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California 2000 vs 2004: county swing

30 of 58 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 2 changed hands.

Amador County: swing R+6.8Glenn County: swing D+2.6Lake County: swing R+1.4Mariposa County: swing D+0.8Napa County: swing D+6.1Shasta County: swing R+1.2Stanislaus County: swing R+9.9Yuba County: swing R+8.8Alpine County: swing D+11.7Butte County: swing D+7.3Mendocino County: swing D+17.4Modoc County: swing D+2.5Mono County: swing D+11.7Nevada County: swing D+9.1Orange County: swing R+5.3Riverside County: swing R+10.3San Benito County: swing R+6.5San Diego County: swing R+2.3San Francisco County: swing D+8.7Yolo County: swing D+3.3San Mateo County: swing D+7.1Santa Barbara County: swing D+6.7Santa Cruz County: swing D+14.1Solano County: swing R+2.5Sutter County: swing R+1.7Tehama County: swing R+2.0Tuolumne County: swing R+5.4Calaveras County: swing R+5.3Contra Costa County: swing D+4.2Del Norte County: swing D+1.4Imperial County: swing R+1.2Kern County: swing R+9.6Kings County: swing R+12.8Madera County: swing R+3.5Colusa County: swing R+1.9Inyo County: swing D+6.4Merced County: swing R+7.6Plumas County: swing D+2.9San Joaquin County: swing R+6.2Sierra County: swing D+3.3Tulare County: swing R+9.8Marin County: swing D+11.9Monterey County: swing D+1.7Placer County: swing R+3.1Fresno County: swing R+5.6Humboldt County: swing D+15.8Lassen County: swing R+4.8Los Angeles County: swing R+3.6Sacramento County: swing R+3.8San Bernardino County: swing R+10.2Ventura County: swing R+2.5Alameda County: swing D+6.8San Luis Obispo County: swing D+4.1Siskiyou County: swing D+6.7Sonoma County: swing D+9.1Trinity County: swing D+12.3El Dorado County: swing R+1.9Santa Clara County: swing D+3.1
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002004SwingVotes 2000Votes 2004
Kings County R+18.8 R+31.6 R+12.8 28,335 32,093
Riverside County R+6.5 R+16.8 R+10.3 451,127 556,882
San Bernardino County R+1.5 R+11.7 R+10.2 454,893 522,777
Stanislaus County R+8.4 R+18.3 R+9.9 128,267 145,514
Tulare County R+23.5 R+33.3 R+9.8 89,818 98,739
Kern County R+24.5 R+34.1 R+9.6 182,308 210,858
Yuba County R+26.6 R+35.4 R+8.8 16,127 18,020
Merced County R+6.7 R+14.3 R+7.6 50,418 57,945
Amador County R+18.5 R+25.3 R+6.8 15,464 16,879
San Benito County D+12.6 D+6.1 R+6.5 16,831 18,725
San Joaquin County R+1.2 R+7.4 R+6.2 167,239 189,505
Fresno County R+10.1 R+15.7 R+5.6 220,835 247,160
Tuolumne County R+16.1 R+21.5 R+5.4 23,727 26,188
Calaveras County R+18.6 R+23.9 R+5.3 18,876 22,306
Orange County R+15.4 R+20.7 R+5.3 970,905 1,073,296
Lassen County R+38.7 R+43.5 R+4.8 10,586 11,437
Sacramento County D+4.0 D+0.2 R+3.8 431,550 476,765
Los Angeles County D+31.1 D+27.5 R+3.6 2,695,154 3,021,647
Madera County R+25.8 R+29.3 R+3.5 33,395 38,780
Placer County R+23.3 R+26.4 R+3.1 117,799 152,945
Solano County D+17.8 D+15.3 R+2.5 131,735 148,746
Ventura County R+1.1 R+3.6 R+2.5 282,692 312,909
San Diego County R+3.9 R+6.2 R+2.3 958,634 1,133,584
Tehama County R+32.4 R+34.4 R+2.0 20,854 23,405
Colusa County R+33.7 R+35.6 R+1.9 5,590 6,166
El Dorado County R+22.0 R+23.9 R+1.9 72,136 86,278
Sutter County R+33.6 R+35.3 R+1.7 26,564 30,145
Lake County D+9.6 D+8.2 R+1.4 20,919 18,166
Imperial County D+10.2 D+9.0 R+1.2 28,937 25,902
Shasta County R+34.8 R+36.0 R+1.2 66,544 77,571
Mariposa County R+23.6 R+22.8 D+0.8 8,074 8,638
Del Norte County R+17.0 R+15.6 D+1.4 8,294 9,421
Monterey County D+20.3 D+22.0 D+1.7 117,534 124,544
Modoc County R+49.3 R+46.8 D+2.5 4,107 4,456
Glenn County R+37.8 R+35.2 D+2.6 8,711 9,435
Plumas County R+27.8 R+24.9 D+2.9 10,401 11,178
Santa Clara County D+26.3 D+29.4 D+3.1 548,129 602,614
Sierra County R+34.3 R+31.0 D+3.3 1,847 1,945
Yolo County D+17.4 D+20.7 D+3.3 61,436 72,009
San Luis Obispo County R+11.3 R+7.2 D+4.1 108,886 128,647
Contra Costa County D+21.7 D+25.9 D+4.2 381,478 412,139
Napa County D+14.4 D+20.5 D+6.1 51,724 56,465
Inyo County R+26.4 R+20.0 D+6.4 7,815 7,718
Santa Barbara County D+1.3 D+8.0 D+6.7 154,974 169,125
Siskiyou County R+29.6 R+22.9 D+6.7 19,819 20,863
Alameda County D+45.3 D+52.1 D+6.8 494,336 560,742
San Mateo County D+33.3 D+40.4 D+7.1 259,399 284,077
Butte County R+17.0 R+9.7 D+7.3 83,721 95,735
San Francisco County D+59.4 D+68.1 D+8.7 319,786 355,929
Nevada County R+17.6 R+8.5 D+9.1 47,479 53,739
Sonoma County D+27.3 D+36.4 D+9.1 197,006 220,077
Alpine County flipped R+2.8 D+8.9 D+11.7 586 699
Mono County flipped R+11.6 D+0.1 D+11.7 4,371 5,330
Marin County D+36.0 D+47.9 D+11.9 123,155 134,919
Trinity County R+24.3 R+12.0 D+12.3 5,797 6,479
Santa Cruz County D+34.2 D+48.3 D+14.1 108,350 121,733
Humboldt County D+2.9 D+18.7 D+15.8 55,972 65,510
Mendocino County D+12.6 D+30.0 D+17.4 34,410 38,179

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data