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Nebraska 2000 vs 2012: county swing

49 of 93 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 1 changed hands.

Merrick County: swing D+0.8Nance County: swing R+2.1Perkins County: swing R+0.4Phelps County: swing R+0.6Richardson County: swing R+3.6Seward County: swing R+3.4Sherman County: swing D+5.1Thomas County: swing R+8.5Wheeler County: swing D+2.2Antelope County: swing R+6.9Blaine County: swing R+6.0Butler County: swing R+2.0Clay County: swing R+5.0Colfax County: swing D+9.1Dawson County: swing D+8.4Dodge County: swing D+4.3Frontier County: swing D+5.0Gosper County: swing D+0.6Hayes County: swing R+5.3Howard County: swing R+5.7Johnson County: swing R+1.4McPherson County: swing R+2.4Rock County: swing R+7.0Saline County: swing R+0.4Saunders County: swing R+1.9Sheridan County: swing D+0.2Thayer County: swing R+0.8Thurston County: swing D+19.6Webster County: swing R+10.1Banner County: swing R+0.9Boone County: swing D+2.3Box Butte County: swing D+6.1Buffalo County: swing D+6.2Cass County: swing R+2.1Chase County: swing R+7.5Cheyenne County: swing D+5.2Cuming County: swing D+9.8Dawes County: swing D+11.4Dixon County: swing D+3.5Dundy County: swing R+1.3Garfield County: swing R+12.6Grant County: swing R+8.9Hall County: swing D+4.2Hamilton County: swing R+1.9Harlan County: swing R+9.1Hitchcock County: swing R+5.6Kearney County: swing D+3.2Keith County: swing D+4.2Kimball County: swing D+5.1Lancaster County: swing D+9.8Loup County: swing R+11.2Madison County: swing D+5.8Nuckolls County: swing R+2.8Pawnee County: swing R+10.0Platte County: swing D+4.9Morrill County: swing R+3.0Nemaha County: swing D+5.3Polk County: swing R+5.2Sarpy County: swing D+8.5Stanton County: swing D+5.4Wayne County: swing D+6.3York County: swing R+2.5Adams County: swing D+2.2Arthur County: swing D+1.3Brown County: swing R+2.6Cedar County: swing R+8.7Custer County: swing D+1.8Fillmore County: swing R+2.7Garden County: swing D+8.3Greeley County: swing R+8.4Holt County: swing D+0.7Knox County: swing R+1.5Pierce County: swing D+0.6Red Willow County: swing R+10.1Scotts Bluff County: swing D+2.1Sioux County: swing R+0.5Valley County: swing R+7.7Washington County: swing D+0.2Boyd County: swing R+10.2Burt County: swing D+2.5Cherry County: swing R+3.6Dakota County: swing D+4.2Deuel County: swing D+1.0Douglas County: swing D+12.2Franklin County: swing R+1.0Gage County: swing D+4.6Otoe County: swing D+5.2Hooker County: swing R+9.4Jefferson County: swing R+2.5Keya Paha County: swing D+2.2Lincoln County: swing R+13.8Logan County: swing D+0.2Furnas County: swing R+6.7
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Lincoln County R+26.6 R+40.4 R+13.8 15,114 15,553
Garfield County R+53.6 R+66.2 R+12.6 963 937
Loup County R+52.9 R+64.1 R+11.2 378 356
Boyd County R+53.7 R+63.9 R+10.2 1,242 1,071
Red Willow County R+49.6 R+59.7 R+10.1 5,025 4,916
Webster County R+36.9 R+47.0 R+10.1 1,945 1,737
Pawnee County R+27.3 R+37.3 R+10.0 1,519 1,337
Hooker County R+59.4 R+68.8 R+9.4 409 394
Harlan County R+49.6 R+58.7 R+9.1 1,852 1,775
Grant County R+71.5 R+80.4 R+8.9 385 363
Cedar County R+45.1 R+53.8 R+8.7 4,269 4,313
Thomas County R+69.4 R+77.9 R+8.5 395 408
Greeley County R+32.2 R+40.6 R+8.4 1,310 1,181
Valley County R+45.3 R+53.0 R+7.7 2,263 2,187
Chase County R+64.0 R+71.5 R+7.5 1,875 1,862
Rock County R+65.3 R+72.3 R+7.0 894 787
Antelope County R+56.0 R+62.9 R+6.9 3,368 3,221
Furnas County R+54.1 R+60.8 R+6.7 2,431 2,232
