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Wisconsin 2000 vs 2012: county swing

15 of 72 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 11 changed hands.

Door County: swing D+15.2Dunn County: swing D+3.7Fond du Lac County: swing D+3.1Green County: swing D+10.2La Crosse County: swing D+9.8Lincoln County: swing D+1.1Marathon County: swing R+2.1Monroe County: swing D+3.7Polk County: swing R+5.9Richland County: swing D+18.0Shawano County: swing D+2.5Washburn County: swing EvenWood County: swing D+2.3Ashland County: swing D+14.1Barron County: swing D+2.2Bayfield County: swing D+10.7Chippewa County: swing D+2.6Dane County: swing D+15.0Racine County: swing D+6.3Rusk County: swing D+4.2Sauk County: swing D+12.9Sawyer County: swing D+8.7Taylor County: swing D+3.2Vernon County: swing D+8.0Vilas County: swing D+5.3Waukesha County: swing R+0.8Winnebago County: swing D+9.5Buffalo County: swing R+0.1Burnett County: swing R+2.3Clark County: swing D+1.8Columbia County: swing D+11.0Crawford County: swing D+6.7Calumet County: swing D+1.7Dodge County: swing D+4.3Jackson County: swing D+6.6Langlade County: swing R+2.3Menominee County: swing D+14.7Outagamie County: swing D+7.1Price County: swing D+9.2St. Croix County: swing R+4.9Trempealeau County: swing D+0.3Waupaca County: swing R+0.5Eau Claire County: swing D+7.0Florence County: swing D+3.2Forest County: swing D+10.7Grant County: swing D+11.7Green Lake County: swing D+3.1Iowa County: swing D+15.1Jefferson County: swing D+3.5Juneau County: swing D+8.0Kenosha County: swing D+6.7Lafayette County: swing D+10.1Marinette County: swing D+5.8Marquette County: swing D+1.4Oconto County: swing R+0.7Oneida County: swing D+4.2Pepin County: swing R+3.9Pierce County: swing R+3.0Portage County: swing R+0.1Kewaunee County: swing R+3.3Douglas County: swing D+0.5Iron County: swing D+3.0Manitowoc County: swing D+1.6Milwaukee County: swing D+15.5Ozaukee County: swing D+3.4Washington County: swing R+2.6Adams County: swing R+1.1Rock County: swing D+4.7Sheboygan County: swing D+1.2Walworth County: swing D+6.1Brown County: swing D+2.9Waushara County: swing D+2.8
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Polk County R+3.1 R+9.0 R+5.9 19,762 22,573
St. Croix County R+7.2 R+12.1 R+4.9 29,954 46,225
Pepin County D+6.1 D+2.2 R+3.9 3,664 3,699
Kewaunee County R+2.1 R+5.4 R+3.3 10,084 11,037
Pierce County flipped D+2.2 R+0.8 R+3.0 17,962 21,020
Washington County R+37.5 R+40.1 R+2.6 61,412 78,742
Burnett County R+4.2 R+6.5 R+2.3 8,151 8,677
Langlade County R+9.5 R+11.8 R+2.3 9,721 10,519
Marathon County R+4.0 R+6.1 R+2.1 58,374 69,862
Adams County D+9.9 D+8.8 R+1.1 9,116 10,287
Waukesha County R+33.7 R+34.5 R+0.8 203,734 243,856
Oconto County R+8.8 R+9.5 R+0.7 16,596 19,859
Waupaca County R+18.4 R+18.9 R+0.5 22,804 28,840
Buffalo County D+3.0 D+2.9 R+0.1 6,641 7,039
Portage County D+14.0 D+13.9 R+0.1 33,760 39,337
