While digging through the AP elections API feed I noticed it contained a BallotOrder attribute for each candidate, so I wanted to explore it a bit. Table below shows what order the Candidates' names are printed in from state to state, focusing on the two big names.
Some states have a lot of candidates running for president (Colorado has 22) but all states ensured Clinton and Trump were in the top 8 slots. Clinton's name shows up before Trump's on 29 ballots, and Trump's is listed before Clinton's 22 times.
| State | Name Order on Ballot | Total Number of Presidential Candidates | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
| AK | Clinton | Trump | 6 | ||||||
| AL | Clinton | Trump | 4 | ||||||
| AR | Clinton | Trump | 8 | ||||||
| AZ | Trump | Clinton | 4 | ||||||
| CA | Clinton | Trump | 5 | ||||||
| CO | Clinton | Trump | 22 | ||||||
| CT | Clinton | Trump | 4 | ||||||
| DC | Trump | Clinton | 4 | ||||||
| DE | Clinton | Trump | 4 | ||||||
| FL | Trump | Clinton | 6 | ||||||
| GA | Trump | Clinton | 3 | ||||||
| HI | Clinton | Trump | 5 | ||||||
| IA | Trump | Clinton | 10 | ||||||
| ID | Clinton | Trump | 8 | ||||||
| IL | Clinton | Trump | 4 | ||||||
| IN | Clinton | Trump | 3 | ||||||
| KS | Clinton | Trump | 4 | ||||||
| KY | Trump | Clinton | 6 | ||||||
| LA | Clinton | Trump | 13 | ||||||
| MA | Clinton | Trump | 4 | ||||||
| MD | Trump | Clinton | 4 | ||||||
| ME | Clinton | Trump | 4 | ||||||
| MI | Trump | Clinton | 6 | ||||||
| MN | Trump | Clinton | 9 | ||||||
| MO | Clinton | Trump | 5 | ||||||
| MS | Clinton | Trump | 7 | ||||||
| MT | Clinton | Trump | 5 | ||||||
| NC | Trump | Clinton | 3 | ||||||
| ND | Clinton | Trump | 6 | ||||||
| NE | Trump | Clinton | 4 | ||||||
| NH | Clinton | Trump | 5 | ||||||
| NJ | Clinton | Trump | 9 | ||||||
| NM | Trump | Clinton | 8 | ||||||
| NV | Clinton | Trump | 6 | ||||||
| NY | Clinton | Trump | 8 | ||||||
| OH | Clinton | Trump | 5 | ||||||
| OK | Trump | Clinton | 3 | ||||||
| OR | Trump | Clinton | 4 | ||||||
| PA | Clinton | Trump | 5 | ||||||
| RI | Trump | Clinton | 5 | ||||||
| SC | Clinton | Trump | 7 | ||||||
| SD | Trump | Clinton | 4 | ||||||
| TN | Trump | Clinton | 7 | ||||||
| TX | Trump | Clinton | 4 | ||||||
| UT | Trump | Clinton | 10 | ||||||
| VA | Clinton | Trump | 5 | ||||||
| VT | Clinton | Trump | 6 | ||||||
| WA | Clinton | Trump | 7 | ||||||
| WI | Trump | Clinton | 7 | ||||||
| WV | Trump | Clinton | 5 | ||||||
| WY | Trump | Clinton | 6 | ||||||
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