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1968 vs 1972 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from R+0.7 in 1968 to R+23.2 in 1972. 50 of 51 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 17 changed hands.

Alabama: swing R+51.6 (flipped)Alaska: swing R+20.9Arizona: swing R+13.0Arkansas: swing R+37.8 (flipped)California: swing R+10.4Colorado: swing R+18.9Connecticut: swing R+23.6 (flipped)Delaware: swing R+16.9District of Columbia: swing R+7.1Florida: swing R+34.5Georgia: swing R+46.7 (flipped)Hawaii: swing R+46.1 (flipped)Idaho: swing R+12.1Illinois: swing R+15.6Indiana: swing R+20.5Iowa: swing R+4.9Kansas: swing R+18.0Kentucky: swing R+22.5Louisiana: swing R+41.7 (flipped)Maine: swing R+35.2 (flipped)Maryland: swing R+25.6 (flipped)Massachusetts: swing R+21.2Michigan: swing R+21.1 (flipped)Minnesota: swing R+18.1 (flipped)Mississippi: swing R+68.1 (flipped)Missouri: swing R+23.5Montana: swing R+11.1Nebraska: swing R+13.0Nevada: swing R+19.2New Hampshire: swing R+21.0New Jersey: swing R+22.7New Mexico: swing R+12.4New York: swing R+22.8 (flipped)North Carolina: swing R+30.3North Dakota: swing R+8.6Ohio: swing R+19.3Oklahoma: swing R+34.0Oregon: swing R+4.1Pennsylvania: swing R+23.6 (flipped)Rhode Island: swing R+38.4 (flipped)South Carolina: swing R+34.6South Dakota: swing D+2.7Tennessee: swing R+28.2Texas: swing R+34.2 (flipped)Utah: swing R+21.8Vermont: swing R+17.0Virginia: swing R+26.9Washington: swing R+20.4 (flipped)West Virginia: swing R+36.0 (flipped)Wisconsin: swing R+6.1Wyoming: swing R+18.3Vermont: swing R+17.0New Hampshire: swing R+21.0Massachusetts: swing R+21.2Rhode Island: swing R+38.4 (flipped)Connecticut: swing R+23.6 (flipped)New Jersey: swing R+22.7Delaware: swing R+16.9Maryland: swing R+25.6 (flipped)District of Columbia: swing R+7.1
Red: moved toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket. Darker means a bigger swing.

Every state

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State19681972SwingFlipped
Mississippi D+9.5 R+58.6 R+68.1 American Independent → Republican
Alabama D+4.7 R+46.9 R+51.6 American Independent → Republican
Georgia R+3.7 R+50.4 R+46.7 American Independent → Republican
Hawaii D+21.1 R+25.0 R+46.1 Democratic → Republican
Louisiana D+4.7 R+37.0 R+41.7 American Independent → Republican
Rhode Island D+32.3 R+6.2 R+38.4 Democratic → Republican
Arkansas R+0.4 R+38.2 R+37.8 American Independent → Republican
West Virginia D+8.8 R+27.2 R+36.0 Democratic → Republican
Maine D+12.2 R+23.0 R+35.2 Democratic → Republican
South Carolina R+8.5 R+43.1 R+34.6
Florida R+9.6 R+44.1 R+34.5
Texas D+1.3 R+33.0 R+34.2 Democratic → Republican
Oklahoma R+15.7 R+49.7 R+34.0
North Carolina R+10.3 R+40.6 R+30.3
Tennessee R+9.7 R+38.0 R+28.2
Virginia R+10.9 R+37.7 R+26.9
Maryland D+1.7 R+23.9 R+25.6 Democratic → Republican
Connecticut D+5.2 R+18.4 R+23.6 Democratic → Republican
Pennsylvania D+3.6 R+20.0 R+23.6 Democratic → Republican
Missouri R+1.1 R+24.6 R+23.5
New York D+5.5 R+17.3 R+22.8 Democratic → Republican
New Jersey R+2.1 R+24.8 R+22.7
Kentucky R+6.1 R+28.6 R+22.5
Utah R+19.4 R+41.3 R+21.8
Massachusetts D+30.1 D+9.0 R+21.2
Michigan D+6.7 R+14.4 R+21.1 Democratic → Republican
New Hampshire R+8.2 R+29.1 R+21.0
Alaska R+2.6 R+23.5 R+20.9
Indiana R+12.3 R+32.8 R+20.5
Washington D+2.1 R+18.3 R+20.4 Democratic → Republican
Ohio R+2.3 R+21.6 R+19.3
Nevada R+8.2 R+27.4 R+19.2
Colorado R+9.1 R+28.0 R+18.9
Wyoming R+20.3 R+38.5 R+18.3
Minnesota D+12.5 R+5.5 R+18.1 Democratic → Republican
Kansas R+20.1 R+38.2 R+18.0
Vermont R+9.2 R+26.2 R+17.0
Delaware R+3.5 R+20.4 R+16.9
Illinois R+2.9 R+18.5 R+15.6
Arizona R+19.8 R+32.8 R+13.0
Nebraska R+28.0 R+41.0 R+13.0
New Mexico R+12.1 R+24.5 R+12.4
Idaho R+26.1 R+38.2 R+12.1
Montana R+9.0 R+20.1 R+11.1
California R+3.1 R+13.5 R+10.4
North Dakota R+17.7 R+26.3 R+8.6
District of Columbia D+63.6 D+56.5 R+7.1
Wisconsin R+3.6 R+9.7 R+6.1
Iowa R+12.2 R+17.1 R+4.9
Oregon R+6.1 R+10.1 R+4.1
South Dakota R+11.3 R+8.6 D+2.7

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