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« on: June 27, 2009, 02:00:17 AM »
Does anyone know what state had the largest swing between two elections?  AL and MS in 1964 had swings of 85%, and GA in 1976 had an 84% swing; has anything ever been larger than that?
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« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2009, 08:00:59 AM »
Vermont 1852-1856, a 129% swing from Whig to Republican.
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« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2009, 08:59:26 PM »
Indiana swung in  huge numbers from 2004-2008
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« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2009, 09:52:38 PM »
Quote from: Verily on June 27, 2009, 08:00:59 AM
Vermont 1852-1856, a 129% swing from Whig to Republican.

Does that really count, though?

In that vein, Colorado 1892-1896 swung 142.02% from Populist to Democrat or 112.22% from Republican to Democrat.
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« Reply #4 on: June 28, 2009, 10:13:30 PM »
Quote from: Palin-Brownback 2012 on June 28, 2009, 08:59:26 PM
Indiana swung in  huge numbers from 2004-2008

Indiana wasn't actually even the largest swing in 2008, though (21.7%); Hawai'i easily was (36.5%).
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« Reply #5 on: June 28, 2009, 10:26:27 PM »
Quote from: Alcon on June 28, 2009, 10:13:30 PM
Quote from: Palin-Brownback 2012 on June 28, 2009, 08:59:26 PM
Indiana swung in  huge numbers from 2004-2008

Indiana wasn't actually even the largest swing in 2008, though (21.7%); Hawai'i easily was (36.5%).

To him, a number he can't count on his hands and toes is a huge number.
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