Possible Clues:

• One often has a star next to Washington, D.C
• Where you'll see ME
• Where ID is shown?
• Graphic displaying OK
• Graphic often including insets of AK and HI
• Election night graphic, for short
• Graphic on a pres. election night
• Many an electoral chart, in brief
• Chart often with insets of Alaska and Hawaii
• Graphic that typically has HI and AK in insets