Washburn County R+2.7 R+2.7 Even 8,045 9,287
Trempealeau County D+13.8 D+14.1 D+0.3 12,168 13,481
Douglas County D+30.7 D+31.2 D+0.5 21,706 22,894
Lincoln County flipped R+0.4 D+0.7 D+1.1 14,239 15,216
Sheboygan County R+11.0 R+9.8 D+1.2 55,201 62,651
Marquette County flipped R+1.2 D+0.2 D+1.4 7,194 8,105
Manitowoc County R+4.4 R+2.8 D+1.6 38,824 42,617
Calumet County R+13.2 R+11.5 D+1.7 19,947 26,420
Clark County R+10.8 R+9.0 D+1.8 14,149 13,801
Barron County R+4.6 R+2.4 D+2.2 19,904 22,692
Wood County R+5.2 R+2.9 D+2.3 35,761 38,900
Shawano County R+12.5 R+10.0 D+2.5 17,603 20,279
Chippewa County R+2.8 R+0.2 D+2.6 26,173 30,932
Waushara County R+13.0 R+10.2 D+2.8 10,248 12,048
Brown County R+4.7 R+1.8 D+2.9 107,769 128,928
Iron County R+3.2 R+0.2 D+3.0 3,507 3,632
Fond du Lac County R+18.0 R+14.9 D+3.1 46,589 53,402
Green Lake County R+23.7 R+20.6 D+3.1 9,107 9,675
Florence County R+29.6 R+26.4 D+3.2 2,405 2,625
Taylor County R+22.5 R+19.3 D+3.2 8,992 9,512
Ozaukee County R+33.7 R+30.3 D+3.4 47,751 55,817
Jefferson County R+11.1 R+7.6 D+3.5 36,099 44,281
Dunn County D+1.3 D+5.0 D+3.7 19,330 21,992
Monroe County R+4.6 R+0.9 D+3.7 16,335 19,485
Oneida County R+6.3 R+2.1 D+4.2 18,891 21,652
Rusk County R+8.1 R+3.9 D+4.2 7,366 7,191
Dodge County R+18.8 R+14.5 D+4.3 37,701 44,488
Rock County D+18.5 D+23.2 D+4.7 70,404 80,690
Vilas County R+18.3 R+13.0 D+5.3 12,322 13,842
Marinette County R+9.3 R+3.5 D+5.8 19,921 20,777
Walworth County R+18.5 R+12.4 D+6.1 40,458 52,303
Racine County flipped R+2.7 D+3.6 D+6.3 88,865 103,364
Jackson County D+8.4 D+15.0 D+6.6 8,417 9,313
Crawford County D+13.3 D+20.0 D+6.7 7,394 7,817
Kenosha County D+5.6 D+12.3 D+6.7 63,709 80,897
Eau Claire County D+6.6 D+13.6 D+7.0 47,875 54,806
Outagamie County R+8.9 R+1.8 D+7.1 75,742 94,596
Juneau County flipped R+1.0 D+7.0 D+8.0 10,218 11,827
Vernon County D+6.8 D+14.8 D+8.0 13,044 14,269
Sawyer County flipped R+8.2 D+0.5 D+8.7 7,767 9,025
Price County flipped R+9.2 Even D+9.2 7,930 7,901
Winnebago County flipped R+5.7 D+3.8 D+9.5 76,080 89,173
La Crosse County D+7.4 D+17.2 D+9.8 55,559 63,462
Lafayette County D+5.2 D+15.3 D+10.1 7,263 7,952
Green County D+7.1 D+17.3 D+10.2 15,276 19,322
Bayfield County D+14.1 D+24.8 D+10.7 8,259 9,788
Forest County flipped R+5.2 D+5.5 D+10.7 4,716 4,648
Columbia County D+2.6 D+13.6 D+11.0 25,587 30,546
Grant County D+2.1 D+13.8 D+11.7 21,956 24,248
Sauk County D+5.6 D+18.5 D+12.9 25,653 31,927
Ashland County D+16.7 D+30.8 D+14.1 7,890 8,372
Menominee County D+58.8 D+73.5 D+14.7 1,233 1,377
Dane County D+28.5 D+43.5 D+15.0 232,739 304,181
Iowa County D+15.4 D+30.5 D+15.1 10,541 12,534
Door County flipped R+8.2 D+7.0 D+15.2 15,220 17,671
Milwaukee County D+20.5 D+36.0 D+15.5 433,537 492,576
Richland County flipped R+1.9 D+16.1 D+18.0 8,293 8,655

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