,255	2,123,372	3,333,058	63.71%	27.73%	74,821	135,197
Alaska	Rep	116,454	163,387	318,608	528,560	60.28%	14.73%	19,245	27,001
Arkansas	Rep	380,494	684,872	1,130,676	1,759,982	64.24%	26.92%	35,515	63,925
Indiana	Rep	1,033,126	1,557,286	2,734,958	4,829,243	56.63%	19.17%	248,219	374,154
Kansas	Rep	427,005	671,018	1,184,402	1,817,927	65.15%	20.60%	33,352	52,411
Kentucky	Rep	628,854	1,202,971	1,924,149	3,306,120	58.20%	29.84%	130,098	248,872
Louisiana	Rep	780,154	1,178,638	2,029,032	3,023,241	67.11%	19.64%	36,332	54,889
Mississippi	Rep	485,131	700,714	1,209,357	2,085,757	57.98%	17.83%	102,565	148,143
Missouri	Rep	1,071,068	1,594,511	2,808,605	4,223,787	66.49%	18.64%	60,323	89,804
Ohio	Rep	2,394,164	2,841,005	5,496,487	7,861,025	69.92%	8.13%	10,932	12,972
Oklahoma	Rep	420,375	949,136	1,452,992	2,157,450	67.35%	36.39%	18,054	40,762
South Carolina	Rep	855,373	1,155,389	2,103,027	3,129,467	67.20%	14.27%	38,685	52,253
South Dakota	Rep	117,458	227,721	370,093	595,126	62.19%	29.79%	15,210	29,488
Tennessee	Rep	870,695	1,522,925	2,508,027	4,110,318	61.02%	26.01%	131,596	230,173
Texas	Rep	3,877,868	4,685,047	8,969,226	15,101,087	59.39%	9.00%	708,097	855,488
West Virginia	Rep	188,794	489,371	714,423	1,274,887	56.04%	42.07%	47,846	124,022
Connecticut	Dem	897,572	673,215	1,644,920	2,357,733	69.77%	13.64%	6,085	4,564
Delaware	Dem	235,603	185,127	443,814	675,663	65.69%	11.37%	16,335	12,836
District of Col.	Dem	282,830	12,723	311,268	478,688	65.03%	86.78%	22,682	1,020
Hawaii	Dem	266,891	128,847	428,937	749,917	57.20%	32.18%	60,856	29,379
Illinois	Dem	3,090,729	2,146,015	5,536,424	8,029,847	68.95%	17.06%	57,914	40,212
Maryland	Dem	1,677,928	943,169	2,781,446	3,970,645	70.05%	26.42%	4,546	2,555
New Jersey	Dem	2,148,278	1,601,933	3,874,046	5,808,260	66.70%	14.10%	114,054	85,048
New Mexico	Dem	385,234	319,667	798,319	1,289,420	61.91%	8.21%	51,812	42,993
New York	Dem	4,556,118	2,819,533	7,721,442	12,493,250	61.80%	22.49%	621,816	384,808
Rhode Island	Dem	252,525	180,543	464,144	770,875	60.21%	15.51%	42,066	30,075
Vermont	Dem	178,573	95,369	315,067	471,619	66.81%	26.41%	9,181	4,903
Totals		28,348,841	30,048,387	61,397,261	96,232,952			2,718,235	3,177,948
								Potential Additional Rep Votes: 459,714

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