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North Dakota 2000 vs 2012: county swing

16 of 53 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 4 changed hands.

Billings County: swing R+6.9Cavalier County: swing D+19.4Foster County: swing D+14.9Grand Forks County: swing D+15.1LaMoure County: swing D+7.4Mountrail County: swing R+9.0Ransom County: swing D+28.8Rolette County: swing D+20.9Steele County: swing D+16.7Wells County: swing R+1.8Benson County: swing D+21.9Bottineau County: swing D+1.1Cass County: swing D+17.5Eddy County: swing D+6.5Emmons County: swing R+4.4Grant County: swing D+10.1Griggs County: swing D+12.2Kidder County: swing D+7.5Logan County: swing R+2.5McKenzie County: swing R+2.8Morton County: swing D+0.7Nelson County: swing D+12.9Oliver County: swing D+3.6Pembina County: swing D+15.6Ramsey County: swing D+17.1Renville County: swing R+7.2Sargent County: swing D+16.4Stark County: swing R+12.2Stutsman County: swing D+4.6Traill County: swing D+16.7Ward County: swing R+1.7Barnes County: swing D+16.2Burke County: swing R+14.0Dunn County: swing R+11.4Hettinger County: swing R+4.0McLean County: swing D+0.9Pierce County: swing D+6.0Slope County: swing R+6.7Towner County: swing D+14.9Burleigh County: swing D+4.8Dickey County: swing D+7.7Divide County: swing R+12.7Golden Valley County: swing R+6.5McHenry County: swing D+2.0McIntosh County: swing D+13.0Mercer County: swing D+0.8Richland County: swing D+17.8Sioux County: swing D+15.3Walsh County: swing D+12.7Williams County: swing R+12.9Adams County: swing D+0.6Bowman County: swing D+1.1Sheridan County: swing D+0.6
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Burke County R+38.7 R+52.7 R+14.0 1,039 1,023
Williams County R+36.6 R+49.5 R+12.9 7,807 9,808
Divide County R+17.3 R+30.0 R+12.7 794 1,162
Stark County R+36.8 R+49.0 R+12.2 9,777 11,633
Dunn County R+37.6 R+49.0 R+11.4 1,728 2,034
Mountrail County R+7.2 R+16.2 R+9.0 2,896 3,457
Renville County R+28.3 R+35.5 R+7.2 1,332 1,278
Billings County R+59.4 R+66.3 R+6.9 525 578
Slope County R+52.3 R+59.0 R+6.7 442 437
Golden Valley County R+56.0 R+62.5 R+6.5 812 928
Emmons County R+51.5 R+55.9 R+4.4 1,992 1,884
Hettinger County R+46.4 R+50.4 R+4.0 1,519 1,362
McKenzie County R+41.5 R+44.3 R+2.8 2,364 3,451
Logan County R+51.4 R+53.9 R+2.5 1,145 1,073
Wells County R+39.4 R+41.2 R+1.8 2,410 2,379
Ward County R+28.8 R+30.5 R+1.7 22,482 25,463
Adams County R+46.5 R+45.9 D+0.6 1,160 1,286
Sheridan County R+58.9 R+58.3 D+0.6 928 822
Morton County R+31.7 R+31.0 D+0.7 11,223 13,613
Mercer County R+45.4 R+44.6 D+0.8 4,353 4,455
McLean County R+30.7 R+29.8 D+0.9 4,646 4,938
Bottineau County R+31.9 R+30.8 D+1.1 3,690 3,555
Bowman County R+51.0 R+49.9 D+1.1 1,471 1,737
McHenry County R+29.1 R+27.1 D+2.0 2,737 2,712
Oliver County R+44.3 R+40.7 D+3.6 1,051 1,013
Stutsman County R+26.6 R+22.0 D+4.6 9,118 9,558
Burleigh County R+36.7 R+31.9 D+4.8 34,482 43,387
Pierce County R+43.0 R+37.0 D+6.0 1,971 2,178
Eddy County R+19.3 R+12.8 D+6.5 1,268 1,157
LaMoure County R+36.5 R+29.1 D+7.4 2,468 2,194
Kidder County R+43.4 R+35.9 D+7.5 1,276 1,328
Dickey County R+37.6 R+29.9 D+7.7 2,786 2,535
Grant County R+59.0 R+48.9 D+10.1 1,427 1,413
Griggs County R+29.7 R+17.5 D+12.2 1,469 1,343
Walsh County R+26.2 R+13.5 D+12.7 5,182 5,096
Nelson County R+18.7 R+5.8 D+12.9 1,840 1,678
McIntosh County R+50.6 R+37.6 D+13.0 1,637 1,530
Foster County R+40.0 R+25.1 D+14.9 1,743 1,682
Towner County R+23.9 R+9.0 D+14.9 1,189 1,182
Grand Forks County R+18.6 R+3.5 D+15.1 28,385 30,029
Sioux County D+43.7 D+59.0 D+15.3 1,041 1,144
Pembina County R+35.4 R+19.8 D+15.6 3,779 3,255
Barnes County R+26.5 R+10.3 D+16.2 5,748 5,522
Sargent County flipped R+6.6 D+9.8 D+16.4 2,184 2,007
Steele County flipped R+14.8 D+1.9 D+16.7 1,210 1,042
Traill County R+21.4 R+4.7 D+16.7 4,112 3,921
Ramsey County R+27.1 R+10.0 D+17.1 4,977 4,999
Cass County R+20.4 R+2.9 D+17.5 58,995 73,855
Richland County R+31.3 R+13.5 D+17.8 8,015 7,613
Cavalier County R+37.7 R+18.3 D+19.4 2,371 2,069
Rolette County D+28.8 D+49.7 D+20.9 4,398 4,552
Benson County flipped R+4.8 D+17.1 D+21.9 2,154 2,157
Ransom County flipped R+15.0 D+13.8 D+28.8 2,719 2,425

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