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1960 vs 1964 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from D+0.2 in 1960 to D+22.6 in 1964. 5 of 50 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 30 changed hands.

Alabama: swing R+84.5 (flipped)Alaska: swing D+33.7 (flipped)Arizona: swing D+10.2Arkansas: swing D+5.5California: swing D+18.9 (flipped)Colorado: swing D+32.8 (flipped)Connecticut: swing D+28.3Delaware: swing D+20.5District of ColumbiaFlorida: swing D+5.3 (flipped)Georgia: swing R+33.4 (flipped)Hawaii: swing D+57.5Idaho: swing D+9.4 (flipped)Illinois: swing D+18.8Indiana: swing D+22.9 (flipped)Iowa: swing D+37.5 (flipped)Kansas: swing D+30.4 (flipped)Kentucky: swing D+35.6 (flipped)Louisiana: swing R+35.5 (flipped)Maine: swing D+51.8 (flipped)Maryland: swing D+23.7Massachusetts: swing D+32.1Michigan: swing D+31.6Minnesota: swing D+26.3Mississippi: swing R+86.0 (flipped)Missouri: swing D+27.6Montana: swing D+20.9 (flipped)Nebraska: swing D+29.4 (flipped)Nevada: swing D+14.8New Hampshire: swing D+34.6 (flipped)New Jersey: swing D+31.0New Mexico: swing D+17.9New York: swing D+32.0North Carolina: swing D+8.1North Dakota: swing D+27.0 (flipped)Ohio: swing D+32.4 (flipped)Oklahoma: swing D+29.5 (flipped)Oregon: swing D+33.0 (flipped)Pennsylvania: swing D+27.9Rhode Island: swing D+34.5South Carolina: swing R+20.3 (flipped)South Dakota: swing D+27.6 (flipped)Tennessee: swing D+18.2 (flipped)Texas: swing D+24.8Utah: swing D+19.1 (flipped)Vermont: swing D+49.9 (flipped)Virginia: swing D+12.8 (flipped)Washington: swing D+27.0 (flipped)West Virginia: swing D+30.4Wisconsin: swing D+28.1 (flipped)Wyoming: swing D+23.2 (flipped)Vermont: swing D+49.9 (flipped)New Hampshire: swing D+34.6 (flipped)Massachusetts: swing D+32.1Rhode Island: swing D+34.5Connecticut: swing D+28.3New Jersey: swing D+31.0Delaware: swing D+20.5Maryland: swing D+23.7District of Columbia
Red: moved toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket. Darker means a bigger swing.

Every state

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State19601964SwingFlipped
Mississippi D+11.7 R+74.3 R+86.0 Democratic → Republican
Alabama D+15.1 R+69.5 R+84.5 Democratic → Republican
Louisiana D+21.8 R+13.6 R+35.5 Democratic → Republican
Georgia D+25.1 R+8.3 R+33.4 Democratic → Republican
South Carolina D+2.5 R+17.8 R+20.3 Democratic → Republican
Florida R+3.0 D+2.3 D+5.3 Republican → Democratic
Arkansas D+7.1 D+12.7 D+5.5
North Carolina D+4.2 D+12.3 D+8.1
Idaho R+7.6 D+1.8 D+9.4 Republican → Democratic
Arizona R+11.2 R+1.0 D+10.2
Virginia R+5.5 D+7.4 D+12.8 Republican → Democratic
Nevada D+2.3 D+17.2 D+14.8
New Mexico D+0.7 D+18.6 D+17.9
Tennessee R+7.1 D+11.0 D+18.2 Republican → Democratic
Illinois D+0.2 D+18.9 D+18.8
California R+0.6 D+18.3 D+18.9 Republican → Democratic
Utah R+9.6 D+9.4 D+19.1 Republican → Democratic
Delaware D+1.6 D+22.2 D+20.5
Montana R+2.5 D+18.4 D+20.9 Republican → Democratic
Indiana R+10.4 D+12.4 D+22.9 Republican → Democratic
Wyoming R+10.0 D+13.1 D+23.2 Republican → Democratic
Maryland D+7.2 D+30.9 D+23.7
Texas D+2.0 D+26.8 D+24.8
Minnesota D+1.4 D+27.8 D+26.3
North Dakota R+10.9 D+16.1 D+27.0 Republican → Democratic
Washington R+2.4 D+24.6 D+27.0 Republican → Democratic
Missouri D+0.5 D+28.1 D+27.6
South Dakota R+16.4 D+11.2 D+27.6 Republican → Democratic
Pennsylvania D+2.3 D+30.2 D+27.9
Wisconsin R+3.7 D+24.4 D+28.1 Republican → Democratic
Connecticut D+7.5 D+35.7 D+28.3
Nebraska R+24.1 D+5.2 D+29.4 Republican → Democratic
Oklahoma R+18.0 D+11.5 D+29.5 Republican → Democratic
Kansas R+21.3 D+9.0 D+30.4 Republican → Democratic
West Virginia D+5.5 D+35.9 D+30.4
New Jersey D+0.8 D+31.8 D+31.0
Michigan D+2.0 D+33.6 D+31.6
New York D+5.3 D+37.3 D+32.0
Massachusetts D+20.7 D+52.7 D+32.1
Ohio R+6.6 D+25.9 D+32.4 Republican → Democratic
Colorado R+9.7 D+23.1 D+32.8 Republican → Democratic
Oregon R+5.2 D+27.8 D+33.0 Republican → Democratic
Alaska R+1.9 D+31.8 D+33.7 Republican → Democratic
Rhode Island D+27.3 D+61.7 D+34.5
New Hampshire R+6.8 D+27.8 D+34.6 Republican → Democratic
Kentucky R+7.2 D+28.4 D+35.6 Republican → Democratic
Iowa R+13.5 D+24.0 D+37.5 Republican → Democratic
Vermont R+17.3 D+32.6 D+49.9 Republican → Democratic
Maine R+14.1 D+37.7 D+51.8 Republican → Democratic
Hawaii D+0.1 D+57.5 D+57.5

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