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2000 vs 2008 presidential election: swing by state

Nationally the popular vote went from D+0.5 in 2000 to D+7.2 in 2008. 11 of 51 states moved toward the Republican ticket and 8 changed hands.

Alabama: swing R+6.7Alaska: swing D+9.4Arizona: swing R+2.2Arkansas: swing R+14.4California: swing D+12.3Colorado: swing D+17.3 (flipped)Connecticut: swing D+4.9Delaware: swing D+11.9District of Columbia: swing D+9.7Florida: swing D+2.8 (flipped)Georgia: swing D+6.5Hawaii: swing D+26.9Idaho: swing D+14.1Illinois: swing D+13.1Indiana: swing D+16.7 (flipped)Iowa: swing D+9.2Kansas: swing D+5.8Kentucky: swing R+1.1Louisiana: swing R+11.0Maine: swing D+12.2Maryland: swing D+9.3Massachusetts: swing R+1.5Michigan: swing D+11.3Minnesota: swing D+7.8Mississippi: swing D+3.7Missouri: swing D+3.2Montana: swing D+22.8Nebraska: swing D+14.1Nevada: swing D+16.0 (flipped)New Hampshire: swing D+10.9 (flipped)New Jersey: swing R+0.3New Mexico: swing D+15.1New York: swing D+1.7North Carolina: swing D+13.2 (flipped)North Dakota: swing D+19.0Ohio: swing D+8.1 (flipped)Oklahoma: swing R+9.4Oregon: swing D+15.9Pennsylvania: swing D+6.1Rhode Island: swing R+1.2South Carolina: swing D+7.0South Dakota: swing D+14.3Tennessee: swing R+11.2Texas: swing D+9.6Utah: swing D+12.3Vermont: swing D+27.1Virginia: swing D+14.3 (flipped)Washington: swing D+11.6West Virginia: swing R+6.8Wisconsin: swing D+13.7Wyoming: swing D+8.0Vermont: swing D+27.1New Hampshire: swing D+10.9 (flipped)Massachusetts: swing R+1.5Rhode Island: swing R+1.2Connecticut: swing D+4.9New Jersey: swing R+0.3Delaware: swing D+11.9Maryland: swing D+9.3District of Columbia: swing D+9.7
Red: moved toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket. Darker means a bigger swing.

Every state

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State20002008SwingFlippedCounties
Arkansas R+5.5 R+19.9 R+14.4 County swing
Tennessee R+3.9 R+15.1 R+11.2 County swing
Louisiana R+7.7 R+18.6 R+11.0 County swing
Oklahoma R+21.9 R+31.3 R+9.4 County swing
West Virginia R+6.3 R+13.1 R+6.8 County swing
Alabama R+14.9 R+21.6 R+6.7 County swing
Arizona R+6.3 R+8.5 R+2.2 County swing
Massachusetts D+27.3 D+25.8 R+1.5 County swing
Rhode Island D+29.1 D+27.9 R+1.2 County swing
Kentucky R+15.1 R+16.2 R+1.1 County swing
New Jersey D+15.8 D+15.6 R+0.3 County swing
New York D+25.0 D+26.7 D+1.7
Florida Even D+2.8 D+2.8 Republican → Democratic County swing
Missouri R+3.3 R+0.1 D+3.2
Mississippi R+16.9 R+13.2 D+3.7 County swing
Connecticut D+17.5 D+22.4 D+4.9 County swing
Kansas R+20.8 R+15.0 D+5.8 County swing
Pennsylvania D+4.2 D+10.3 D+6.1 County swing
Georgia R+11.7 R+5.2 D+6.5 County swing
South Carolina R+15.9 R+9.0 D+7.0 County swing
Minnesota D+2.4 D+10.2 D+7.8 County swing
Wyoming R+40.1 R+32.1 D+8.0 County swing
Ohio R+3.6 D+4.5 D+8.1 Republican → Democratic County swing
Iowa D+0.3 D+9.5 D+9.2 County swing
Maryland D+16.2 D+25.4 D+9.3 County swing
Alaska R+31.0 R+21.5 D+9.4
Texas R+21.3 R+11.8 D+9.6 County swing
District of Columbia D+76.2 D+85.9 D+9.7 County swing
New Hampshire R+1.3 D+9.7 D+10.9 Republican → Democratic County swing
Michigan D+5.1 D+16.5 D+11.3 County swing
Washington D+5.6 D+17.2 D+11.6 County swing
Delaware D+13.1 D+25.0 D+11.9 County swing
Maine D+5.1 D+17.3 D+12.2 County swing
California D+11.8 D+24.1 D+12.3 County swing
Utah R+40.5 R+28.2 D+12.3 County swing
Illinois D+12.0 D+25.1 D+13.1 County swing
North Carolina R+12.8 D+0.3 D+13.2 Republican → Democratic County swing
Wisconsin D+0.2 D+13.9 D+13.7 County swing
Nebraska R+29.0 R+14.9 D+14.1 County swing
Idaho R+39.5 R+25.4 D+14.1 County swing
South Dakota R+22.7 R+8.4 D+14.3 County swing
Virginia R+8.0 D+6.3 D+14.3 Republican → Democratic County swing
New Mexico D+0.1 D+15.1 D+15.1 County swing
Oregon D+0.4 D+16.4 D+15.9 County swing
Nevada R+3.5 D+12.5 D+16.0 Republican → Democratic County swing
Indiana R+15.6 D+1.0 D+16.7 Republican → Democratic County swing
Colorado R+8.4 D+9.0 D+17.3 Republican → Democratic County swing
North Dakota R+27.6 R+8.6 D+19.0 County swing
Montana R+25.1 R+2.3 D+22.8 County swing
Hawaii D+18.3 D+45.3 D+26.9 County swing
Vermont D+9.9 D+37.0 D+27.1 County swing

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