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1920 vs 1924 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from R+26.2 in 1920 to R+25.2 in 1924. 18 of 48 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 4 changed hands.

Alabama: swing D+6.0AlaskaArizona: swing D+5.4Arkansas: swing D+12.2California: swing R+7.0Colorado: swing R+11.7Connecticut: swing R+4.3Delaware: swing R+7.3District of ColumbiaFlorida: swing R+2.5Georgia: swing D+13.6HawaiiIdaho: swing D+1.1Illinois: swing D+6.8Indiana: swing R+1.9Iowa: swing D+6.9Kansas: swing R+5.7Kentucky: swing R+3.3 (flipped)Louisiana: swing D+17.5Maine: swing R+11.1Maryland: swing D+9.0Massachusetts: swing D+3.3Michigan: swing R+11.8Minnesota: swing D+6.8Mississippi: swing D+11.9Missouri: swing D+5.8Montana: swing D+6.0Nebraska: swing D+15.8Nevada: swing D+0.9New Hampshire: swing R+4.7New Jersey: swing D+4.4New Mexico: swing D+4.9New York: swing D+11.0North Carolina: swing D+5.9North Dakota: swing D+18.9Ohio: swing R+14.7Oklahoma: swing D+11.4 (flipped)Oregon: swing R+0.2Pennsylvania: swing R+7.6Rhode Island: swing D+8.0South Carolina: swing D+2.2South Dakota: swing D+4.7Tennessee: swing D+12.4 (flipped)Texas: swing D+18.0Utah: swing R+2.2Vermont: swing R+10.0Virginia: swing D+6.2Washington: swing R+7.3West Virginia: swing D+6.6Wisconsin: swing D+26.0 (flipped)Wyoming: swing R+4.9Vermont: swing R+10.0New Hampshire: swing R+4.7Massachusetts: swing D+3.3Rhode Island: swing D+8.0Connecticut: swing R+4.3New Jersey: swing D+4.4Delaware: swing R+7.3Maryland: swing D+9.0District of Columbia
Red: moved toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket. Darker means a bigger swing.

Every state

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State19201924SwingFlipped
Ohio R+19.9 R+34.6 R+14.7
Michigan R+50.5 R+62.2 R+11.8
Colorado R+23.4 R+35.0 R+11.7
Maine R+39.1 R+50.2 R+11.1
Vermont R+52.6 R+62.6 R+10.0
Pennsylvania R+38.6 R+46.3 R+7.6
Delaware R+13.6 R+20.9 R+7.3
Washington R+34.8 R+42.1 R+7.3
California R+42.0 R+49.0 R+7.0
Kansas R+32.2 R+37.9 R+5.7
Wyoming R+31.4 R+36.3 R+4.9
New Hampshire R+20.5 R+25.1 R+4.7
Connecticut R+29.7 R+34.0 R+4.3
Kentucky D+0.4 R+2.9 R+3.3 Democratic → Republican
Florida D+31.3 D+28.8 R+2.5
Utah R+17.1 R+19.3 R+2.2
Indiana R+14.7 R+16.6 R+1.9
Oregon R+26.7 R+26.8 R+0.2
Nevada R+20.7 R+19.8 D+0.9
Idaho R+32.1 R+31.0 D+1.1
South Carolina D+92.1 D+94.4 D+2.2
Massachusetts R+40.7 R+37.4 D+3.3
New Jersey R+39.2 R+34.8 D+4.4
South Dakota R+41.0 R+36.3 D+4.7
New Mexico R+10.4 R+5.5 D+4.9
Arizona R+11.2 R+5.8 D+5.4
Missouri R+11.5 R+5.6 D+5.8
North Carolina D+13.5 D+19.4 D+5.9
Montana R+29.1 R+23.1 D+6.0
Alabama D+34.8 D+40.8 D+6.0
Virginia D+23.5 D+29.7 D+6.2
West Virginia R+12.0 R+5.4 D+6.6
Minnesota R+51.2 R+44.4 D+6.8
Illinois R+42.3 R+35.5 D+6.8
Iowa R+45.5 R+38.6 D+6.9
Rhode Island R+31.2 R+23.2 D+8.0
Maryland R+13.0 R+4.0 D+9.0
New York R+37.6 R+26.6 D+11.0
Oklahoma R+5.7 D+5.7 D+11.4 Republican → Democratic
Mississippi D+69.9 D+81.8 D+11.9
Arkansas D+19.8 D+31.9 D+12.2
Tennessee R+3.0 D+9.5 D+12.4 Republican → Democratic
Georgia D+42.2 D+55.8 D+13.6
Nebraska R+33.4 R+17.6 D+15.8
Louisiana D+38.8 D+56.2 D+17.5
Texas D+35.6 D+53.7 D+18.0
North Dakota R+59.6 R+40.7 D+18.9
Wisconsin R+54.9 R+29.0 D+26.0 Republican → Progressive

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