With the presidential election just a few weeks away and voters’ influence varying across state lines, the personal-finance website WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2016’s States with the Most & Least Powerful Voters.
WalletHub’s analysts compared the relative clout of 2016 voters in swinging the presidential and Senate races. In order to make such a comparison, we calculated a Voter Power Score for each state and for each type of election.
| States with the Most Powerful Voters in Presidential Elections | States with the Most Powerful Voters in Senate Elections | ||||
| 1 | Arizona | 1 | New Hampshire | ||
| 2 | Iowa | 2 | Nevada | ||
| 3 | Alaska | 3 | Missouri | ||
| 4 | South Dakota | 4 | Indiana | ||
| 5 | Ohio | 5 | North Carolina | ||
| 6 | Nevada | 6 | Alaska | ||
| 7 | New Hampshire | 7 | North Dakota | ||
| 8 | North Carolina | 8 | Louisiana | ||
| 9 | Georgia | 9 | Pennsylvania | ||
| 10 | Florida | 10 | Kentucky | ||
Richie Bernardo For a WalletHub News Release posted on SouthFloridaReporter.com Oct 17, 2016
