Threw a coin

• Went ape
• Turned, as states on the electoral map (and in this puzzle)

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: flip )

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what to do--I may as well flip a coin!" [syn: toss ] cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation; "switch on the light"; "throw the lever" [syn: throw , switch ] look through a book or other ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Flip \Flip\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flipped (fl[i^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Flipping .] To become insane or irrational; -- often used with out; as, seeing her mother killed made the girl flip out.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Flipped (2001) is a young adult novel by Wendelin Van Draanen set from c.1994 to 2000. It is a stand-alone teen romance in a he-said she-said style with the two protagonists alternately presenting their perspective on a shared set of events.