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1952 vs 1956 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from R+10.5 in 1952 to R+15.4 in 1956. 32 of 48 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 4 changed hands.

Alabama: swing R+12.4AlaskaArizona: swing R+5.4Arkansas: swing R+5.5California: swing D+2.5Colorado: swing D+0.5Connecticut: swing R+15.7Delaware: swing R+6.6District of ColumbiaFlorida: swing R+4.5Georgia: swing R+6.2HawaiiIdaho: swing D+8.6Illinois: swing R+9.3Indiana: swing R+3.1Iowa: swing D+9.8Kansas: swing D+7.0Kentucky: swing R+9.2 (flipped)Louisiana: swing R+19.6 (flipped)Maine: swing R+9.5Maryland: swing R+8.5Massachusetts: swing R+10.2Michigan: swing EvenMinnesota: swing D+3.6Mississippi: swing D+12.9Missouri: swing D+1.8 (flipped)Montana: swing D+5.0Nebraska: swing D+7.3Nevada: swing D+7.0New Hampshire: swing R+10.4New Jersey: swing R+15.7New Mexico: swing R+4.9New York: swing R+10.6North Carolina: swing R+6.5North Dakota: swing D+19.0Ohio: swing R+8.7Oklahoma: swing R+1.1Oregon: swing D+11.1Pennsylvania: swing R+7.3Rhode Island: swing R+14.7South Carolina: swing R+27.7South Dakota: swing D+21.8Tennessee: swing R+0.3Texas: swing R+4.9Utah: swing R+11.3Vermont: swing R+1.1Virginia: swing R+4.0Washington: swing D+1.2West Virginia: swing R+12.0 (flipped)Wisconsin: swing R+1.5Wyoming: swing D+5.5Vermont: swing R+1.1New Hampshire: swing R+10.4Massachusetts: swing R+10.2Rhode Island: swing R+14.7Connecticut: swing R+15.7New Jersey: swing R+15.7Delaware: swing R+6.6Maryland: swing R+8.5District of Columbia
Red: moved toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket. Darker means a bigger swing.

Every state

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State19521956SwingFlipped
South Carolina D+47.9 D+20.2 R+27.7
Louisiana D+5.8 R+13.8 R+19.6 Democratic → Republican
Connecticut R+11.8 R+27.5 R+15.7
New Jersey R+14.8 R+30.5 R+15.7
Rhode Island R+1.8 R+16.5 R+14.7
Alabama D+29.5 D+17.1 R+12.4
West Virginia D+3.8 R+8.2 R+12.0 Democratic → Republican
Utah R+17.9 R+29.1 R+11.3
New York R+11.9 R+22.5 R+10.6
New Hampshire R+21.8 R+32.3 R+10.4
Massachusetts R+8.8 R+19.0 R+10.2
Maine R+32.3 R+41.7 R+9.5
Illinois R+9.9 R+19.2 R+9.3
Kentucky D+0.1 R+9.1 R+9.2 Democratic → Republican
Ohio R+13.5 R+22.2 R+8.7
Maryland R+11.5 R+20.1 R+8.5
Pennsylvania R+5.9 R+13.2 R+7.3
Delaware R+3.9 R+10.5 R+6.6
North Carolina D+7.8 D+1.3 R+6.5
Georgia D+39.3 D+33.1 R+6.2
Arkansas D+12.1 D+6.6 R+5.5
Arizona R+16.7 R+22.1 R+5.4
New Mexico R+11.1 R+16.0 R+4.9
Texas R+6.4 R+11.3 R+4.9
Florida R+10.0 R+14.5 R+4.5
Virginia R+13.0 R+17.0 R+4.0
Indiana R+17.1 R+20.2 R+3.1
Wisconsin R+22.2 R+23.7 R+1.5
Vermont R+43.2 R+44.4 R+1.1
Oklahoma R+9.2 R+10.3 R+1.1
Tennessee R+0.3 R+0.6 R+0.3
Michigan R+11.5 R+11.5 Even
Colorado R+21.3 R+20.8 D+0.5
Washington R+9.6 R+8.5 D+1.2
Missouri R+1.6 D+0.2 D+1.8 Republican → Democratic
California R+13.6 R+11.1 D+2.5
Minnesota R+11.2 R+7.6 D+3.6
Montana R+19.3 R+14.3 D+5.0
Wyoming R+25.6 R+20.2 D+5.5
Nevada R+22.9 R+15.9 D+7.0
Kansas R+38.3 R+31.2 D+7.0
Nebraska R+38.3 R+31.0 D+7.3
Idaho R+31.0 R+22.4 D+8.6
Iowa R+28.2 R+18.4 D+9.8
Oregon R+21.6 R+10.5 D+11.1
Mississippi D+20.9 D+33.8 D+12.9
North Dakota R+42.6 R+23.6 D+19.0
South Dakota R+38.5 R+16.8 D+21.8

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