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Nevada 2000 vs 2012: county swing

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

Esmeralda County: swing R+7.6Mineral County: swing D+2.9White Pine County: swing R+10.8Douglas County: swing D+3.1Elko County: swing D+6.7Humboldt County: swing D+13.8Lincoln County: swing R+13.5Nye County: swing R+4.6Washoe County: swing D+13.1Carson City: swing D+10.2Eureka County: swing R+11.3Pershing County: swing D+13.0Churchill County: swing D+5.9Clark County: swing D+8.0Lander County: swing D+9.5Lyon County: swing R+1.0Storey County: swing D+2.1
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Lincoln County R+46.5 R+60.0 R+13.5 1,956 2,152
Eureka County R+57.6 R+68.9 R+11.3 837 808
White Pine County R+32.9 R+43.7 R+10.8 3,543 3,704
Esmeralda County R+44.2 R+51.8 R+7.6 491 435
Nye County R+19.6 R+24.2 R+4.6 12,181 17,522
Lyon County R+27.6 R+28.6 R+1.0 11,992 21,465
Storey County R+19.4 R+17.3 D+2.1 1,798 2,314
Mineral County R+13.6 R+10.7 D+2.9 2,293 2,035
Douglas County R+29.8 R+26.7 D+3.1 17,974 26,075
Churchill County R+45.9 R+40.0 D+5.9 8,823 10,265
Elko County R+59.9 R+53.2 D+6.7 14,180 15,986
Clark County D+6.6 D+14.6 D+8.0 382,198 691,190
Lander County R+57.8 R+48.3 D+9.5 2,119 2,165
Carson City R+19.2 R+9.0 D+10.2 19,452 23,319
Pershing County R+41.4 R+28.4 D+13.0 1,802 1,884
Washoe County flipped R+9.4 D+3.7 D+13.1 122,301 187,855
Humboldt County R+49.9 R+36.1 D+13.8 5,030 5,744

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