When was the last time that both members of their ticket lost their home states?

[hrmjustin]

Romney lost MA, and he lost Ryan's WI. Romney lost the state of his birth as well.

[frazzled]

1. I can only tell you the last time a candidate

Lost both his state of residence and his birth state and still won the presidency: James K. Polk, 1844.

[joeybee12]

2. Could have been McGovern, although I don't know what Shriver

considered his home state.

[leftynyc]

3. I think it was Al Gore/John Edwards

I know they lost TN but can't remember Edwards' state.

[Pab Sungenis]

4. Gore's running mate was Lieberman

and they won Connecticut.

[yardwork]

7. Edwards was Kerry's running mate in 2004. They won MA (Kerry) but lost NC (Edwards).

[Pab Sungenis]

5. Depends on how you define home state.

Sargent Shriver was born in Maryland but residing in DC when McGovern and he won those three electoral votes in 1972.

Before that, it would be 1956 when the Stevenson/Kefauver ticket lost both Illinois and Tennessee.

[Pab Sungenis]

6. Interestingly enough, going back and doing the research

Wilson/Marshall lost both New Jersey and Indiana in 1916, yet went on to win re-election without them.

All in all, it's happened 19 times throughout history, not counting the two Washington elections where there was no real opposition.

[hifiguy]

8. Willard lost ALL his home states.

MA. NH. CA. MI. That has got to be a first.