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1896 vs 1900 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from R+5.3 in 1896 to R+6.2 in 1900. 24 of 45 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 7 changed hands.

Alabama: swing R+13.0AlaskaArizonaArkansas: swing R+20.1California: swing R+5.3Colorado: swing R+57.5Connecticut: swing D+14.9Delaware: swing D+2.2District of ColumbiaFlorida: swing D+10.6Georgia: swing D+17.4HawaiiIdaho: swing R+54.9Illinois: swing D+4.6Indiana: swing R+1.1Iowa: swing R+6.0Kansas: swing R+10.6 (flipped)Kentucky: swing D+1.8 (flipped)Louisiana: swing D+3.5Maine: swing D+12.1Maryland: swing D+7.8Massachusetts: swing D+23.5Michigan: swing R+8.9Minnesota: swing R+8.8Mississippi: swing R+6.2Missouri: swing R+3.2Montana: swing R+41.6Nebraska: swing R+8.6 (flipped)Nevada: swing R+32.4New Hampshire: swing D+22.3New Jersey: swing D+9.5New MexicoNew York: swing D+9.6North Carolina: swing D+2.6North Dakota: swing R+14.7Ohio: swing R+1.6OklahomaOregon: swing R+13.6Pennsylvania: swing D+0.6Rhode Island: swing D+17.2South Carolina: swing D+14.3South Dakota: swing R+15.9 (flipped)Tennessee: swing D+2.3Texas: swing D+12.0Utah: swing R+67.8 (flipped)Vermont: swing D+11.3Virginia: swing D+4.9Washington: swing R+25.1 (flipped)West Virginia: swing R+4.1Wisconsin: swing R+1.2Wyoming: swing R+18.9 (flipped)Vermont: swing D+11.3New Hampshire: swing D+22.3Massachusetts: swing D+23.5Rhode Island: swing D+17.2Connecticut: swing D+14.9New Jersey: swing D+9.5Delaware: swing D+2.2Maryland: swing D+7.8District of Columbia
Red: moved toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket. Darker means a bigger swing.

Every state

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State18961900SwingFlipped
Utah D+65.5 R+2.3 R+67.8 Democratic → Republican
Colorado D+71.1 D+13.6 R+57.5
Idaho D+56.7 D+1.9 R+54.9
Montana D+60.2 D+18.6 R+41.6
Nevada D+56.9 D+24.5 R+32.4
Washington D+13.4 R+11.7 R+25.1 Democratic → Republican
Arkansas D+48.6 D+28.5 R+20.1
Wyoming D+1.4 R+17.5 R+18.9 Democratic → Republican
South Dakota D+0.2 R+15.6 R+15.9 Democratic → Republican
North Dakota R+11.9 R+26.6 R+14.7
Oregon R+2.0 R+15.6 R+13.6
Alabama D+38.4 D+25.4 R+13.0
Kansas D+4.0 R+6.6 R+10.6 Democratic → Republican
Michigan R+10.3 R+19.2 R+8.9
Minnesota R+15.7 R+24.5 R+8.8
Nebraska D+5.4 R+3.2 R+8.6 Democratic → Republican
Mississippi D+84.1 D+77.9 R+6.2
Iowa R+12.6 R+18.6 R+6.0
California R+7.9 R+13.2 R+5.3
West Virginia R+5.4 R+9.5 R+4.1
Missouri D+8.7 D+5.5 R+3.2
Ohio R+5.0 R+6.6 R+1.6
Wisconsin R+22.9 R+24.1 R+1.2
Indiana R+2.9 R+4.0 R+1.1
Pennsylvania R+25.2 R+24.6 D+0.6
Kentucky R+0.1 D+1.7 D+1.8 Republican → Democratic
Delaware R+11.0 R+8.8 D+2.2
Tennessee D+5.8 D+8.1 D+2.3
North Carolina D+5.8 D+8.5 D+2.6
Louisiana D+54.6 D+58.1 D+3.5
Illinois R+13.0 R+8.4 D+4.6
Virginia D+6.6 D+11.5 D+4.9
Maryland R+13.1 R+5.3 D+7.8
New Jersey R+23.6 R+14.2 D+9.5
New York R+18.9 R+9.3 D+9.6
Florida D+41.7 D+52.3 D+10.6
Vermont R+64.2 R+52.9 D+11.3
Texas D+20.2 D+32.2 D+12.0
Maine R+38.7 R+26.6 D+12.1
South Carolina D+71.8 D+86.1 D+14.3
Connecticut R+30.7 R+15.9 D+14.9
Rhode Island R+41.9 R+24.7 D+17.2
Georgia D+21.2 D+38.6 D+17.4
New Hampshire R+43.2 R+20.9 D+22.3
Massachusetts R+43.3 R+19.7 D+23.5

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