Democrats would not win Maine again until 1964, Connecticut and Delaware until 1936, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, West Virginia, and Wisconsin until 1932, and Massachusetts and Rhode Island until 1928. Additionally, it was the last time until 1932 that the Republicans failed to win Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota. Theodore Roosevelt's 88 electoral votes are the highest won by a third party in a presidential election. Close states Margin of victory less than 1% (13 electoral votes): California, 0.03% (174 votes) Margin of victory less than 5% (142 electoral votes): Idaho, 1.05% (1,111 votes) Illinois, 1.62% (18,570 votes) Wyoming, 1.77% (750 votes) Vermont, 1.91% (1,200 votes) Maine, 2.02% (2,618 votes) New Hampshire, 2.04% (1,797 votes) Connecticut, 3.28% (6,237 votes) Rhode Island, 3.48% (2,709 votes) Massachusetts, 3.58% (17,460 votes) Pennsylvania, 4.04% (49,257 votes) North Dakota, 4.42% (3,829 votes) Iowa, 4.77% (23,506 votes) Utah, 4.91% (5,521 votes) Margin of victory between 5% and 10% (73 electoral votes): New Mexico, 5.48% (2,704 votes) Minnesota, 5.81% (19,430 votes) Kansas, 6.42% (23,453 votes) Montana, 6.87% (5,485 votes) Oregon, 6.91% (9,464 votes) New Jersey, 7.60% (32,879 votes) Washington, 8.32% (26,858 votes) Wisconsin, 8.41% (33,634 votes) South Dakota, 8.48% (9,869 votes) Tipping point state: New York, 12.6% (200,086 votes) (for a Taft victory) Ohio, 18.9% (146,666 votes) (for a Roosevelt victory) New Hampshire, 37.2% (32,743 votes) (for a Debs victory) By county In a plurality of 1,396 counties, no candidate obtained a majority. Wilson won 1,969 counties but held a majority in only 1,237, less than Bryan had had in any of his campaigns. "Other(s)", mostly Roosevelt, won a plurality in 772 counties and a majority in 305 counties. Most of them in Pennsylvania (48), Illinois (33), Michigan (68), Minnesota (75), Iowa (49), South Dakota (54), Nebraska (32), Kansas (51), Washington (38), and California (44). Debs carried four counties: Lake and Beltrami in Minnesota, Burke in North Dakota, and Crawford in Kansas. These are the only counties ever to vote for the Socialist presidential nominee. Taft won a plurality in only 232 counties and a majority in only 35. In addition to South Dakota and California, where there was no Taft ticket, Taft carried no counties in Maine, New Jersey, Minnesota, Nevada, Arizona, and seven "Solid South" states. Nine counties did not record any votes due to either black disenfranchisement or being inhabited only by Native Americans, who would not gain full