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1876 vs 1880 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from D+3.0 in 1876 to R+0.1 in 1880. 26 of 37 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 8 changed hands.

Alabama: swing D+2.9AlaskaArizonaArkansas: swing R+3.2California: swing D+1.9 (flipped)ColoradoConnecticut: swing R+4.4 (flipped)Delaware: swing R+7.4District of ColumbiaFlorida: swing D+10.3 (flipped)Georgia: swing R+13.3HawaiiIdahoIllinois: swing R+3.0Indiana: swing R+2.9 (flipped)Iowa: swing R+4.0Kansas: swing D+1.9Kentucky: swing R+8.0Louisiana: swing D+28.3 (flipped)Maine: swing D+7.9Maryland: swing R+3.3Massachusetts: swing R+3.0Michigan: swing R+7.3Minnesota: swing R+7.5Mississippi: swing R+1.2Missouri: swing R+2.4MontanaNebraska: swing R+0.7Nevada: swing D+10.3 (flipped)New Hampshire: swing R+0.9New Jersey: swing R+4.8New MexicoNew York: swing R+5.1 (flipped)North Carolina: swing R+3.7North DakotaOhio: swing R+3.6OklahomaOregon: swing D+1.9Pennsylvania: swing R+1.9Rhode Island: swing R+6.2South Carolina: swing D+31.9 (flipped)South DakotaTennessee: swing R+10.6Texas: swing D+0.5UtahVermont: swing R+4.9Virginia: swing D+2.0WashingtonWest Virginia: swing R+4.7Wisconsin: swing R+8.5WyomingVermont: swing R+4.9New Hampshire: swing R+0.9Massachusetts: swing R+3.0Rhode Island: swing R+6.2Connecticut: swing R+4.4 (flipped)New Jersey: swing R+4.8Delaware: swing R+7.4Maryland: swing R+3.3District of Columbia
Red: moved toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket. Darker means a bigger swing.

Every state

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State18761880SwingFlipped
Georgia D+44.1 D+30.8 R+13.3
Tennessee D+19.6 D+9.0 R+10.6
Wisconsin R+2.6 R+11.1 R+8.5
Kentucky D+24.1 D+16.1 R+8.0
Minnesota R+19.5 R+26.9 R+7.5
Delaware D+10.9 D+3.5 R+7.4
Michigan R+7.9 R+15.2 R+7.3
Rhode Island R+19.2 R+25.4 R+6.2
New York D+3.2 R+1.9 R+5.1 Democratic → Republican
Vermont R+37.0 R+41.9 R+4.9
New Jersey D+5.7 D+0.8 R+4.8
West Virginia D+14.6 D+9.9 R+4.7
Connecticut D+2.4 R+2.0 R+4.4 Democratic → Republican
Iowa R+20.2 R+24.2 R+4.0
North Carolina D+7.2 D+3.6 R+3.7
Ohio R+1.1 R+4.7 R+3.6
Maryland D+12.1 D+8.8 R+3.3
Arkansas D+20.1 D+16.8 R+3.2
Illinois R+3.5 R+6.6 R+3.0
Massachusetts R+15.9 R+18.9 R+3.0
Indiana D+1.5 R+1.4 R+2.9 Democratic → Republican
Missouri D+16.3 D+13.8 R+2.4
Pennsylvania R+2.4 R+4.3 R+1.9
Mississippi D+36.2 D+35.0 R+1.2
New Hampshire R+3.8 R+4.7 R+0.9
Nebraska R+29.6 R+30.3 R+0.7
Texas D+40.5 D+41.0 D+0.5
Kansas R+32.6 R+30.7 D+1.9
California R+1.8 D+0.1 D+1.9 Republican → Democratic
Oregon R+3.5 R+1.6 D+1.9
Virginia D+19.2 D+21.2 D+2.0
Alabama D+20.0 D+22.9 D+2.9
Maine R+14.0 R+6.1 D+7.9
Nevada R+5.5 D+4.8 D+10.3 Republican → Democratic
Florida R+2.0 D+8.4 D+10.3 Republican → Democratic
Louisiana R+3.3 D+25.0 D+28.3 Republican → Democratic
South Carolina R+0.5 D+31.4 D+31.9 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