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1900 vs 1904 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from R+6.2 in 1900 to R+18.8 in 1904. 33 of 45 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 6 changed hands.

Alabama: swing D+27.3AlaskaArizonaArkansas: swing R+13.3California: swing R+21.8Colorado: swing R+27.8 (flipped)Connecticut: swing R+4.1Delaware: swing R+1.2District of ColumbiaFlorida: swing R+4.7Georgia: swing D+6.8HawaiiIdaho: swing R+42.3 (flipped)Illinois: swing R+20.0Indiana: swing R+9.8Iowa: swing R+14.1Kansas: swing R+32.1Kentucky: swing D+1.0Louisiana: swing D+20.8Maine: swing R+11.8Maryland: swing D+5.3 (flipped)Massachusetts: swing R+0.9Michigan: swing R+24.5Minnesota: swing R+30.6Mississippi: swing D+7.6Missouri: swing R+9.5 (flipped)Montana: swing R+37.8 (flipped)Nebraska: swing R+34.7Nevada: swing R+48.3 (flipped)New Hampshire: swing R+1.4New Jersey: swing R+4.4New MexicoNew York: swing R+1.6North Carolina: swing D+11.6North Dakota: swing R+27.9Ohio: swing R+18.8OklahomaOregon: swing R+32.3Pennsylvania: swing R+16.1Rhode Island: swing D+0.3South Carolina: swing D+4.7South Dakota: swing R+33.8Tennessee: swing D+2.8Texas: swing D+17.3Utah: swing R+26.3Vermont: swing R+6.3Virginia: swing D+13.4Washington: swing R+38.9West Virginia: swing R+3.7Wisconsin: swing R+11.1Wyoming: swing R+20.3Vermont: swing R+6.3New Hampshire: swing R+1.4Massachusetts: swing R+0.9Rhode Island: swing D+0.3Connecticut: swing R+4.1New Jersey: swing R+4.4Delaware: swing R+1.2Maryland: swing D+5.3 (flipped)District of Columbia
Red: moved toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket. Darker means a bigger swing.

Every state

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State19001904SwingFlipped
Nevada D+24.5 R+23.8 R+48.3 Democratic → Republican
Idaho D+1.9 R+40.4 R+42.3 Democratic → Republican
Washington R+11.7 R+50.6 R+38.9
Montana D+18.6 R+19.2 R+37.8 Democratic → Republican
Nebraska R+3.2 R+37.9 R+34.7
South Dakota R+15.6 R+49.4 R+33.8
Oregon R+15.6 R+47.9 R+32.3
Kansas R+6.6 R+38.7 R+32.1
Minnesota R+24.5 R+55.1 R+30.6
North Dakota R+26.6 R+54.5 R+27.9
Colorado D+13.6 R+14.2 R+27.8 Democratic → Republican
Utah R+2.3 R+28.6 R+26.3
Michigan R+19.2 R+43.8 R+24.5
California R+13.2 R+34.9 R+21.8
Wyoming R+17.5 R+37.8 R+20.3
Illinois R+8.4 R+28.3 R+20.0
Ohio R+6.6 R+25.4 R+18.8
Pennsylvania R+24.6 R+40.7 R+16.1
Iowa R+18.6 R+32.7 R+14.1
Arkansas D+28.5 D+15.2 R+13.3
Maine R+26.6 R+38.3 R+11.8
Wisconsin R+24.1 R+35.2 R+11.1
Indiana R+4.0 R+13.8 R+9.8
Missouri D+5.5 R+3.9 R+9.5 Democratic → Republican
Vermont R+52.9 R+59.1 R+6.3
Florida D+52.3 D+47.7 R+4.7
New Jersey R+14.2 R+18.6 R+4.4
Connecticut R+15.9 R+20.0 R+4.1
West Virginia R+9.5 R+13.2 R+3.7
New York R+9.3 R+10.9 R+1.6
New Hampshire R+20.9 R+22.3 R+1.4
Delaware R+8.8 R+9.9 R+1.2
Massachusetts R+19.7 R+20.7 R+0.9
Rhode Island R+24.7 R+24.4 D+0.3
Kentucky D+1.7 D+2.7 D+1.0
Tennessee D+8.1 D+10.8 D+2.8
South Carolina D+86.1 D+90.8 D+4.7
Maryland R+5.3 Even D+5.3 Republican → Democratic
Georgia D+38.6 D+45.4 D+6.8
Mississippi D+77.9 D+85.5 D+7.6
North Carolina D+8.5 D+20.0 D+11.6
Virginia D+11.5 D+24.9 D+13.4
Texas D+32.2 D+49.6 D+17.3
Louisiana D+58.1 D+78.8 D+20.8
Alabama D+25.4 D+52.7 D+27.3

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