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Wisconsin 2000 vs 2008: county swing

0 of 72 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 33 changed hands.

Door County: swing D+25.5Dunn County: swing D+13.7Fond du Lac County: swing D+9.0Green County: swing D+18.7La Crosse County: swing D+16.0Lincoln County: swing D+12.9Marathon County: swing D+12.8Monroe County: swing D+12.6Polk County: swing D+1.3Richland County: swing D+22.6Shawano County: swing D+16.1Washburn County: swing D+7.0Wood County: swing D+18.3Ashland County: swing D+20.5Barron County: swing D+11.7Bayfield County: swing D+13.5Chippewa County: swing D+11.9Dane County: swing D+18.5Racine County: swing D+10.1Rusk County: swing D+16.4Sauk County: swing D+17.4Sawyer County: swing D+14.4Taylor County: swing D+22.2Vernon County: swing D+15.2Vilas County: swing D+14.2Waukesha County: swing D+8.0Winnebago County: swing D+17.3Buffalo County: swing D+11.6Burnett County: swing D+5.8Clark County: swing D+18.3Columbia County: swing D+12.6Crawford County: swing D+13.7Calumet County: swing D+15.3Dodge County: swing D+9.9Jackson County: swing D+13.4Langlade County: swing D+10.5Menominee County: swing D+15.2Outagamie County: swing D+20.5Price County: swing D+22.6St. Croix County: swing D+3.4Trempealeau County: swing D+12.6Waupaca County: swing D+21.3Eau Claire County: swing D+15.6Florence County: swing D+15.5Forest County: swing D+20.4Grant County: swing D+21.8Green Lake County: swing D+9.0Iowa County: swing D+19.3Jefferson County: swing D+11.9Juneau County: swing D+10.1Kenosha County: swing D+12.5Lafayette County: swing D+17.1Marinette County: swing D+16.2Marquette County: swing D+6.4Oconto County: swing D+14.9Oneida County: swing D+16.7Pepin County: swing D+6.7Pierce County: swing D+6.8Portage County: swing D+14.0Kewaunee County: swing D+13.1Douglas County: swing D+2.5Iron County: swing D+16.3Manitowoc County: swing D+12.0Milwaukee County: swing D+15.4Ozaukee County: swing D+12.0Washington County: swing D+8.0Adams County: swing D+8.4Rock County: swing D+10.7Sheboygan County: swing D+10.3Walworth County: swing D+15.9Brown County: swing D+13.8Waushara County: swing D+13.8
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002008SwingVotes 2000Votes 2008
Polk County R+3.1 R+1.8 D+1.3 19,762 22,643
Douglas County D+30.7 D+33.2 D+2.5 21,706 24,066
St. Croix County R+7.2 R+3.8 D+3.4 29,954 44,821
Burnett County flipped R+4.2 D+1.6 D+5.8 8,151 8,688
Marquette County flipped R+1.2 D+5.2 D+6.4 7,194 7,846
Pepin County D+6.1 D+12.8 D+6.7 3,664 3,771
Pierce County D+2.2 D+9.0 D+6.8 17,962 22,107
Washburn County flipped R+2.7 D+4.3 D+7.0 8,045 9,112
Washington County R+37.5 R+29.5 D+8.0 61,412 74,411
Waukesha County R+33.7 R+25.7 D+8.0 203,734 232,897
Adams County D+9.9 D+18.3 D+8.4 9,116 9,986
Fond du Lac County R+18.0 R+9.0 D+9.0 46,589 52,323
Green Lake County R+23.7 R+14.7 D+9.0 9,107 9,536
Dodge County R+18.8 R+8.9 D+9.9 37,701 42,823
Juneau County flipped R+1.0 D+9.1 D+10.1 10,218 11,530
