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1956 vs 1960 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from R+15.4 in 1956 to D+0.2 in 1960. 6 of 48 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 16 changed hands.

Alabama: swing R+2.0AlaskaArizona: swing D+10.9Arkansas: swing D+0.5California: swing D+10.6Colorado: swing D+11.0Connecticut: swing D+34.9 (flipped)Delaware: swing D+12.1 (flipped)District of ColumbiaFlorida: swing D+11.5Georgia: swing R+8.0HawaiiIdaho: swing D+14.8Illinois: swing D+19.4 (flipped)Indiana: swing D+9.8Iowa: swing D+4.9Kansas: swing D+9.9Kentucky: swing D+1.9Louisiana: swing D+35.6 (flipped)Maine: swing D+27.6Maryland: swing D+27.3 (flipped)Massachusetts: swing D+39.6 (flipped)Michigan: swing D+13.5 (flipped)Minnesota: swing D+9.0 (flipped)Mississippi: swing R+22.1Missouri: swing D+0.3Montana: swing D+11.8Nebraska: swing D+6.9Nevada: swing D+18.3 (flipped)New Hampshire: swing D+25.4New Jersey: swing D+31.3 (flipped)New Mexico: swing D+16.8 (flipped)New York: swing D+27.8 (flipped)North Carolina: swing D+2.9North Dakota: swing D+12.7Ohio: swing D+15.7Oklahoma: swing R+7.8Oregon: swing D+5.3Pennsylvania: swing D+15.5 (flipped)Rhode Island: swing D+43.8 (flipped)South Carolina: swing R+17.7South Dakota: swing D+0.4Tennessee: swing R+6.5Texas: swing D+13.3 (flipped)Utah: swing D+19.5Vermont: swing D+27.1Virginia: swing D+11.5Washington: swing D+6.1West Virginia: swing D+13.6 (flipped)Wisconsin: swing D+20.0Wyoming: swing D+10.1Vermont: swing D+27.1New Hampshire: swing D+25.4Massachusetts: swing D+39.6 (flipped)Rhode Island: swing D+43.8 (flipped)Connecticut: swing D+34.9 (flipped)New Jersey: swing D+31.3 (flipped)Delaware: swing D+12.1 (flipped)Maryland: swing D+27.3 (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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State19561960SwingFlipped
Mississippi D+33.8 D+11.7 R+22.1
South Carolina D+20.2 D+2.5 R+17.7
Georgia D+33.1 D+25.1 R+8.0
Oklahoma R+10.3 R+18.0 R+7.8
Tennessee R+0.6 R+7.1 R+6.5
Alabama D+17.1 D+15.1 R+2.0
Missouri D+0.2 D+0.5 D+0.3
South Dakota R+16.8 R+16.4 D+0.4
Arkansas D+6.6 D+7.1 D+0.5
Kentucky R+9.1 R+7.2 D+1.9
North Carolina D+1.3 D+4.2 D+2.9
Iowa R+18.4 R+13.5 D+4.9
Oregon R+10.5 R+5.2 D+5.3
Washington R+8.5 R+2.4 D+6.1
Nebraska R+31.0 R+24.1 D+6.9
Minnesota R+7.6 D+1.4 D+9.0 Republican → Democratic
Indiana R+20.2 R+10.4 D+9.8
Kansas R+31.2 R+21.3 D+9.9
Wyoming R+20.2 R+10.0 D+10.1
California R+11.1 R+0.6 D+10.6
Arizona R+22.1 R+11.2 D+10.9
Colorado R+20.8 R+9.7 D+11.0
Florida R+14.5 R+3.0 D+11.5
Virginia R+17.0 R+5.5 D+11.5
Montana R+14.3 R+2.5 D+11.8
Delaware R+10.5 D+1.6 D+12.1 Republican → Democratic
North Dakota R+23.6 R+10.9 D+12.7
Texas R+11.3 D+2.0 D+13.3 Republican → Democratic
Michigan R+11.5 D+2.0 D+13.5 Republican → Democratic
West Virginia R+8.2 D+5.5 D+13.6 Republican → Democratic
Idaho R+22.4 R+7.6 D+14.8
Pennsylvania R+13.2 D+2.3 D+15.5 Republican → Democratic
Ohio R+22.2 R+6.6 D+15.7
New Mexico R+16.0 D+0.7 D+16.8 Republican → Democratic
Nevada R+15.9 D+2.3 D+18.3 Republican → Democratic
Illinois R+19.2 D+0.2 D+19.4 Republican → Democratic
Utah R+29.1 R+9.6 D+19.5
Wisconsin R+23.7 R+3.7 D+20.0
New Hampshire R+32.3 R+6.8 D+25.4
Vermont R+44.4 R+17.3 D+27.1
Maryland R+20.1 D+7.2 D+27.3 Republican → Democratic
Maine R+41.7 R+14.1 D+27.6
New York R+22.5 D+5.3 D+27.8 Republican → Democratic
New Jersey R+30.5 D+0.8 D+31.3 Republican → Democratic
Connecticut R+27.5 D+7.5 D+34.9 Republican → Democratic
Louisiana R+13.8 D+21.8 D+35.6 Republican → Democratic
Massachusetts R+19.0 D+20.7 D+39.6 Republican → Democratic
Rhode Island R+16.5 D+27.3 D+43.8 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