Two views: modern and lifetime.

Modern battlegrounds (2000–2024)

Ranked by number of times the state’s winning party changed from one cycle to the next, across the seven elections from 2000 through 2024.

1. 1IAIowa3 flips / 7 cycles
2. 2MIMichigan3 flips / 7 cycles
3. 3PAPennsylvania3 flips / 7 cycles
4. 4WIWisconsin3 flips / 7 cycles
5. 5AZArizona2 flips / 7 cycles
6. 6FLFlorida2 flips / 7 cycles
7. 7GAGeorgia2 flips / 7 cycles
8. 8INIndiana2 flips / 7 cycles
9. 9NVNevada2 flips / 7 cycles
10. 10NMNew Mexico2 flips / 7 cycles

All-time most-flipped (1789–2024)

Ranked by lifetime party flips across every presidential cycle the state has participated in.

1. 1NYNew York25 flips / 60 cycles
2. 2CTConnecticut22 flips / 60 cycles
3. 3INIndiana20 flips / 53 cycles
4. 4MDMaryland19 flips / 60 cycles
5. 5NJNew Jersey19 flips / 60 cycles
6. 6DEDelaware17 flips / 60 cycles
7. 7GAGeorgia17 flips / 59 cycles
8. 8LALouisiana17 flips / 53 cycles
9. 9NHNew Hampshire17 flips / 59 cycles
10. 10PAPennsylvania17 flips / 60 cycles