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1992 vs 1996 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from D+5.6 in 1992 to D+8.5 in 1996. 20 of 51 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 5 changed hands.

Alabama: swing R+0.2Alaska: swing R+8.4Arizona: swing D+4.2 (flipped)Arkansas: swing R+0.8California: swing R+0.5Colorado: swing R+5.6 (flipped)Connecticut: swing D+11.7Delaware: swing D+7.0District of Columbia: swing D+0.3Florida: swing D+7.6 (flipped)Georgia: swing R+1.8 (flipped)Hawaii: swing D+13.9Idaho: swing R+4.9Illinois: swing D+3.3Indiana: swing D+0.5Iowa: swing D+4.3Kansas: swing R+13.1Kentucky: swing R+2.3Louisiana: swing D+7.5Maine: swing D+12.5Maryland: swing D+1.8Massachusetts: swing D+14.9Michigan: swing D+5.8Minnesota: swing D+4.5Mississippi: swing D+3.8Missouri: swing R+3.9Montana: swing R+5.4 (flipped)Nebraska: swing R+1.5Nevada: swing R+1.6New Hampshire: swing D+8.7New Jersey: swing D+15.5New Mexico: swing R+1.2New York: swing D+13.0North Carolina: swing R+3.9North Dakota: swing D+5.2Ohio: swing D+4.5Oklahoma: swing D+0.8Oregon: swing R+1.9Pennsylvania: swing D+0.2Rhode Island: swing D+14.9South Carolina: swing D+2.3South Dakota: swing D+0.1Tennessee: swing R+2.3Texas: swing R+1.5Utah: swing R+2.4Vermont: swing D+6.6Virginia: swing D+2.4Washington: swing D+1.1West Virginia: swing D+1.7Wisconsin: swing D+6.0Wyoming: swing R+7.4Vermont: swing D+6.6New Hampshire: swing D+8.7Massachusetts: swing D+14.9Rhode Island: swing D+14.9Connecticut: swing D+11.7New Jersey: swing D+15.5Delaware: swing D+7.0Maryland: swing D+1.8District of Columbia: swing D+0.3
Red: moved toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket. Darker means a bigger swing.

Every state

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State19921996SwingFlipped
Kansas R+5.1 R+18.2 R+13.1
Alaska R+9.2 R+17.5 R+8.4
Wyoming R+5.6 R+13.0 R+7.4
Colorado D+4.3 R+1.4 R+5.6 Democratic → Republican
Montana D+2.5 R+2.9 R+5.4 Democratic → Republican
Idaho R+13.6 R+18.5 R+4.9
North Carolina R+0.8 R+4.7 R+3.9
Missouri D+10.2 D+6.3 R+3.9
Utah R+18.7 R+21.1 R+2.4
Kentucky D+3.2 D+1.0 R+2.3
Tennessee D+4.7 D+2.4 R+2.3
Oregon D+10.0 D+8.1 R+1.9
Georgia D+0.6 R+1.2 R+1.8 Democratic → Republican
Nevada D+2.6 D+1.0 R+1.6
Nebraska R+17.2 R+18.7 R+1.5
Texas R+3.5 R+4.9 R+1.5
New Mexico D+8.6 D+7.3 R+1.2
Arkansas D+17.7 D+16.9 R+0.8
California D+13.4 D+12.9 R+0.5
Alabama R+6.8 R+7.0 R+0.2
South Dakota R+3.5 R+3.5 D+0.1
Pennsylvania D+9.0 D+9.2 D+0.2
District of Columbia D+75.5 D+75.9 D+0.3
Indiana R+6.1 R+5.6 D+0.5
Oklahoma R+8.6 R+7.8 D+0.8
Washington D+11.4 D+12.5 D+1.1
West Virginia D+13.0 D+14.8 D+1.7
Maryland D+14.2 D+16.0 D+1.8
South Carolina R+8.1 R+5.8 D+2.3
Virginia R+4.4 R+2.0 D+2.4
Illinois D+14.2 D+17.5 D+3.3
Mississippi R+8.9 R+5.1 D+3.8
Arizona R+2.0 D+2.2 D+4.2 Republican → Democratic
Iowa D+6.0 D+10.3 D+4.3
Minnesota D+11.6 D+16.1 D+4.5
Ohio D+1.8 D+6.4 D+4.5
North Dakota R+12.0 R+6.8 D+5.2
Michigan D+7.4 D+13.2 D+5.8
Wisconsin D+4.4 D+10.3 D+6.0
Vermont D+15.7 D+22.3 D+6.6
Delaware D+8.2 D+15.2 D+7.0
Louisiana D+4.6 D+12.1 D+7.5
Florida R+1.9 D+5.7 D+7.6 Republican → Democratic
New Hampshire D+1.2 D+10.0 D+8.7
Connecticut D+6.4 D+18.1 D+11.7
Maine D+8.4 D+20.9 D+12.5
New York D+15.9 D+28.9 D+13.0
Hawaii D+11.4 D+25.3 D+13.9
Massachusetts D+18.5 D+33.4 D+14.9
Rhode Island D+18.0 D+32.9 D+14.9
New Jersey D+2.4 D+17.9 D+15.5

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