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1996 vs 2000 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from D+8.5 in 1996 to D+0.5 in 2000. 49 of 51 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 11 changed hands.

Alabama: swing R+8.0Alaska: swing R+13.4Arizona: swing R+8.5 (flipped)Arkansas: swing R+22.4 (flipped)California: swing R+1.1Colorado: swing R+7.0Connecticut: swing R+0.7Delaware: swing R+2.2District of Columbia: swing D+0.4Florida: swing R+5.7 (flipped)Georgia: swing R+10.5Hawaii: swing R+7.0Idaho: swing R+21.0Illinois: swing R+5.5Indiana: swing R+10.1Iowa: swing R+10.0Kansas: swing R+2.6Kentucky: swing R+16.1 (flipped)Louisiana: swing R+19.7 (flipped)Maine: swing R+15.7Maryland: swing D+0.2Massachusetts: swing R+6.1Michigan: swing R+8.1Minnesota: swing R+13.7Mississippi: swing R+11.8Missouri: swing R+9.6 (flipped)Montana: swing R+22.2Nebraska: swing R+10.3Nevada: swing R+4.6 (flipped)New Hampshire: swing R+11.2 (flipped)New Jersey: swing R+2.0New Mexico: swing R+7.3New York: swing R+3.9North Carolina: swing R+8.1North Dakota: swing R+20.8Ohio: swing R+9.9 (flipped)Oklahoma: swing R+14.1Oregon: swing R+7.7Pennsylvania: swing R+5.0Rhode Island: swing R+3.8South Carolina: swing R+10.1South Dakota: swing R+19.3Tennessee: swing R+6.3 (flipped)Texas: swing R+16.4Utah: swing R+19.4Vermont: swing R+12.3Virginia: swing R+6.1Washington: swing R+7.0West Virginia: swing R+21.1 (flipped)Wisconsin: swing R+10.1Wyoming: swing R+27.1Vermont: swing R+12.3New Hampshire: swing R+11.2 (flipped)Massachusetts: swing R+6.1Rhode Island: swing R+3.8Connecticut: swing R+0.7New Jersey: swing R+2.0Delaware: swing R+2.2Maryland: swing D+0.2District of Columbia: swing D+0.4
Red: moved toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket. Darker means a bigger swing.

Every state

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State19962000SwingFlipped
Wyoming R+13.0 R+40.1 R+27.1
Arkansas D+16.9 R+5.5 R+22.4 Democratic → Republican
Montana R+2.9 R+25.1 R+22.2
West Virginia D+14.8 R+6.3 R+21.1 Democratic → Republican
Idaho R+18.5 R+39.5 R+21.0
North Dakota R+6.8 R+27.6 R+20.8
Louisiana D+12.1 R+7.7 R+19.7 Democratic → Republican
Utah R+21.1 R+40.5 R+19.4
South Dakota R+3.5 R+22.7 R+19.3
Texas R+4.9 R+21.3 R+16.4
Kentucky D+1.0 R+15.1 R+16.1 Democratic → Republican
Maine D+20.9 D+5.1 R+15.7
Oklahoma R+7.8 R+21.9 R+14.1
Minnesota D+16.1 D+2.4 R+13.7
Alaska R+17.5 R+31.0 R+13.4
Vermont D+22.3 D+9.9 R+12.3
Mississippi R+5.1 R+16.9 R+11.8
New Hampshire D+10.0 R+1.3 R+11.2 Democratic → Republican
Georgia R+1.2 R+11.7 R+10.5
Nebraska R+18.7 R+29.0 R+10.3
South Carolina R+5.8 R+15.9 R+10.1
Wisconsin D+10.3 D+0.2 R+10.1
Indiana R+5.6 R+15.6 R+10.1
Iowa D+10.3 D+0.3 R+10.0
Ohio D+6.4 R+3.6 R+9.9 Democratic → Republican
Missouri D+6.3 R+3.3 R+9.6 Democratic → Republican
Arizona D+2.2 R+6.3 R+8.5 Democratic → Republican
North Carolina R+4.7 R+12.8 R+8.1
Michigan D+13.2 D+5.1 R+8.1
Alabama R+7.0 R+14.9 R+8.0
Oregon D+8.1 D+0.4 R+7.7
New Mexico D+7.3 D+0.1 R+7.3
Colorado R+1.4 R+8.4 R+7.0
Hawaii D+25.3 D+18.3 R+7.0
Washington D+12.5 D+5.6 R+7.0
Tennessee D+2.4 R+3.9 R+6.3 Democratic → Republican
Massachusetts D+33.4 D+27.3 R+6.1
Virginia R+2.0 R+8.0 R+6.1
Florida D+5.7 Even R+5.7 Democratic → Republican
Illinois D+17.5 D+12.0 R+5.5
Pennsylvania D+9.2 D+4.2 R+5.0
Nevada D+1.0 R+3.5 R+4.6 Democratic → Republican
New York D+28.9 D+25.0 R+3.9
Rhode Island D+32.9 D+29.1 R+3.8
Kansas R+18.2 R+20.8 R+2.6
Delaware D+15.2 D+13.1 R+2.2
New Jersey D+17.9 D+15.8 R+2.0
California D+12.9 D+11.8 R+1.1
Connecticut D+18.1 D+17.5 R+0.7
Maryland D+16.0 D+16.2 D+0.2
District of Columbia D+75.9 D+76.2 D+0.4

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