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Nevada 2000 vs 2008: county swing

1 of 17 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 2 changed hands.

County20002008SwingVotes 2000Votes 2008
Esmeralda County R+44.2 R+45.3 R+1.1 491 439
Lincoln County R+46.5 R+46.5 Even 1,956 2,107
Eureka County R+57.6 R+56.4 D+1.2 837 745
White Pine County R+32.9 R+31.5 D+1.4 3,543 3,842
Nye County R+19.6 R+13.2 D+6.4 12,181 17,491
Lyon County R+27.6 R+17.8 D+9.8 11,992 21,103
Mineral County R+13.6 R+2.1 D+11.5 2,293 2,307
Clark County D+6.6 D+19.0 D+12.4 382,198 651,172
Storey County R+19.4 R+6.0 D+13.4 1,798 2,418
Churchill County R+45.9 R+31.5 D+14.4 8,823 10,605
Douglas County R+29.8 R+15.3 D+14.5 17,974 25,904
Lander County R+57.8 R+42.2 D+15.6 2,119 2,102
Pershing County R+41.4 R+21.9 D+19.5 1,802 1,836
Elko County R+59.9 R+40.2 D+19.7 14,180 16,019
Carson City flipped R+19.2 D+0.9 D+20.1 19,452 23,680
Humboldt County R+49.9 R+29.6 D+20.3 5,030 5,664
Washoe County flipped R+9.4 D+12.6 D+22.0 122,301 180,414

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