Romney/Ryan First Ticket Since 1972 Where Both Home States Were Not Won

Not much good news coming out of post-game analysis

Reason Staff | 11.14.2012 12:28 PM

11:15AM EST November 14. 2012 - Trivial pursuit time: How many presidential tickets have lost their home states?

We'll provide the answer shortly, but the point of this is to note that Republicans Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are the first ticket since 1972 that failed to carry their home states.

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Romney/Ryan First Ticket Since 1972 Where Both Home States Were Not Won

Not much good news coming out of post-game analysis

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