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1916 vs 1920 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from D+3.1 in 1916 to R+26.2 in 1920. 48 of 48 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 19 changed hands.

Alabama: swing R+19.1AlaskaArizona: swing R+33.0 (flipped)Arkansas: swing R+18.9California: swing R+42.3 (flipped)Colorado: swing R+49.4 (flipped)Connecticut: swing R+26.6Delaware: swing R+11.2District of ColumbiaFlorida: swing R+19.9Georgia: swing R+30.0HawaiiIdaho: swing R+43.0 (flipped)Illinois: swing R+33.1Indiana: swing R+13.7Iowa: swing R+34.2Kansas: swing R+38.1 (flipped)Kentucky: swing R+5.0Louisiana: swing R+40.2Maine: swing R+35.1Maryland: swing R+21.0 (flipped)Massachusetts: swing R+36.8Michigan: swing R+42.2Minnesota: swing R+51.1Mississippi: swing R+18.0Missouri: swing R+15.1 (flipped)Montana: swing R+48.3 (flipped)Nebraska: swing R+47.7 (flipped)Nevada: swing R+37.7 (flipped)New Hampshire: swing R+20.5 (flipped)New Jersey: swing R+27.5New Mexico: swing R+14.3 (flipped)New York: swing R+30.6North Carolina: swing R+2.9North Dakota: swing R+61.1 (flipped)Ohio: swing R+27.6 (flipped)Oklahoma: swing R+23.1 (flipped)Oregon: swing R+24.1Pennsylvania: swing R+24.6Rhode Island: swing R+26.1South Carolina: swing R+2.2South Dakota: swing R+37.1Tennessee: swing R+16.6 (flipped)Texas: swing R+23.8Utah: swing R+38.1 (flipped)Vermont: swing R+25.4Virginia: swing R+11.3Washington: swing R+39.1 (flipped)West Virginia: swing R+11.1Wisconsin: swing R+48.3Wyoming: swing R+44.3 (flipped)Vermont: swing R+25.4New Hampshire: swing R+20.5 (flipped)Massachusetts: swing R+36.8Rhode Island: swing R+26.1Connecticut: swing R+26.6New Jersey: swing R+27.5Delaware: swing R+11.2Maryland: swing R+21.0 (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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State19161920SwingFlipped
North Dakota D+1.5 R+59.6 R+61.1 Democratic → Republican
Minnesota R+0.1 R+51.2 R+51.1
Colorado D+26.0 R+23.4 R+49.4 Democratic → Republican
Wisconsin R+6.6 R+54.9 R+48.3
Montana D+19.2 R+29.1 R+48.3 Democratic → Republican
Nebraska D+14.3 R+33.4 R+47.7 Democratic → Republican
Wyoming D+12.9 R+31.4 R+44.3 Democratic → Republican
Idaho D+10.9 R+32.1 R+43.0 Democratic → Republican
California D+0.3 R+42.0 R+42.3 Democratic → Republican
Michigan R+8.3 R+50.5 R+42.2
Louisiana D+79.0 D+38.8 R+40.2
Washington D+4.2 R+34.8 R+39.1 Democratic → Republican
Kansas D+5.9 R+32.2 R+38.1 Democratic → Republican
Utah D+21.0 R+17.1 R+38.1 Democratic → Republican
Nevada D+17.0 R+20.7 R+37.7 Democratic → Republican
South Dakota R+3.9 R+41.0 R+37.1
Massachusetts R+3.9 R+40.7 R+36.8
Maine R+4.0 R+39.1 R+35.1
Iowa R+11.3 R+45.5 R+34.2
Illinois R+9.2 R+42.3 R+33.1
Arizona D+21.8 R+11.2 R+33.0 Democratic → Republican
New York R+7.0 R+37.6 R+30.6
Georgia D+72.2 D+42.2 R+30.0
Ohio D+7.7 R+19.9 R+27.6 Democratic → Republican
New Jersey R+11.7 R+39.2 R+27.5
Connecticut R+3.1 R+29.7 R+26.6
Rhode Island R+5.1 R+31.2 R+26.1
Vermont R+27.2 R+52.6 R+25.4
Pennsylvania R+14.0 R+38.6 R+24.6
Oregon R+2.6 R+26.7 R+24.1
Texas D+59.5 D+35.6 R+23.8
Oklahoma D+17.4 R+5.7 R+23.1 Democratic → Republican
Maryland D+8.0 R+13.0 R+21.0 Democratic → Republican
New Hampshire D+0.1 R+20.5 R+20.5 Democratic → Republican
Florida D+51.2 D+31.3 R+19.9
Alabama D+53.8 D+34.8 R+19.1
Arkansas D+38.6 D+19.8 R+18.9
Mississippi D+87.9 D+69.9 R+18.0
Tennessee D+13.6 R+3.0 R+16.6 Democratic → Republican
Missouri D+3.7 R+11.5 R+15.1 Democratic → Republican
New Mexico D+3.9 R+10.4 R+14.3 Democratic → Republican
Indiana R+1.0 R+14.7 R+13.7
Virginia D+34.7 D+23.5 R+11.3
Delaware R+2.4 R+13.6 R+11.2
West Virginia R+0.9 R+12.0 R+11.1
Kentucky D+5.4 D+0.4 R+5.0
North Carolina D+16.4 D+13.5 R+2.9
South Carolina D+94.3 D+92.1 R+2.2

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