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1904 vs 1908 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from R+18.8 in 1904 to R+8.6 in 1908. 15 of 45 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 3 changed hands.

Alabama: swing R+6.3AlaskaArizonaArkansas: swing D+4.8California: swing D+12.5Colorado: swing D+15.3 (flipped)Connecticut: swing R+3.5Delaware: swing D+3.8District of ColumbiaFlorida: swing R+6.2Georgia: swing R+22.3HawaiiIdaho: swing D+23.5Illinois: swing D+12.8Indiana: swing D+12.3Iowa: swing D+17.6Kansas: swing D+29.1Kentucky: swing R+1.0Louisiana: swing R+6.1Maine: swing D+8.6Maryland: swing R+0.2Massachusetts: swing R+3.5Michigan: swing D+14.3Minnesota: swing D+29.1Mississippi: swing R+1.9Missouri: swing D+3.8Montana: swing D+14.9Nebraska: swing D+39.5 (flipped)Nevada: swing D+25.6 (flipped)New Hampshire: swing D+0.5New Jersey: swing D+0.9New MexicoNew York: swing R+1.5North Carolina: swing R+11.3North Dakota: swing D+28.3Ohio: swing D+19.2OklahomaOregon: swing D+25.6Pennsylvania: swing D+17.2Rhode Island: swing R+2.2South Carolina: swing R+2.9South Dakota: swing D+25.7Tennessee: swing R+4.0Texas: swing D+2.0Utah: swing D+11.5Vermont: swing D+5.9Virginia: swing R+2.7Washington: swing D+24.6West Virginia: swing D+3.0Wisconsin: swing D+17.4Wyoming: swing D+22.0Vermont: swing D+5.9New Hampshire: swing D+0.5Massachusetts: swing R+3.5Rhode Island: swing R+2.2Connecticut: swing R+3.5New Jersey: swing D+0.9Delaware: swing D+3.8Maryland: swing R+0.2District of Columbia
Red: moved toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket. Darker means a bigger swing.

Every state

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State19041908SwingFlipped
Georgia D+45.4 D+23.1 R+22.3
North Carolina D+20.0 D+8.7 R+11.3
Alabama D+52.7 D+46.4 R+6.3
Florida D+47.7 D+41.4 R+6.2
Louisiana D+78.8 D+72.7 R+6.1
Tennessee D+10.8 D+6.9 R+4.0
Connecticut R+20.0 R+23.5 R+3.5
Massachusetts R+20.7 R+24.2 R+3.5
South Carolina D+90.8 D+87.9 R+2.9
Virginia D+24.9 D+22.2 R+2.7
Rhode Island R+24.4 R+26.6 R+2.2
Mississippi D+85.5 D+83.6 R+1.9
New York R+10.9 R+12.4 R+1.5
Kentucky D+2.7 D+1.7 R+1.0
Maryland Even R+0.3 R+0.2
New Hampshire R+22.3 R+21.8 D+0.5
New Jersey R+18.6 R+17.7 D+0.9
Texas D+49.6 D+51.6 D+2.0
West Virginia R+13.2 R+10.3 D+3.0
Delaware R+9.9 R+6.2 D+3.8
Missouri R+3.9 R+0.1 D+3.8
Arkansas D+15.2 D+20.0 D+4.8
Vermont R+59.1 R+53.3 D+5.9
Maine R+38.3 R+29.7 D+8.6
Utah R+28.6 R+17.1 D+11.5
Indiana R+13.8 R+1.5 D+12.3
California R+34.9 R+22.5 D+12.5
Illinois R+28.3 R+15.5 D+12.8
Michigan R+43.8 R+29.5 D+14.3
Montana R+19.2 R+4.3 D+14.9
Colorado R+14.2 D+1.1 D+15.3 Republican → Democratic
Pennsylvania R+40.7 R+23.4 D+17.2
Wisconsin R+35.2 R+17.9 D+17.4
Iowa R+32.7 R+15.0 D+17.6
Ohio R+25.4 R+6.2 D+19.2
Wyoming R+37.8 R+15.8 D+22.0
Idaho R+40.4 R+16.9 D+23.5
Washington R+50.6 R+26.0 D+24.6
Nevada R+23.8 D+1.8 D+25.6 Republican → Democratic
Oregon R+47.9 R+22.3 D+25.6
South Dakota R+49.4 R+23.8 D+25.7
North Dakota R+54.5 R+26.2 D+28.3
Minnesota R+55.1 R+26.1 D+29.1
Kansas R+38.7 R+9.6 D+29.1
Nebraska R+37.9 D+1.5 D+39.5 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