Blaine County R+73.4 R+79.4 R+6.0 349 301
Howard County R+28.5 R+34.2 R+5.7 2,827 2,856
Hitchcock County R+55.0 R+60.6 R+5.6 1,480 1,492
Hayes County R+73.5 R+78.8 R+5.3 571 539
Polk County R+50.4 R+55.6 R+5.2 2,613 2,451
Clay County R+48.2 R+53.2 R+5.0 3,215 2,941
Cherry County R+65.9 R+69.5 R+3.6 2,847 3,052
Richardson County R+29.9 R+33.5 R+3.6 4,150 3,727
Seward County R+31.4 R+34.8 R+3.4 7,016 7,528
Morrill County R+53.2 R+56.2 R+3.0 2,138 2,180
Nuckolls County R+43.2 R+46.0 R+2.8 2,443 2,186
Fillmore County R+39.2 R+41.9 R+2.7 2,998 2,864
Brown County R+66.9 R+69.5 R+2.6 1,684 1,550
Jefferson County R+25.7 R+28.2 R+2.5 3,847 3,436
York County R+52.8 R+55.3 R+2.5 6,460 6,328
McPherson County R+65.2 R+67.6 R+2.4 301 290
Cass County R+24.2 R+26.3 R+2.1 10,280 12,127
Nance County R+36.6 R+38.7 R+2.1 1,665 1,617
Butler County R+42.0 R+44.0 R+2.0 3,828 3,845
Hamilton County R+48.7 R+50.6 R+1.9 4,491 4,852
Saunders County R+31.8 R+33.7 R+1.9 8,919 10,277
Knox County R+43.9 R+45.4 R+1.5 3,978 4,026
Johnson County R+19.7 R+21.1 R+1.4 2,112 2,059
Dundy County R+61.5 R+62.8 R+1.3 1,011 982
Franklin County R+46.5 R+47.5 R+1.0 1,668 1,532
Banner County R+70.3 R+71.2 R+0.9 462 409
Thayer County R+42.4 R+43.2 R+0.8 3,006 2,652
Phelps County R+57.1 R+57.7 R+0.6 4,627 4,362
Sioux County R+70.6 R+71.1 R+0.5 752 736
Perkins County R+63.9 R+64.3 R+0.4 1,452 1,394
Saline County R+5.1 R+5.5 R+0.4 5,145 4,928
Logan County R+67.0 R+66.8 D+0.2 412 431
Sheridan County R+66.5 R+66.3 D+0.2 2,576 2,462
Washington County R+37.2 R+37.0 D+0.2 8,626 10,193
Gosper County R+52.2 R+51.6 D+0.6 1,014 977
Pierce County R+61.2 R+60.6 D+0.6 3,208 3,414
Holt County R+62.6 R+61.9 D+0.7 4,959 4,911
Merrick County R+45.9 R+45.1 D+0.8 3,340 3,475
Deuel County R+55.2 R+54.2 D+1.0 1,033 1,012
Arthur County R+76.8 R+75.5 D+1.3 272 261
Custer County R+60.4 R+58.6 D+1.8 5,414 5,480
Scotts Bluff County R+39.5 R+37.4 D+2.1 13,839 14,229
Adams County R+36.0 R+33.8 D+2.2 12,438 12,604
Keya Paha County R+67.1 R+64.9 D+2.2 513 482
Wheeler County R+58.7 R+56.5 D+2.2 453 446
Boone County R+56.6 R+54.3 D+2.3 2,862 2,801
Burt County R+24.5 R+22.0 D+2.5 3,392 3,367
Kearney County R+52.9 R+49.7 D+3.2 3,122 3,176
Dixon County R+36.3 R+32.8 D+3.5 2,792 2,664
Dakota County R+7.0 R+2.8 D+4.2 6,061 6,116
Hall County R+31.5 R+27.3 D+4.2 18,546 20,152
Keith County R+56.5 R+52.3 D+4.2 3,849 4,043
Dodge County R+26.6 R+22.3 D+4.3 14,472 14,903
Gage County R+21.3 R+16.7 D+4.6 9,506 9,633
Platte County R+56.4 R+51.5 D+4.9 12,859 13,409
Frontier County R+61.6 R+56.6 D+5.0 1,393 1,299
Kimball County R+55.0 R+49.9 D+5.1 1,820 1,682
Sherman County R+29.8 R+24.7 D+5.1 1,705 1,520
Cheyenne County R+56.4 R+51.2 D+5.2 4,186 4,624
Otoe County R+29.6 R+24.4 D+5.2 6,662 6,956
Nemaha County R+33.0 R+27.7 D+5.3 3,369 3,201
Stanton County R+56.1 R+50.7 D+5.4 2,486 2,634
Madison County R+53.4 R+47.6 D+5.8 12,853 13,828
Box Butte County R+31.3 R+25.2 D+6.1 5,089 4,681
Buffalo County R+48.6 R+42.4 D+6.2 16,461 19,355
Wayne County R+45.0 R+38.7 D+6.3 3,940 3,659
Garden County R+62.3 R+54.0 D+8.3 1,219 1,088
Dawson County R+50.2 R+41.8 D+8.4 7,507 7,814
Sarpy County R+31.7 R+23.2 D+8.5 45,278 71,139
Colfax County R+44.5 R+35.4 D+9.1 3,315 3,063
Cuming County R+56.4 R+46.6 D+9.8 4,215 3,962
Lancaster County R+10.1 R+0.3 D+9.8 107,132 126,621
Dawes County R+47.7 R+36.3 D+11.4 3,621 3,711
Douglas County R+15.2 R+3.0 D+12.2 183,156 222,828
Thurston County flipped R+5.6 D+14.0 D+19.6 2,082 2,207

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