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1944 vs 1948 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from D+7.5 in 1944 to D+4.4 in 1948. 30 of 48 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 18 changed hands.

Alabama: swing R+82.1 (flipped)AlaskaArizona: swing R+7.9Arkansas: swing D+0.6California: swing R+13.1Colorado: swing D+12.2 (flipped)Connecticut: swing R+7.0 (flipped)Delaware: swing R+10.4 (flipped)District of ColumbiaFlorida: swing R+25.4Georgia: swing R+22.0HawaiiIdaho: swing R+0.8Illinois: swing R+2.6Indiana: swing D+4.9Iowa: swing D+7.2 (flipped)Kansas: swing D+12.1Kentucky: swing D+6.0Louisiana: swing R+45.9 (flipped)Maine: swing R+9.5Maryland: swing R+5.1 (flipped)Massachusetts: swing D+5.7Michigan: swing R+2.7 (flipped)Minnesota: swing D+11.7Mississippi: swing R+79.7 (flipped)Missouri: swing D+13.7Montana: swing D+0.6Nebraska: swing D+8.9Nevada: swing R+6.1New Hampshire: swing R+10.0 (flipped)New Jersey: swing R+5.8 (flipped)New Mexico: swing D+6.4New York: swing R+6.0 (flipped)North Carolina: swing R+8.1North Dakota: swing R+0.4Ohio: swing D+0.6 (flipped)Oklahoma: swing D+14.1Oregon: swing R+8.2 (flipped)Pennsylvania: swing R+6.8 (flipped)Rhode Island: swing R+1.2South Carolina: swing R+62.9 (flipped)South Dakota: swing D+11.9Tennessee: swing R+9.0Texas: swing R+13.9Utah: swing R+12.1Vermont: swing R+10.5Virginia: swing R+18.1Washington: swing R+4.7West Virginia: swing D+5.3Wisconsin: swing D+6.2 (flipped)Wyoming: swing D+6.8 (flipped)Vermont: swing R+10.5New Hampshire: swing R+10.0 (flipped)Massachusetts: swing D+5.7Rhode Island: swing R+1.2Connecticut: swing R+7.0 (flipped)New Jersey: swing R+5.8 (flipped)Delaware: swing R+10.4 (flipped)Maryland: swing R+5.1 (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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State19441948SwingFlipped
Alabama D+63.1 R+19.0 R+82.1 Democratic → States' Rights
Mississippi D+87.1 D+7.5 R+79.7 Democratic → States' Rights
South Carolina D+83.2 D+20.4 R+62.9 Democratic → States' Rights
Louisiana D+61.2 D+15.3 R+45.9 Democratic → States' Rights
Florida D+40.6 D+15.2 R+25.4
Georgia D+64.5 D+42.5 R+22.0
Virginia D+25.0 D+6.9 R+18.1
Texas D+54.8 D+40.8 R+13.9
California D+13.5 D+0.4 R+13.1
Utah D+21.0 D+9.0 R+12.1
Vermont R+14.1 R+24.6 R+10.5
Delaware D+9.1 R+1.3 R+10.4 Democratic → Republican
New Hampshire D+4.2 R+5.8 R+10.0 Democratic → Republican
Maine R+5.0 R+14.5 R+9.5
Tennessee D+21.2 D+12.3 R+9.0
Oregon D+4.8 R+3.4 R+8.2 Democratic → Republican
North Carolina D+33.4 D+25.3 R+8.1
Arizona D+17.9 D+10.0 R+7.9
Connecticut D+5.4 R+1.6 R+7.0 Democratic → Republican
Pennsylvania D+2.8 R+4.0 R+6.8 Democratic → Republican
Nevada D+9.2 D+3.1 R+6.1
New York D+5.0 R+1.0 R+6.0 Democratic → Republican
New Jersey D+1.4 R+4.4 R+5.8 Democratic → Republican
Maryland D+3.7 R+1.4 R+5.1 Democratic → Republican
Washington D+14.6 D+9.9 R+4.7
Michigan D+1.0 R+1.7 R+2.7 Democratic → Republican
Illinois D+3.5 D+0.9 R+2.6
Rhode Island D+17.3 D+16.2 R+1.2
Idaho D+3.5 D+2.7 R+0.8
North Dakota R+8.4 R+8.8 R+0.4
Arkansas D+40.1 D+40.7 D+0.6
Montana D+9.4 D+9.9 D+0.6
Ohio R+0.4 D+0.2 D+0.6 Republican → Democratic
Indiana R+5.7 R+0.8 D+4.9
West Virginia D+9.8 D+15.1 D+5.3
Massachusetts D+5.8 D+11.5 D+5.7
Kentucky D+9.2 D+15.3 D+6.0
Wisconsin R+1.8 D+4.4 D+6.2 Republican → Democratic
New Mexico D+7.0 D+13.5 D+6.4
Wyoming R+2.5 D+4.4 D+6.8 Republican → Democratic
Iowa R+4.5 D+2.7 D+7.2 Republican → Democratic
Nebraska R+17.2 R+8.3 D+8.9
Minnesota D+5.6 D+17.3 D+11.7
South Dakota R+16.7 R+4.8 D+11.9
Kansas R+21.1 R+9.0 D+12.1
Colorado R+6.8 D+5.4 D+12.2 Republican → Democratic
Missouri D+2.9 D+16.6 D+13.7
Oklahoma D+11.4 D+25.5 D+14.1

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