Maine is one of the few states where that's viable - as Nate Silver notes[1], it's probably the most independent-leaning state in the nation, as evidenced by it

Maine is one of the few states where that's viable - as Nate Silver notes[1], it's probably the most independent-leaning state in the nation, as evidenced by its support for Ross Perot in the 90s. Rhode Island would be another, and I'd peg Colorado as a distant third. Minnesota is an outlier in my mind - it's more attributable to the fact that the Republican candidate (Norm Coleman) was a terrible candidate (he only won his Senate seat because his opponent died right before the election[2]), and the race was irregular in other ways too. It happened once, but I wouldn't bet on it happening again there anytime soon, unless things change. [1] http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/15/in-maine-independent-streak-complicates-political-landscape/ http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/15/in-maine... [2] To Coleman's credit, John Ashcroft ran against a dead man and lost, so I guess Coleman had something going for him.