We may have discussed this before. Not sure. Definitely the type of thread I would start. 
Take a look at this map. Are you a “yay” or “nay” for the chosen T-Day side for your state?
https://www.delish.com/food-news/a34601006/thanksgiving-favorite-side-dishes/
So very sorry to Maine and your sad favorite side!!!
Ohio - Green Bean Casserole
Hmmm. Definitely not my favorite. I’ll take a scoop but there are other favorites. Also, PLEASE don’t drench the green beans in oodles of Campbell’s mushroom soup - less soup is more!
My actual favorite side? I’m going with gravy - and then whatever I can put on it. Park the gravy boat by my place setting please.
Alabama is dressing and I don’t eat dressing, but I am a picky eater and don’t eat a lot of stuff on that map. My kids aren’t huge on dressing either, but my youngest will eat it. For years they always asked my mother to make the dressing for the big family Thanksgiving get-togethers at my maternal grandmothers, so apparently it is good. My paternal grandmother is actually the one that showed her how to make it, so I guess hers was good as well. Mother’s mac n cheese is always a favorite, her mashed potatoes with brown gravy are pretty good. Her pecan pie is amazing. I will say that her turkey is only average, my ex-husband was much better at cooking a turkey. I don’t eat things like green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, stuffing, or rolls(except homemade yeast rolls, my grandmother made wonderful ones).
I don’t think of stuffing as a side. It’s required along with something cranberry and gravy. Anyway, New York’s side is stuffing. So I’m a “yay”.
Michigan - green bean casserole. Not my thing, but it’s definitely popular in these parts.
Texas is green bean casserole which I like pretty much. I love to cook, and that particular dish doesn’t excite me. Besides, in Texas we are all about black eyed peas! Our family likes cheese grits as a side- made with heavy cream.
What? No mashed potatoes in IDAHO?!! ? I guess they have exported all of them across the border to us!!
Mac and cheese? I think that’s a much sadder side dish for Thanksgiving than a salad! I never heard of such a thing.
Grew up in NY (stuffing), spent most of adult life in CT (mashed potatoes). It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without both of those.
Now I live in VA (mac n cheese). Sorry, I love mac n cheese, but have never served it on Thanksgiving and don’t plan to.
@MaineLonghorn I’ve lived in Virginia for decades and have never had Mac and cheese for Thanksgiving, even though this says it is Virginia’s favorite side. But, I grew up in Pennsylvania, and that one is stuffing. That is definitely my favorite!
Mac and cheese is very traditional for some groups–be careful about too much astonishment at what is the norm for others. For many years, my African-American students have told me it’s a required part of a traditional Thanksgiving.
I love Mac and cheese. I don’t consider it a normal thanksgiving side dish, but if it’s there, I’d definitely eat it. If I had my way, I would just eat stuffing, mashed potatoes, Mac and cheese and dessert. Skip the turkey and veggies. Blech.
(Of course my real way is to go on a trip and skip the meal altogether. I’d much rather eat pizza or Chinese food than traditional thanksgiving stuff. And I eat dessert all the time anyway. Nothing special there either)
I dislike green bean casserole. Give me some plain ole steamed or roasted green beans any day.
We have vegetarians in the family so Mac and Cheese is always an option at Thansgiving. I am not a fan of Mac & Cheese though. Or green bean casserole (which is my state side).
What - no sauerkraut? That is required in Maryland - or Baltimore at least.
I’m not convinced that their methodology actually shows the most favorite dish - it’s based on Google searches. (Which makes me ask, who googles “side salad”?).
Salad is not food. Salad comes with the food. Salad is a promissory note that food will soon arrive.
Exactly, and there are different outcomes out there, depending on what the methodology is. And lots of people will have must haves, depending on where they grew up and their family traditions.
Well, if a lot of us are being honest, the turkey is the SIDE, the rest is the ENTREE!!! 
My niece makes mac and cheese for T-Day, Christmas and Easter - honestly my family is so tired of it! But it’s her thing so on the table it goes.
Yes, my sister has a friend that thinks Thanksgiving is not complete without coleslaw! My sister has Thanksgiving most years at her home and has tried to hint more than once to her friend that there will be enough food at the table without her needing to bring the coleslaw. But, it is the family tradition of her friend, so she doesn’t push it and it ends up on the table. My sister has been very gracious about this and that is never a bad thing.
@surfcity Born and raised in MD and I have never heard of sauerkraut on Thanksgiving. Perhaps it is a Baltimore thing. I grew up in more of a DC suburb.