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Nebraska 2004 vs 2008: county swing

1 of 93 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 3 changed hands.

Merrick County: swing D+12.5Nance County: swing D+11.8Perkins County: swing D+10.6Phelps County: swing D+12.5Richardson County: swing D+17.1Seward County: swing D+17.1Sherman County: swing D+9.1Thomas County: swing R+0.2Wheeler County: swing D+8.8Antelope County: swing D+11.7Blaine County: swing D+7.0Butler County: swing D+11.2Clay County: swing D+7.8Colfax County: swing D+16.1Dawson County: swing D+17.2Dodge County: swing D+21.8Frontier County: swing D+11.7Gosper County: swing D+10.5Hayes County: swing D+8.6Howard County: swing D+12.1Johnson County: swing D+13.6McPherson County: swing D+0.8Rock County: swing D+6.6Saline County: swing D+16.2Saunders County: swing D+13.8Sheridan County: swing D+5.3Thayer County: swing D+12.1Thurston County: swing D+4.5Webster County: swing D+4.8Banner County: swing D+5.1Boone County: swing D+15.1Box Butte County: swing D+12.7Buffalo County: swing D+16.9Cass County: swing D+16.4Chase County: swing D+6.8Cheyenne County: swing D+11.5Cuming County: swing D+18.8Dawes County: swing D+13.4Dixon County: swing D+6.2Dundy County: swing D+8.4Garfield County: swing D+2.9Grant County: swing D+3.1Hall County: swing D+15.5Hamilton County: swing D+14.2Harlan County: swing D+3.8Hitchcock County: swing D+11.4Kearney County: swing D+13.9Keith County: swing D+13.5Kimball County: swing D+9.8Lancaster County: swing D+18.6Loup County: swing D+8.8Madison County: swing D+17.9Nuckolls County: swing D+16.5Pawnee County: swing D+6.9Platte County: swing D+19.1Morrill County: swing D+5.2Nemaha County: swing D+15.5Polk County: swing D+13.3Sarpy County: swing D+23.1Stanton County: swing D+13.5Wayne County: swing D+13.9York County: swing D+10.8Adams County: swing D+14.0Arthur County: swing D+13.5Brown County: swing D+9.5Cedar County: swing D+9.5Custer County: swing D+6.3Fillmore County: swing D+14.3Garden County: swing D+15.7Greeley County: swing D+19.0Holt County: swing D+10.8Knox County: swing D+10.8Pierce County: swing D+17.4Red Willow County: swing D+8.5Scotts Bluff County: swing D+11.7Sioux County: swing D+2.1Valley County: swing D+12.4Washington County: swing D+17.2Boyd County: swing D+6.4Burt County: swing D+14.7Cherry County: swing D+9.1Dakota County: swing D+2.8Deuel County: swing D+7.6Douglas County: swing D+22.7Franklin County: swing D+9.5Gage County: swing D+18.6Otoe County: swing D+21.3Hooker County: swing D+7.1Jefferson County: swing D+15.3Keya Paha County: swing D+7.5Lincoln County: swing D+2.5Logan County: swing D+8.5Furnas County: swing D+8.9
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20042008SwingVotes 2004Votes 2008
Thomas County R+71.6 R+71.8 R+0.2 444 390
McPherson County R+67.3 R+66.5 D+0.8 312 293
Sioux County R+68.5 R+66.4 D+2.1 809 732
Lincoln County R+38.0 R+35.5 D+2.5 16,199 16,277
Dakota County R+7.5 R+4.7 D+2.8 6,615 6,396
Garfield County R+60.0 R+57.1 D+2.9 1,017 1,030
Grant County R+78.5 R+75.4 D+3.1 396 367
Harlan County R+56.3 R+52.5 D+3.8 1,897 1,766
Thurston County D+2.5 D+7.0 D+4.5 2,387 2,126
Webster County R+42.3 R+37.5 D+4.8 2,002 1,817
Banner County R+73.9 R+68.8 D+5.1 437 416
Morrill County R+54.9 R+49.7 D+5.2 2,293 2,351
Sheridan County R+65.7 R+60.4 D+5.3 2,599 2,462
Dixon County R+36.2 R+30.0 D+6.2 3,009 2,794
Custer County R+62.0 R+55.7 D+6.3 5,612 5,578
Boyd County R+59.5 R+53.1 D+6.4 1,148 1,110
Rock County R+69.1 R+62.5 D+6.6 883 801
Chase County R+68.4 R+61.6 D+6.8 1,973 1,844
