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 York27 flips / 59 cycles
2. 2LALouisiana20 flips / 53 cycles
3. 3NJNew Jersey20 flips / 60 cycles
4. 4DEDelaware19 flips / 60 cycles
5. 5MDMaryland19 flips / 60 cycles
6. 6PAPennsylvania19 flips / 60 cycles
7. 7WIWisconsin19 flips / 45 cycles
8. 8CTConnecticut18 flips / 60 cycles
9. 9INIndiana18 flips / 53 cycles
10. 10KYKentucky18 flips / 59 cycles