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1884 vs 1888 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from D+0.7 in 1884 to D+0.8 in 1888. 21 of 38 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 2 changed hands.

Alabama: swing D+12.7AlaskaArizonaArkansas: swing R+0.4California: swing D+3.8Colorado: swing R+1.8Connecticut: swing R+0.7Delaware: swing R+1.7District of ColumbiaFlorida: swing D+13.4Georgia: swing D+9.9HawaiiIdahoIllinois: swing D+0.8Indiana: swing R+1.8 (flipped)Iowa: swing R+2.8Kansas: swing D+1.4Kentucky: swing R+4.0Louisiana: swing D+32.1Maine: swing R+2.8Maryland: swing R+3.1Massachusetts: swing R+1.4Michigan: swing R+4.0Minnesota: swing D+7.4Mississippi: swing D+19.1Missouri: swing R+2.6MontanaNebraska: swing D+3.0Nevada: swing R+2.8New Hampshire: swing D+2.2New Jersey: swing D+0.7New MexicoNew York: swing R+1.2 (flipped)North Carolina: swing R+1.9North DakotaOhio: swing D+1.6OklahomaOregon: swing R+6.7Pennsylvania: swing D+1.1Rhode Island: swing D+9.4South Carolina: swing D+13.3South DakotaTennessee: swing D+2.6Texas: swing R+1.6UtahVermont: swing R+7.4Virginia: swing R+1.6WashingtonWest Virginia: swing R+2.9Wisconsin: swing R+1.4WyomingVermont: swing R+7.4New Hampshire: swing D+2.2Massachusetts: swing R+1.4Rhode Island: swing D+9.4Connecticut: swing R+0.7New Jersey: swing D+0.7Delaware: swing R+1.7Maryland: swing R+3.1District of Columbia
Red: moved toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket. Darker means a bigger swing.

Every state

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State18841888SwingFlipped
Vermont R+37.3 R+44.8 R+7.4
Oregon R+4.3 R+10.9 R+6.7
Kentucky D+12.3 D+8.3 R+4.0
Michigan R+0.8 R+4.8 R+4.0
Maryland D+6.0 D+2.9 R+3.1
West Virginia D+3.2 D+0.3 R+2.9
Iowa R+5.0 R+7.8 R+2.8
Nevada R+12.5 R+15.3 R+2.8
Maine R+15.4 R+18.1 R+2.8
Missouri D+7.5 D+4.9 R+2.6
North Carolina D+6.7 D+4.7 R+1.9
Colorado R+12.6 R+14.4 R+1.8
Indiana D+1.3 R+0.5 R+1.8 Democratic → Republican
Delaware D+13.4 D+11.6 R+1.7
Virginia D+2.2 D+0.5 R+1.6
Texas D+40.8 D+39.2 R+1.6
Wisconsin R+4.6 R+6.0 R+1.4
Massachusetts R+8.0 R+9.4 R+1.4
New York D+0.1 R+1.1 R+1.2 Democratic → Republican
Connecticut D+0.9 D+0.2 R+0.7
Arkansas D+17.1 D+16.8 R+0.4
New Jersey D+1.7 D+2.4 D+0.7
Illinois R+3.7 R+3.0 D+0.8
Pennsylvania R+9.1 R+8.0 D+1.1
Kansas R+25.6 R+24.2 D+1.4
Ohio R+4.1 R+2.5 D+1.6
New Hampshire R+4.8 R+2.6 D+2.2
Tennessee D+3.7 D+6.3 D+2.6
Nebraska R+16.8 R+13.8 D+3.0
California R+6.6 R+2.8 D+3.8
Minnesota R+21.9 R+14.5 D+7.4
Rhode Island R+20.3 R+10.9 D+9.4
Georgia D+32.1 D+42.0 D+9.9
Alabama D+21.7 D+34.3 D+12.7
South Carolina D+51.8 D+65.1 D+13.3
Florida D+6.2 D+19.6 D+13.4
Mississippi D+28.7 D+47.8 D+19.1
Louisiana D+14.9 D+46.9 D+32.1

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