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1932 vs 1936 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from D+17.8 in 1932 to D+24.3 in 1936. 15 of 48 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 4 changed hands.

Alabama: swing D+2.9AlaskaArizona: swing D+6.4Arkansas: swing R+9.7California: swing D+14.2Colorado: swing D+9.9Connecticut: swing D+16.1 (flipped)Delaware: swing D+14.7 (flipped)District of ColumbiaFlorida: swing D+2.7Georgia: swing R+9.3HawaiiIdaho: swing D+9.3Illinois: swing D+4.8Indiana: swing D+3.0Iowa: swing R+6.0Kansas: swing R+1.7Kentucky: swing R+0.3Louisiana: swing R+8.1Maine: swing R+1.3Maryland: swing R+0.2Massachusetts: swing D+5.5Michigan: swing D+9.7Minnesota: swing D+7.2Mississippi: swing D+1.8Missouri: swing R+6.0Montana: swing D+19.0Nebraska: swing R+11.3Nevada: swing D+6.8New Hampshire: swing D+3.2 (flipped)New Jersey: swing D+18.1New Mexico: swing R+0.8New York: swing D+7.1North Carolina: swing D+6.2North Dakota: swing R+8.6Ohio: swing D+17.7Oklahoma: swing R+12.5Oregon: swing D+13.7Pennsylvania: swing D+21.5 (flipped)Rhode Island: swing D+0.9South Carolina: swing D+1.0South Dakota: swing R+17.7Tennessee: swing D+4.0Texas: swing R+2.0Utah: swing D+24.1Vermont: swing D+3.4Virginia: swing D+2.5Washington: swing D+13.0West Virginia: swing D+11.4Wisconsin: swing D+1.3Wyoming: swing D+7.9Vermont: swing D+3.4New Hampshire: swing D+3.2 (flipped)Massachusetts: swing D+5.5Rhode Island: swing D+0.9Connecticut: swing D+16.1 (flipped)New Jersey: swing D+18.1Delaware: swing D+14.7 (flipped)Maryland: 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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State19321936SwingFlipped
South Dakota D+29.2 D+11.5 R+17.7
Oklahoma D+46.6 D+34.1 R+12.5
Nebraska D+27.7 D+16.4 R+11.3
Arkansas D+73.6 D+63.9 R+9.7
Georgia D+83.8 D+74.5 R+9.3
North Dakota D+41.6 D+33.0 R+8.6
Louisiana D+85.8 D+77.7 R+8.1
Missouri D+28.6 D+22.6 R+6.0
Iowa D+17.7 D+11.7 R+6.0
Texas D+76.7 D+74.8 R+2.0
Kansas D+9.4 D+7.7 R+1.7
Maine R+12.6 R+14.0 R+1.3
New Mexico D+27.0 D+26.2 R+0.8
Kentucky D+18.9 D+18.6 R+0.3
Maryland D+25.5 D+25.3 R+0.2
Rhode Island D+11.8 D+12.7 D+0.9
South Carolina D+96.1 D+97.1 D+1.0
Wisconsin D+32.3 D+33.5 D+1.3
Mississippi D+92.4 D+94.3 D+1.8
Virginia D+38.4 D+40.8 D+2.5
Florida D+49.5 D+52.2 D+2.7
Alabama D+70.6 D+73.6 D+2.9
Indiana D+11.7 D+14.7 D+3.0
New Hampshire R+1.4 D+1.8 D+3.2 Republican → Democratic
Vermont R+16.6 R+13.2 D+3.4
Tennessee D+34.0 D+38.0 D+4.0
Illinois D+13.2 D+18.0 D+4.8
Massachusetts D+4.0 D+9.5 D+5.5
North Carolina D+40.7 D+46.8 D+6.2
Arizona D+36.5 D+42.9 D+6.4
Nevada D+38.8 D+45.6 D+6.8
New York D+12.7 D+19.9 D+7.1
Minnesota D+23.6 D+30.8 D+7.2
Wyoming D+15.3 D+23.1 D+7.9
Idaho D+20.5 D+29.8 D+9.3
Michigan D+7.9 D+17.6 D+9.7
Colorado D+13.4 D+23.3 D+9.9
West Virginia D+10.0 D+21.4 D+11.4
Washington D+23.5 D+36.5 D+13.0
Oregon D+21.1 D+34.8 D+13.7
California D+21.0 D+35.3 D+14.2
Delaware R+2.4 D+12.3 D+14.7 Republican → Democratic
Connecticut R+1.1 D+15.0 D+16.1 Republican → Democratic
Ohio D+2.9 D+20.6 D+17.7
New Jersey D+1.9 D+20.0 D+18.1
Montana D+22.7 D+41.7 D+19.0
Pennsylvania R+5.5 D+16.0 D+21.5 Republican → Democratic
Utah D+15.5 D+39.6 D+24.1

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