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1980 vs 1984 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from R+9.7 in 1980 to R+18.2 in 1984. 43 of 51 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 5 changed hands.

Alabama: swing R+21.0Alaska: swing R+8.8Arizona: swing R+1.5Arkansas: swing R+21.6California: swing D+0.5Colorado: swing R+4.3Connecticut: swing R+12.3Delaware: swing R+17.5District of Columbia: swing D+10.3Florida: swing R+13.6Georgia: swing R+35.2 (flipped)Hawaii: swing R+13.2 (flipped)Idaho: swing R+4.7Illinois: swing R+5.0Indiana: swing R+5.6Iowa: swing D+5.3Kansas: swing R+9.1Kentucky: swing R+19.2Louisiana: swing R+17.1Maine: swing R+18.7Maryland: swing R+8.5 (flipped)Massachusetts: swing R+2.6Michigan: swing R+12.5Minnesota: swing R+3.8Mississippi: swing R+23.1Missouri: swing R+13.2Montana: swing D+2.1Nebraska: swing R+2.3Nevada: swing D+1.8New Hampshire: swing R+8.3New Jersey: swing R+7.5New Mexico: swing R+2.3New York: swing R+5.3North Carolina: swing R+21.9North Dakota: swing D+6.9Ohio: swing R+8.2Oklahoma: swing R+12.4Oregon: swing R+2.5Pennsylvania: swing R+0.2Rhode Island: swing R+14.1 (flipped)South Carolina: swing R+26.7South Dakota: swing D+2.4Tennessee: swing R+16.0Texas: swing R+13.6Utah: swing D+2.4Vermont: swing R+11.2Virginia: swing R+12.5Washington: swing R+0.6West Virginia: swing R+15.0 (flipped)Wisconsin: swing R+4.5Wyoming: swing R+7.6Vermont: swing R+11.2New Hampshire: swing R+8.3Massachusetts: swing R+2.6Rhode Island: swing R+14.1 (flipped)Connecticut: swing R+12.3New Jersey: swing R+7.5Delaware: swing R+17.5Maryland: swing R+8.5 (flipped)District of Columbia: swing D+10.3
Red: moved toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket. Darker means a bigger swing.

Every state

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State19801984SwingFlipped
Georgia D+14.8 R+20.4 R+35.2 Democratic → Republican
South Carolina R+1.3 R+28.0 R+26.7
Mississippi R+1.3 R+24.5 R+23.1
North Carolina R+2.1 R+24.0 R+21.9
Arkansas R+0.6 R+22.2 R+21.6
Alabama R+1.3 R+22.3 R+21.0
Kentucky R+1.5 R+20.6 R+19.2
Maine R+3.4 R+22.1 R+18.7
Delaware R+2.3 R+19.9 R+17.5
Louisiana R+5.5 R+22.6 R+17.1
Tennessee R+0.3 R+16.3 R+16.0
West Virginia D+4.5 R+10.5 R+15.0 Democratic → Republican
Rhode Island D+10.5 R+3.7 R+14.1 Democratic → Republican
Florida R+17.0 R+30.7 R+13.6
Texas R+13.9 R+27.5 R+13.6
Missouri R+6.8 R+20.0 R+13.2
Hawaii D+1.9 R+11.3 R+13.2 Democratic → Republican
Michigan R+6.5 R+19.0 R+12.5
Virginia R+12.7 R+25.2 R+12.5
Oklahoma R+25.5 R+37.9 R+12.4
Connecticut R+9.6 R+21.9 R+12.3
Vermont R+5.9 R+17.1 R+11.2
Kansas R+24.6 R+33.7 R+9.1
Alaska R+27.9 R+36.8 R+8.8
Maryland D+3.0 R+5.5 R+8.5 Democratic → Republican
New Hampshire R+29.4 R+37.7 R+8.3
Ohio R+10.6 R+18.8 R+8.2
Wyoming R+34.7 R+42.3 R+7.6
New Jersey R+13.4 R+20.9 R+7.5
Indiana R+18.4 R+24.0 R+5.6
New York R+2.7 R+8.0 R+5.3
Illinois R+7.9 R+12.9 R+5.0
Idaho R+41.3 R+46.0 R+4.7
Wisconsin R+4.7 R+9.2 R+4.5
Colorado R+24.0 R+28.3 R+4.3
Minnesota D+3.9 D+0.2 R+3.8
Massachusetts R+0.2 R+2.8 R+2.6
Oregon R+9.7 R+12.2 R+2.5
New Mexico R+18.2 R+20.5 R+2.3
Nebraska R+39.5 R+41.7 R+2.3
Arizona R+32.4 R+33.9 R+1.5
Washington R+12.3 R+13.0 R+0.6
Pennsylvania R+7.1 R+7.4 R+0.2
California R+16.8 R+16.3 D+0.5
Nevada R+35.7 R+33.9 D+1.8
Montana R+24.4 R+22.3 D+2.1
South Dakota R+28.8 R+26.5 D+2.4
Utah R+52.2 R+49.8 D+2.4
Iowa R+12.7 R+7.4 D+5.3
North Dakota R+38.0 R+31.0 D+6.9
District of Columbia D+61.4 D+71.7 D+10.3

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