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1924 vs 1928 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from R+25.2 in 1924 to R+17.4 in 1928. 23 of 48 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 9 changed hands.

Alabama: swing R+38.0AlaskaArizona: swing R+9.6Arkansas: swing R+11.0California: swing D+18.5Colorado: swing D+4.3Connecticut: swing D+26.0Delaware: swing R+11.1District of ColumbiaFlorida: swing R+45.5 (flipped)Georgia: swing R+43.8HawaiiIdaho: swing D+0.7Illinois: swing D+20.8Indiana: swing R+3.5Iowa: swing D+14.4Kansas: swing R+7.0Kentucky: swing R+16.0Louisiana: swing R+3.6Maine: swing D+12.5Maryland: swing R+10.7Massachusetts: swing D+38.5 (flipped)Michigan: swing D+20.8Minnesota: swing D+27.4Mississippi: swing R+17.5Missouri: swing R+5.8Montana: swing D+5.2Nebraska: swing R+9.4Nevada: swing D+6.7New Hampshire: swing D+7.5New Jersey: swing D+14.8New Mexico: swing R+12.7New York: swing D+24.3North Carolina: swing R+29.3 (flipped)North Dakota: swing D+30.4Ohio: swing D+4.2Oklahoma: swing R+34.0 (flipped)Oregon: swing R+3.2Pennsylvania: swing D+14.9Rhode Island: swing D+23.8 (flipped)South Carolina: swing R+11.5South Dakota: swing D+15.4Tennessee: swing R+20.3 (flipped)Texas: swing R+57.3 (flipped)Utah: swing D+11.6Vermont: swing D+28.6Virginia: swing R+37.7 (flipped)Washington: swing D+6.3West Virginia: swing R+12.0Wisconsin: swing D+19.7 (flipped)Wyoming: swing D+8.0Vermont: swing D+28.6New Hampshire: swing D+7.5Massachusetts: swing D+38.5 (flipped)Rhode Island: swing D+23.8 (flipped)Connecticut: swing D+26.0New Jersey: swing D+14.8Delaware: swing R+11.1Maryland: swing R+10.7District of Columbia
Red: moved toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket. Darker means a bigger swing.

Every state

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State19241928SwingFlipped
Texas D+53.7 R+3.7 R+57.3 Democratic → Republican
Florida D+28.8 R+16.7 R+45.5 Democratic → Republican
Georgia D+55.8 D+12.0 R+43.8
Alabama D+40.8 D+2.8 R+38.0
Virginia D+29.7 R+8.0 R+37.7 Democratic → Republican
Oklahoma D+5.7 R+28.3 R+34.0 Democratic → Republican
North Carolina D+19.4 R+9.9 R+29.3 Democratic → Republican
Tennessee D+9.5 R+10.8 R+20.3 Democratic → Republican
Mississippi D+81.8 D+64.3 R+17.5
Kentucky R+2.9 R+18.8 R+16.0
New Mexico R+5.5 R+18.2 R+12.7
West Virginia R+5.4 R+17.4 R+12.0
South Carolina D+94.4 D+82.9 R+11.5
Delaware R+20.9 R+32.0 R+11.1
Arkansas D+31.9 D+20.9 R+11.0
Maryland R+4.0 R+14.7 R+10.7
Arizona R+5.8 R+15.3 R+9.6
Nebraska R+17.6 R+27.0 R+9.4
Kansas R+37.9 R+45.0 R+7.0
Missouri R+5.6 R+11.4 R+5.8
Louisiana D+56.2 D+52.6 R+3.6
Indiana R+16.6 R+20.1 R+3.5
Oregon R+26.8 R+30.0 R+3.2
Idaho R+31.0 R+30.3 D+0.7
Ohio R+34.6 R+30.4 D+4.2
Colorado R+35.0 R+30.8 D+4.3
Montana R+23.1 R+17.9 D+5.2
Washington R+42.1 R+35.8 D+6.3
Nevada R+19.8 R+13.1 D+6.7
New Hampshire R+25.1 R+17.6 D+7.5
Wyoming R+36.3 R+28.3 D+8.0
Utah R+19.3 R+7.7 D+11.6
Maine R+50.2 R+37.7 D+12.5
Iowa R+38.6 R+24.2 D+14.4
New Jersey R+34.8 R+20.0 D+14.8
Pennsylvania R+46.3 R+31.4 D+14.9
South Dakota R+36.3 R+21.0 D+15.4
California R+49.0 R+30.5 D+18.5
Wisconsin R+29.0 R+9.2 D+19.7 Progressive → Republican
Michigan R+62.2 R+41.4 D+20.8
Illinois R+35.5 R+14.7 D+20.8
Rhode Island R+23.2 D+0.6 D+23.8 Republican → Democratic
New York R+26.6 R+2.4 D+24.3
Connecticut R+34.0 R+8.1 D+26.0
Minnesota R+44.4 R+17.0 D+27.4
Vermont R+62.6 R+34.0 D+28.6
North Dakota R+40.7 R+10.3 D+30.4
Massachusetts R+37.4 D+1.1 D+38.5 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