Then why not exclude them altogether, and also those from the territories and the District of Columbia?
The argument is unsound, and unreasonable; a State may be reliably Republican at one election and yet go Democratic at the next.

In 1872 General Grant, the Republican candidate for President, carried nearly every State in the Union, in the South as well as in the North.

Four years later Governor Hayes, the Republican candidate for President, came within one vote of being defeated in the electoral college; and even then his election was made possible only through the decision of the Electoral Commission.

In 1880 General Garfield, the Republican candidate for President, carried New York, and was elected; while four years later Mr.Blaine, the candidate of the same party, lost it and was defeated.

In 1888 Harrison, the Republican Presidential candidate, carried New York, and was elected; four years later he not only lost New York, but also such important States as Indiana and Illinois, and came within a few votes of losing Ohio.