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North Dakota 2000 vs 2008: county swing

0 of 53 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 11 changed hands.

Billings County: swing D+7.0Cavalier County: swing D+28.4Foster County: swing D+26.2Grand Forks County: swing D+23.7LaMoure County: swing D+16.7Mountrail County: swing D+9.6Ransom County: swing D+30.4Rolette County: swing D+23.3Steele County: swing D+35.2Wells County: swing D+13.0Benson County: swing D+38.3Bottineau County: swing D+12.7Cass County: swing D+27.5Eddy County: swing D+22.3Emmons County: swing D+14.2Grant County: swing D+35.9Griggs County: swing D+23.3Kidder County: swing D+16.6Logan County: swing D+11.0McKenzie County: swing D+11.8Morton County: swing D+10.7Nelson County: swing D+24.8Oliver County: swing D+10.6Pembina County: swing D+28.5Ramsey County: swing D+26.1Renville County: swing D+6.4Sargent County: swing D+24.1Stark County: swing D+7.6Stutsman County: swing D+11.9Traill County: swing D+28.6Ward County: swing D+9.6Barnes County: swing D+25.0Burke County: swing D+1.1Dunn County: swing D+4.0Hettinger County: swing D+10.3McLean County: swing D+11.7Pierce County: swing D+19.2Slope County: swing D+5.8Towner County: swing D+31.0Burleigh County: swing D+13.1Dickey County: swing D+19.2Divide County: swing D+2.6Golden Valley County: swing D+6.6McHenry County: swing D+12.8McIntosh County: swing D+28.6Mercer County: swing D+15.6Richland County: swing D+26.1Sioux County: swing D+23.8Walsh County: swing D+24.3Williams County: swing D+0.7Adams County: swing D+18.7Bowman County: swing D+12.6Sheridan County: swing D+18.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002008SwingVotes 2000Votes 2008
Williams County R+36.6 R+35.9 D+0.7 7,807 9,373
Burke County R+38.7 R+37.6 D+1.1 1,039 943
Divide County R+17.3 R+14.7 D+2.6 794 1,131
Dunn County R+37.6 R+33.6 D+4.0 1,728 1,644
Slope County R+52.3 R+46.5 D+5.8 442 411
Renville County R+28.3 R+21.9 D+6.4 1,332 1,346
Golden Valley County R+56.0 R+49.4 D+6.6 812 875
Billings County R+59.4 R+52.4 D+7.0 525 499
Stark County R+36.8 R+29.2 D+7.6 9,777 11,070
Mountrail County flipped R+7.2 D+2.4 D+9.6 2,896 2,938
Ward County R+28.8 R+19.2 D+9.6 22,482 25,621
Hettinger County R+46.4 R+36.1 D+10.3 1,519 1,348
Oliver County R+44.3 R+33.7 D+10.6 1,051 1,040
Morton County R+31.7 R+21.0 D+10.7 11,223 13,264
Logan County R+51.4 R+40.4 D+11.0 1,145 1,057
McLean County R+30.7 R+19.0 D+11.7 4,646 4,736
McKenzie County R+41.5 R+29.7 D+11.8 2,364 2,715
Stutsman County R+26.6 R+14.7 D+11.9 9,118 9,784
Bowman County R+51.0 R+38.4 D+12.6 1,471 1,640
Bottineau County R+31.9 R+19.2 D+12.7 3,690 3,516
McHenry County R+29.1 R+16.3 D+12.8 2,737 2,416
Wells County R+39.4 R+26.4 D+13.0 2,410 2,377
Burleigh County R+36.7 R+23.6 D+13.1 34,482 41,772
Emmons County R+51.5 R+37.3 D+14.2 1,992 1,837
Mercer County R+45.4 R+29.8 D+15.6 4,353 4,397
Kidder County R+43.4 R+26.8 D+16.6 1,276 1,228
LaMoure County R+36.5 R+19.8 D+16.7 2,468 2,241
Sheridan County R+58.9 R+40.6 D+18.3 928 803
Adams County R+46.5 R+27.8 D+18.7 1,160 1,271
Dickey County R+37.6 R+18.4 D+19.2 2,786 2,620
Pierce County R+43.0 R+23.8 D+19.2 1,971 2,139
Eddy County flipped R+19.3 D+3.0 D+22.3 1,268 1,165
Griggs County R+29.7 R+6.4 D+23.3 1,469 1,314
Rolette County D+28.8 D+52.1 D+23.3 4,398 4,534
Grand Forks County flipped R+18.6 D+5.1 D+23.7 28,385 31,153
Sioux County D+43.7 D+67.5 D+23.8 1,041 1,378
Sargent County flipped R+6.6 D+17.5 D+24.1 2,184 1,927
Walsh County R+26.2 R+1.9 D+24.3 5,182 4,882
Nelson County flipped R+18.7 D+6.1 D+24.8 1,840 1,752
Barnes County R+26.5 R+1.5 D+25.0 5,748 5,694
Ramsey County R+27.1 R+1.0 D+26.1 4,977 4,762
Richland County R+31.3 R+5.2 D+26.1 8,015 7,563
Foster County R+40.0 R+13.8 D+26.2 1,743 1,651
Cass County flipped R+20.4 D+7.1 D+27.5 58,995 71,419
Cavalier County R+37.7 R+9.3 D+28.4 2,371 2,130
Pembina County R+35.4 R+6.9 D+28.5 3,779 3,307
McIntosh County R+50.6 R+22.0 D+28.6 1,637 1,532
Traill County flipped R+21.4 D+7.2 D+28.6 4,112 4,041
Ransom County flipped R+15.0 D+15.4 D+30.4 2,719 2,433
Towner County flipped R+23.9 D+7.1 D+31.0 1,189 1,197
Steele County flipped R+14.8 D+20.4 D+35.2 1,210 1,032
Grant County R+59.0 R+23.1 D+35.9 1,427 1,329
Benson County flipped R+4.8 D+33.5 D+38.3 2,154 2,374

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