Racine County flipped R+2.7 D+7.4 D+10.1 88,865 100,642
Sheboygan County R+11.0 R+0.7 D+10.3 55,201 62,107
Langlade County flipped R+9.5 D+1.0 D+10.5 9,721 10,402
Rock County D+18.5 D+29.2 D+10.7 70,404 79,169
Buffalo County D+3.0 D+14.6 D+11.6 6,641 7,000
Barron County flipped R+4.6 D+7.1 D+11.7 19,904 22,886
Chippewa County flipped R+2.8 D+9.1 D+11.9 26,173 30,231
Jefferson County flipped R+11.1 D+0.8 D+11.9 36,099 43,166
Manitowoc County flipped R+4.4 D+7.6 D+12.0 38,824 42,414
Ozaukee County R+33.7 R+21.7 D+12.0 47,751 53,365
Kenosha County D+5.6 D+18.1 D+12.5 63,709 78,789
Columbia County D+2.6 D+15.2 D+12.6 25,587 29,272
Monroe County flipped R+4.6 D+8.0 D+12.6 16,335 19,152
Trempealeau County D+13.8 D+26.4 D+12.6 12,168 13,314
Marathon County flipped R+4.0 D+8.8 D+12.8 58,374 67,940
Lincoln County flipped R+0.4 D+12.5 D+12.9 14,239 15,268
Kewaunee County flipped R+2.1 D+11.0 D+13.1 10,084 10,787
Jackson County D+8.4 D+21.8 D+13.4 8,417 9,251
Bayfield County D+14.1 D+27.6 D+13.5 8,259 9,468
Crawford County D+13.3 D+27.0 D+13.7 7,394 7,981
Dunn County D+1.3 D+15.0 D+13.7 19,330 22,989
Brown County flipped R+4.7 D+9.1 D+13.8 107,769 124,754
Waushara County flipped R+13.0 D+0.8 D+13.8 10,248 11,849
Portage County D+14.0 D+28.0 D+14.0 33,760 39,422
Vilas County R+18.3 R+4.1 D+14.2 12,322 13,750
Sawyer County flipped R+8.2 D+6.2 D+14.4 7,767 9,085
Oconto County flipped R+8.8 D+6.1 D+14.9 16,596 18,968
Menominee County D+58.8 D+74.0 D+15.2 1,233 1,448
Vernon County D+6.8 D+22.0 D+15.2 13,044 14,075
Calumet County flipped R+13.2 D+2.1 D+15.3 19,947 26,474
Milwaukee County D+20.5 D+35.9 D+15.4 433,537 475,192
Florence County R+29.6 R+14.1 D+15.5 2,405 2,685
Eau Claire County D+6.6 D+22.2 D+15.6 47,875 55,010
Walworth County R+18.5 R+2.6 D+15.9 40,458 50,422
La Crosse County D+7.4 D+23.4 D+16.0 55,559 63,218
Shawano County flipped R+12.5 D+3.6 D+16.1 17,603 20,089
Marinette County flipped R+9.3 D+6.9 D+16.2 19,921 21,255
Iron County flipped R+3.2 D+13.1 D+16.3 3,507 3,432
Rusk County flipped R+8.1 D+8.3 D+16.4 7,366 7,272
Oneida County flipped R+6.3 D+10.4 D+16.7 18,891 21,927
Lafayette County D+5.2 D+22.3 D+17.1 7,263 7,831
Winnebago County flipped R+5.7 D+11.6 D+17.3 76,080 87,677
Sauk County D+5.6 D+23.0 D+17.4 25,653 30,626
Clark County flipped R+10.8 D+7.5 D+18.3 14,149 14,187
Wood County flipped R+5.2 D+13.1 D+18.3 35,761 39,052
Dane County D+28.5 D+47.0 D+18.5 232,739 282,939
Green County D+7.1 D+25.8 D+18.7 15,276 18,534
Iowa County D+15.4 D+34.7 D+19.3 10,541 11,969
Forest County flipped R+5.2 D+15.2 D+20.4 4,716 4,683
Ashland County D+16.7 D+37.2 D+20.5 7,890 8,574
Outagamie County flipped R+8.9 D+11.6 D+20.5 75,742 91,563
Waupaca County flipped R+18.4 D+2.9 D+21.3 22,804 25,511
Grant County D+2.1 D+23.9 D+21.8 21,956 24,320
Taylor County R+22.5 R+0.3 D+22.2 8,992 9,346
Price County flipped R+9.2 D+13.4 D+22.6 7,930 8,194
Richland County flipped R+1.9 D+20.7 D+22.6 8,293 8,450
Door County flipped R+8.2 D+17.3 D+25.5 15,220 17,481

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