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1880 vs 1884 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from R+0.1 in 1880 to D+0.7 in 1884. 18 of 38 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 5 changed hands.

Alabama: swing R+1.2AlaskaArizonaArkansas: swing D+0.3California: swing R+6.7 (flipped)Colorado: swing R+7.3Connecticut: swing D+3.0 (flipped)Delaware: swing D+9.9District of ColumbiaFlorida: swing R+2.1Georgia: swing D+1.3HawaiiIdahoIllinois: swing D+2.8Indiana: swing D+2.7 (flipped)Iowa: swing D+19.1Kansas: swing D+5.1Kentucky: swing R+3.8Louisiana: swing R+10.1Maine: swing R+9.2Maryland: swing R+2.8Massachusetts: swing D+10.8Michigan: swing D+14.4Minnesota: swing D+5.0Mississippi: swing R+6.3Missouri: swing R+6.4MontanaNebraska: swing D+13.5Nevada: swing R+17.3 (flipped)New Hampshire: swing R+0.1New Jersey: swing D+0.8New MexicoNew York: swing D+2.0 (flipped)North Carolina: swing D+3.1North DakotaOhio: swing D+0.7OklahomaOregon: swing R+2.6Pennsylvania: swing R+4.8Rhode Island: swing D+5.1South Carolina: swing D+20.5South DakotaTennessee: swing R+5.3Texas: swing R+0.3UtahVermont: swing D+4.5Virginia: swing R+19.0WashingtonWest Virginia: swing R+6.7Wisconsin: swing D+6.5WyomingVermont: swing D+4.5New Hampshire: swing R+0.1Massachusetts: swing D+10.8Rhode Island: swing D+5.1Connecticut: swing D+3.0 (flipped)New Jersey: swing D+0.8Delaware: swing D+9.9Maryland: swing R+2.8District of Columbia
Red: moved toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket. Darker means a bigger swing.

Every state

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State18801884SwingFlipped
Virginia D+21.2 D+2.2 R+19.0
Nevada D+4.8 R+12.5 R+17.3 Democratic → Republican
Louisiana D+25.0 D+14.9 R+10.1
Maine R+6.1 R+15.4 R+9.2
Colorado R+5.2 R+12.6 R+7.3
California D+0.1 R+6.6 R+6.7 Democratic → Republican
West Virginia D+9.9 D+3.2 R+6.7
Missouri D+13.8 D+7.5 R+6.4
Mississippi D+35.0 D+28.7 R+6.3
Tennessee D+9.0 D+3.7 R+5.3
Pennsylvania R+4.3 R+9.1 R+4.8
Kentucky D+16.1 D+12.3 R+3.8
Maryland D+8.8 D+6.0 R+2.8
Oregon R+1.6 R+4.3 R+2.6
Florida D+8.4 D+6.2 R+2.1
Alabama D+22.9 D+21.7 R+1.2
Texas D+41.0 D+40.8 R+0.3
New Hampshire R+4.7 R+4.8 R+0.1
Arkansas D+16.8 D+17.1 D+0.3
Ohio R+4.7 R+4.1 D+0.7
New Jersey D+0.8 D+1.7 D+0.8
Georgia D+30.8 D+32.1 D+1.3
New York R+1.9 D+0.1 D+2.0 Republican → Democratic
Indiana R+1.4 D+1.3 D+2.7 Republican → Democratic
Illinois R+6.6 R+3.7 D+2.8
Connecticut R+2.0 D+0.9 D+3.0 Republican → Democratic
North Carolina D+3.6 D+6.7 D+3.1
Vermont R+41.9 R+37.3 D+4.5
Minnesota R+26.9 R+21.9 D+5.0
Kansas R+30.7 R+25.6 D+5.1
Rhode Island R+25.4 R+20.3 D+5.1
Wisconsin R+11.1 R+4.6 D+6.5
Delaware D+3.5 D+13.4 D+9.9
Massachusetts R+18.9 R+8.0 D+10.8
Nebraska R+30.3 R+16.8 D+13.5
Michigan R+15.2 R+0.8 D+14.4
Iowa R+24.2 R+5.0 D+19.1
South Carolina D+31.4 D+51.8 D+20.5

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