Election 2020

[Eric the Green]

Where are the blue and red states, as defined by the above map of current polling?

Blue states include: states that are on the ocean coastal border of the USA:
HI CA OR WA FL NC VA MD DE NJ NY CT RI MA NH ME

Blue states include: states that border the great lakes coastal border of the USA: MN WI MI PA NY

Blue states include: states that border the land of Canada to the north: MN NY VT NH ME

Blue state that borders Mexico to the south: NM

Blue state also on the Gulf of Mexico: FL

Blue states that border blue states mentioned above, but not any US border: CO NV DC


Red states that do NOT border the US coast or any US border, and do NOT border any blue state that is next to a US border: UT WY NE KS AR

Other Red states that do not border any US coast or any US border: SD OK MO KY TN WV

Red states bordering the tropical Gulf of Mexico: LA MS AL

Red states that border the land of Canada: AK ID MT ND

Red states on an ocean: AK SC


Swing states that border Mexico: AZ, TX

Swing state that also borders the Gulf of Mexico: TX

Swing state that borders an ocean: GA

Swing state that borders the great lakes: OH

Swing state that does not share a US border: IA

(all these states were Trump states in 2016)


Generally, blue states are those connected to the border of the USA, and especially to a blue ocean or great lake. Thus they are more cosmopolitan, more connected to the rest of the world, and less purely "American" as Classic Xer might say.

Generally, red states are those NOT connected to the border of the USA, especially not to oceans or great lakes, and thus are "heartland America" and more disconnected from the world. But 3 are connected to the tropical Gulf of Mexico on the south, along with many (other) banana republics. 3 are connected to a land border, one to an ocean, and 1 to both.