Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Flipboard 0 As the 2016 presidential election ramps up, candidates are paying extra attention to the all-important swing states. These states, like Ohio, Florida and Colorado, tend to be the most narrowly divided and can tip the scale of an election. Unsurprisingly, these swing states receive a disproportionate amount of political spending during campaign season. With that in mind, InsideGov looked back at the states that have historically changed political parties the most. Using presidential election data from 1932 (FDR’s first election) to 2012, InsideGov tracked each state’s voting behavior. The visualization below shows how each state has voted over time (press play to begin): Louisiana takes the top spot as the state with the most political flip-flops, having changed parties 11 times since the 1932 election. The next state should come as no surprise: Ohio. Currently one of the most important swing states, Ohio has switched parties 10 times. In the 2012 election, Ohio received the third highest amount of political ad spending in the country. On the other end of spectrum is Alaska, which has been the most politically consistent state, changing parties only two times. This is partially due to Alaska’s relatively short period as a state. Behind Alaska are 10 other states that have only switched political parties three times since 1932: Ariz., Idaho, Kan., Maine, Neb., N.D., Okla., S.D., Utah and Vt. Interestingly, most of these states, with the exception of Vermont and Maine, have been consistently Republican over the last three to four decades. #50. Alaska Number of Party Switches: 2 #49. Arizona Number of Party Switches: 3 #48. Idaho Number of Party Switches: 3 #47. Kansas Number of Party Switches: 3 #46. Maine Number of Party Switches: 3 #45. Nebraska Number of Party Switches: 3 #44. North Dakota Number of Party Switches: 3 #43. Oklahoma Number of Party Switches: 3 #42. South Dakota Number of Party Switches: 3 #41. Utah Number of Party Switches: 3 #40. Vermont Number of Party Switches: 3 #39. California Number of Party Switches: 4 #38. Hawaii Number of Party Switches: 4 #37. Illinois Number of Party Switches: 4 #36. Massachusetts Number of Party Switches: 4 #35. Minnesota Number of Party Switches: 4 #34. New Jersey Number of Party Switches: 4 #33. Oregon Number of Party Switches: 4 #32. Virginia Number of Party Switches: 4 #31. Washington Number of Party Switches: 4 #30. Connecticut Number of Party Switches: 5 #29. Indiana Number of Party Switches: 5 #28. Maryland Number of Party Switches: 5 #27. Montana Number of Party Switches: 5 #26. North Carolina Number of Party Switches: 5 #25. South Carolina Number of Party Switches: 5 #24. Texas Number of Party Switches: 5 #23. Wyoming Number of Party Switches: 5 #22. Arkansas Number of Party Switches: 6 #21. Michigan Number of Party Switches: 6 #20. Nevada Number of Party Switches: 6 #19. New Mexico Number of Party Switches: 6 #18. New York Number of Party Switches: 6 #17. Rhode Island Number of Party Switches: 6 #16. Delaware Number of Party Switches: 7 #15. Georgia Number of Party Switches: 7 #14. Kentucky Number of Party Switches: 7 #13. Missouri Number of Party Switches: 7 #12. New Hampshire Number of Party Switches: 7 #11. Pennsylvania Number of Party Switches: 7 #10. Tennessee Number of Party Switches: 7 #9. West Virginia Number of Party Switches: 7 #8. Alabama Number of Party Switches: 8 #7. Colorado Number of Party Switches: 8 #6. Florida Number of Party Switches: 8 #5. Iowa Number of Party Switches: 8 #4. Mississippi Number of Party Switches: 8 #3. Wisconsin Number of Party Switches: 8 #2. Ohio Number of Party Switches: 10 #1. Louisiana Number of Party Switches: 11 Twitter Tweet Facebook Share Email This article originally appeared on FindTheBest: Politics and has been republished with permission.Find out how to syndicate your content with B2C Author: Jay Leonard Jay is a UK-based cryptocurrency expert, specialising in fundamental analysis and medium to long term investments. Jay has a great deal of hands-on experience in analysing financial markets and performing technical analysis. Jay is currently focusing on the institutional adoption of cryptocurrency and what it means for the future of … View full profile ›More by this author:Hotbit Exchange Forced to Suspend Service As it’s Under Criminal InvestigationCameo CEO Steven Galanis Wallet Hacked – $231k Worth of NFTs StolenMastercard CFO sees Growth Opportunities in Crypto