Pawnee County R+34.1 R+27.2 D+6.9 1,483 1,384
Blaine County R+77.6 R+70.6 D+7.0 339 316
Hooker County R+71.1 R+64.0 D+7.1 461 438
Keya Paha County R+62.6 R+55.1 D+7.5 549 533
Deuel County R+56.8 R+49.2 D+7.6 1,053 993
Clay County R+53.9 R+46.1 D+7.8 3,337 3,033
Dundy County R+63.8 R+55.4 D+8.4 1,053 1,019
Logan County R+67.6 R+59.1 D+8.5 429 416
Red Willow County R+58.4 R+49.9 D+8.5 5,258 5,044
Hayes County R+76.6 R+68.0 D+8.6 598 553
Loup County R+63.7 R+54.9 D+8.8 386 393
Wheeler County R+62.9 R+54.1 D+8.8 453 440
Furnas County R+59.1 R+50.2 D+8.9 2,467 2,328
Cherry County R+66.6 R+57.5 D+9.1 3,042 3,059
Sherman County R+32.3 R+23.2 D+9.1 1,643 1,572
Brown County R+66.8 R+57.3 D+9.5 1,733 1,567
Cedar County R+50.8 R+41.3 D+9.5 4,536 4,174
Franklin County R+50.5 R+41.0 D+9.5 1,714 1,552
Kimball County R+59.9 R+50.1 D+9.8 1,877 1,811
Gosper County R+59.7 R+49.2 D+10.5 1,119 1,048
Perkins County R+65.7 R+55.1 D+10.6 1,558 1,420
Holt County R+64.2 R+53.4 D+10.8 5,174 4,974
Knox County R+46.9 R+36.1 D+10.8 4,213 4,084
York County R+60.1 R+49.3 D+10.8 6,797 6,568
Butler County R+46.8 R+35.6 D+11.2 4,168 3,839
Hitchcock County R+58.9 R+47.5 D+11.4 1,486 1,379
Cheyenne County R+61.1 R+49.6 D+11.5 4,746 4,839
Antelope County R+62.7 R+51.0 D+11.7 3,424 3,185
Frontier County R+60.4 R+48.7 D+11.7 1,467 1,404
Scotts Bluff County R+45.4 R+33.7 D+11.7 14,390 14,730
Nance County R+45.0 R+33.2 D+11.8 1,731 1,707
Howard County R+37.6 R+25.5 D+12.1 2,979 2,996
Thayer County R+45.6 R+33.5 D+12.1 2,878 2,659
Valley County R+51.7 R+39.3 D+12.4 2,391 2,423
Merrick County R+53.0 R+40.5 D+12.5 3,657 3,431
Phelps County R+64.1 R+51.6 D+12.5 4,743 4,473
Box Butte County R+33.7 R+21.0 D+12.7 5,152 4,979
Polk County R+58.6 R+45.3 D+13.3 2,727 2,543
Dawes County R+42.3 R+28.9 D+13.4 3,994 3,775
Arthur County R+81.2 R+67.7 D+13.5 266 263
Keith County R+63.1 R+49.6 D+13.5 4,137 3,968
Stanton County R+58.3 R+44.8 D+13.5 2,745 2,495
Johnson County R+24.4 R+10.8 D+13.6 2,394 2,110
Saunders County R+37.5 R+23.7 D+13.8 9,489 10,212
Kearney County R+56.7 R+42.8 D+13.9 3,379 3,150
Wayne County R+46.8 R+32.9 D+13.9 4,085 3,808
Adams County R+41.0 R+27.0 D+14.0 13,286 13,210
Hamilton County R+57.0 R+42.8 D+14.2 4,866 4,799
Fillmore County R+46.6 R+32.3 D+14.3 3,193 2,947
Burt County R+29.3 R+14.6 D+14.7 3,668 3,387
Boone County R+60.9 R+45.8 D+15.1 2,895 2,836
Jefferson County R+31.1 R+15.8 D+15.3 4,011 3,697
Hall County R+39.6 R+24.1 D+15.5 21,154 21,271
Nemaha County R+41.2 R+25.7 D+15.5 3,715 3,474
Garden County R+65.0 R+49.3 D+15.7 1,183 1,138
Colfax County R+44.0 R+27.9 D+16.1 3,633 3,203
Saline County flipped R+11.7 D+4.5 D+16.2 5,566 5,251
Cass County R+35.9 R+19.5 D+16.4 11,529 12,122
Nuckolls County R+54.3 R+37.8 D+16.5 2,471 2,221
Buffalo County R+54.4 R+37.5 D+16.9 18,608 19,293
Richardson County R+38.0 R+20.9 D+17.1 4,278 3,968
Seward County R+42.9 R+25.8 D+17.1 7,565 7,529
Dawson County R+55.6 R+38.4 D+17.2 7,956 7,986
Washington County R+43.5 R+26.3 D+17.2 9,950 10,320
Pierce County R+67.0 R+49.6 D+17.4 3,398 3,226
Madison County R+57.1 R+39.2 D+17.9 14,089 14,045
Gage County R+28.1 R+9.5 D+18.6 10,384 10,160
Lancaster County flipped R+13.6 D+5.0 D+18.6 124,509 127,490
Cuming County R+54.4 R+35.6 D+18.8 4,349 4,087
Greeley County R+40.4 R+21.4 D+19.0 1,248 1,199
Platte County R+60.6 R+41.5 D+19.1 13,987 13,420
Otoe County R+37.1 R+15.8 D+21.3 7,386 7,092
Dodge County R+33.8 R+12.0 D+21.8 16,172 15,550
Douglas County flipped R+18.1 D+4.6 D+22.7 207,071 226,701
Sarpy County R+39.0 R+15.9 D+23.1 58,334 68,022

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