List of states by partisanship 2020

Using the results of the previous 5 presidential elections (2004-2020), I have ranked the states according to the percentage difference between Democrats and Republicans. States that have alternated between the two parties over the past 5 elections will have lower rankings.

1) Wyoming   40.4%
2) Oklahoma       33.09%
3) Utah           32.06%
4) Hawaii   31.68%
5) Idaho   31.6%
6) Vermont   30.92%
7) Massachusetts  26.95%
8) West Virginia 26.75%
9) North Dakota  24.94%
10) Maryland      24.83%
11) Alabama   24.51%
12) New York      23.78%
13) California    23.28%
14) Kentucky      22.91%
15) Nebraska       22.8%
16) Rhode Island   22.46%
17) Arkansas      21.57%
18) South Dakota  20.77%
19) Tennessee     19.79%
20) Kansas   19.46%
21) Louisiana     17.72%
22) Illinois      17.28%
23) Alaska   17.17%
24) Connecticut   16.75%
25) Delaware      16.31%
26) Mississippi   15.75%
27) Washington    14.83%
28) Montana   14.64%
29) New Jersey    14.01%
30) Texas   13%
31) Indiana   12.96%
32) South Carolina 12.49%
33) Oregon    11.93%
34) Maine    10.73%
35) Missouri       10.15%
36) New Mexico     8.7%
37) Georgia    6.91%
38) Michigan       6.39%
39) Arizona    6.26%
40) Minnesota      6.01%
41) Colorado       5.61%
42) New Hampshire  4.86%
43) Nevada    4.28%
44) Wisconsin      4.22%
45) North Carolina 3.83%
46) Pennsylvania   3.73%
47) Virginia       3.48%
48) Ohio    2.14%
49) Florida    1.18%
50) Iowa    0.59%

Here are how their rankings have changed since the 2016 election:

No change: Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming
Up 1: Alabama, Hawaii, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri
Down 1: Connecticut, Maine, Ohio, Utah, Wisconsin
Up 2: Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon
Down 2: Arizona, Idaho, Iowa, New York, South Carolina
Up 3: Arkansas, Delaware, Maryland, New Mexico, Virginia
Down 3: Georgia
Down 4: Kansas, Pennsylvania
Up 5: Colorado, Washington
Down 5: North Carolina
Up 6: California, Louisiana, Tennessee
Down 6: Texas
Down 7: Montana, Nebraska, Rhode Island
Up 9: West Virginia
Down 9: Alaska