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1872 vs 1876 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from R+11.8 in 1872 to D+3.0 in 1876. 0 of 37 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 11 changed hands.

Alabama: swing D+26.3 (flipped)AlaskaArizonaArkansas: swing D+24.4 (flipped)California: swing D+12.1ColoradoConnecticut: swing D+7.2 (flipped)Delaware: swing D+15.1 (flipped)District of ColumbiaFlorida: swing D+5.1Georgia: swing D+34.1HawaiiIdahoIllinois: swing D+9.7Indiana: swing D+8.0 (flipped)Iowa: swing D+7.7Kansas: swing D+1.1Kentucky: swing D+18.2Louisiana: swing D+8.1Maine: swing D+21.7Maryland: swing D+11.4Massachusetts: swing D+22.6Michigan: swing D+19.2Minnesota: swing D+3.4Mississippi: swing D+63.1 (flipped)Missouri: swing D+4.5MontanaNebraska: swing D+11.8Nevada: swing D+9.4New Hampshire: swing D+4.6New Jersey: swing D+14.5 (flipped)New MexicoNew York: swing D+9.7 (flipped)North Carolina: swing D+22.2 (flipped)North DakotaOhio: swing D+6.0OklahomaOregon: swing D+16.8Pennsylvania: swing D+22.1Rhode Island: swing D+24.7South Carolina: swing D+51.5South DakotaTennessee: swing D+15.3Texas: swing D+23.4UtahVermont: swing D+20.7Virginia: swing D+20.1 (flipped)WashingtonWest Virginia: swing D+19.1 (flipped)Wisconsin: swing D+7.1WyomingVermont: swing D+20.7New Hampshire: swing D+4.6Massachusetts: swing D+22.6Rhode Island: swing D+24.7Connecticut: swing D+7.2 (flipped)New Jersey: swing D+14.5 (flipped)Delaware: swing D+15.1 (flipped)Maryland: swing D+11.4District of Columbia
Red: moved toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket. Darker means a bigger swing.

Every state

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State18721876SwingFlipped
Kansas R+33.7 R+32.6 D+1.1
Minnesota R+22.9 R+19.5 D+3.4
Missouri D+11.8 D+16.3 D+4.5
New Hampshire R+8.3 R+3.8 D+4.6
Florida R+7.0 R+2.0 D+5.1
Ohio R+7.1 R+1.1 D+6.0
Wisconsin R+9.7 R+2.6 D+7.1
Connecticut R+4.8 D+2.4 D+7.2 Republican → Democratic
Iowa R+27.9 R+20.2 D+7.7
Indiana R+6.4 D+1.5 D+8.0 Republican → Democratic
Louisiana R+11.4 R+3.3 D+8.1
Nevada R+14.9 R+5.5 D+9.4
New York R+6.4 D+3.2 D+9.7 Republican → Democratic
Illinois R+13.3 R+3.5 D+9.7
Maryland D+0.7 D+12.1 D+11.4
Nebraska R+41.4 R+29.6 D+11.8
California R+13.9 R+1.8 D+12.1
New Jersey R+8.8 D+5.7 D+14.5 Republican → Democratic
Delaware R+4.2 D+10.9 D+15.1 Republican → Democratic
Tennessee D+4.3 D+19.6 D+15.3
Oregon R+20.3 R+3.5 D+16.8
Kentucky D+5.9 D+24.1 D+18.2
West Virginia R+4.5 D+14.6 D+19.1 Republican → Democratic
Michigan R+27.1 R+7.9 D+19.2
Virginia R+1.0 D+19.2 D+20.1 Republican → Democratic
Vermont R+57.7 R+37.0 D+20.7
Maine R+35.7 R+14.0 D+21.7
Pennsylvania R+24.5 R+2.4 D+22.1
North Carolina R+14.9 D+7.2 D+22.2 Republican → Democratic
Massachusetts R+38.5 R+15.9 D+22.6
Texas D+17.1 D+40.5 D+23.4
Arkansas R+4.3 D+20.1 D+24.4 Republican → Democratic
Rhode Island R+43.9 R+19.2 D+24.7
Alabama R+6.4 D+20.0 D+26.3 Republican → Democratic
Georgia D+9.9 D+44.1 D+34.1
South Carolina R+52.0 R+0.5 D+51.5
Mississippi R+27.0 D+36.2 D+63.1 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