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1868 vs 1872 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from R+5.4 in 1868 to R+11.8 in 1872. 24 of 33 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 7 changed hands.

Alabama: swing R+3.9AlaskaArizonaArkansas: swing D+3.0California: swing R+13.4ColoradoConnecticut: swing R+1.8Delaware: swing R+22.2 (flipped)District of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgia: swing R+18.6HawaiiIdahoIllinois: swing R+1.9Indiana: swing R+3.7Iowa: swing R+4.1Kansas: swing D+4.0Kentucky: swing R+43.2Louisiana: swing R+52.8 (flipped)Maine: swing R+10.9Maryland: swing R+33.7Massachusetts: swing D+1.0Michigan: swing R+13.2Minnesota: swing R+1.3MississippiMissouri: swing D+25.7 (flipped)MontanaNebraska: swing R+13.5Nevada: swing R+4.1New Hampshire: swing D+2.1New Jersey: swing R+10.6 (flipped)New MexicoNew York: swing R+7.6 (flipped)North Carolina: swing R+8.1North DakotaOhio: swing D+0.9OklahomaOregon: swing R+21.0 (flipped)Pennsylvania: swing R+20.1Rhode Island: swing R+10.4South Carolina: swing R+36.1South DakotaTennessee: swing D+41.2 (flipped)TexasUtahVermont: swing R+0.6VirginiaWashingtonWest Virginia: swing D+13.2Wisconsin: swing D+2.8WyomingVermont: swing R+0.6New Hampshire: swing D+2.1Massachusetts: swing D+1.0Rhode Island: swing R+10.4Connecticut: swing R+1.8New Jersey: swing R+10.6 (flipped)Delaware: swing R+22.2 (flipped)Maryland: swing R+33.7District of Columbia
Red: moved toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket. Darker means a bigger swing.

Every state

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State18681872SwingFlipped
Louisiana D+41.4 R+11.4 R+52.8 Democratic → Republican
Kentucky D+49.1 D+5.9 R+43.2
South Carolina R+15.9 R+52.0 R+36.1
Maryland D+34.4 D+0.7 R+33.7
Delaware D+18.0 R+4.2 R+22.2 Democratic → Republican
Oregon D+0.7 R+20.3 R+21.0 Democratic → Republican
Pennsylvania R+4.4 R+24.5 R+20.1
Georgia D+28.5 D+9.9 R+18.6
Nebraska R+27.8 R+41.4 R+13.5
California R+0.5 R+13.9 R+13.4
Michigan R+14.0 R+27.1 R+13.2
Maine R+24.8 R+35.7 R+10.9
New Jersey D+1.8 R+8.8 R+10.6 Democratic → Republican
Rhode Island R+33.4 R+43.9 R+10.4
North Carolina R+6.8 R+14.9 R+8.1
New York D+1.2 R+6.4 R+7.6 Democratic → Republican
Nevada R+10.8 R+14.9 R+4.1
Iowa R+23.8 R+27.9 R+4.1
Alabama R+2.5 R+6.4 R+3.9
Indiana R+2.8 R+6.4 R+3.7
Illinois R+11.4 R+13.3 R+1.9
Connecticut R+3.1 R+4.8 R+1.8
Minnesota R+21.6 R+22.9 R+1.3
Vermont R+57.1 R+57.7 R+0.6
Ohio R+8.0 R+7.1 D+0.9
Massachusetts R+39.5 R+38.5 D+1.0
New Hampshire R+10.5 R+8.3 D+2.1
Wisconsin R+12.5 R+9.7 D+2.8
Arkansas R+7.4 R+4.3 D+3.0
Kansas R+37.7 R+33.7 D+4.0
West Virginia R+17.7 R+4.5 D+13.2
Missouri R+13.9 D+11.8 D+25.7 Republican → Democratic
Tennessee R+36.9 D+4.3 D+41.2 Republican → Democratic

Margins are Republican share minus Democratic share of all votes counted. Swing is the change in that margin; “R+3” means the state moved three points toward the Republican ticket.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data