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North Dakota 2004 vs 2008: county swing

0 of 53 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 9 changed hands.

Billings County: swing D+9.6Cavalier County: swing D+16.7Foster County: swing D+25.9Grand Forks County: swing D+20.4LaMoure County: swing D+17.9Mountrail County: swing D+4.5Ransom County: swing D+21.3Rolette County: swing D+23.1Steele County: swing D+17.9Wells County: swing D+4.7Benson County: swing D+24.8Bottineau County: swing D+16.2Cass County: swing D+27.5Eddy County: swing D+13.0Emmons County: swing D+2.4Grant County: swing D+32.3Griggs County: swing D+21.5Kidder County: swing D+7.5Logan County: swing D+10.8McKenzie County: swing D+8.3Morton County: swing D+12.7Nelson County: swing D+23.2Oliver County: swing D+9.2Pembina County: swing D+22.8Ramsey County: swing D+20.6Renville County: swing D+9.2Sargent County: swing D+23.2Stark County: swing D+11.2Stutsman County: swing D+15.7Traill County: swing D+28.2Ward County: swing D+15.0Barnes County: swing D+21.8Burke County: swing D+3.0Dunn County: swing D+0.6Hettinger County: swing D+6.7McLean County: swing D+9.5Pierce County: swing D+12.1Slope County: swing D+10.4Towner County: swing D+17.7Burleigh County: swing D+15.0Dickey County: swing D+17.3Divide County: swing D+6.1Golden Valley County: swing D+7.2McHenry County: swing D+9.0McIntosh County: swing D+25.5Mercer County: swing D+14.4Richland County: swing D+24.6Sioux County: swing D+25.0Walsh County: swing D+23.0Williams County: swing D+6.3Adams County: swing D+15.8Bowman County: swing D+13.1Sheridan County: swing D+15.2
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20042008SwingVotes 2004Votes 2008
Dunn County R+34.2 R+33.6 D+0.6 1,774 1,644
Emmons County R+39.7 R+37.3 D+2.4 2,113 1,837
Burke County R+40.6 R+37.6 D+3.0 1,165 943
Mountrail County flipped R+2.1 D+2.4 D+4.5 3,030 2,938
Wells County R+31.1 R+26.4 D+4.7 2,561 2,377
Divide County R+20.8 R+14.7 D+6.1 1,268 1,131
Williams County R+42.2 R+35.9 D+6.3 8,929 9,373
Hettinger County R+42.8 R+36.1 D+6.7 1,494 1,348
Golden Valley County R+56.6 R+49.4 D+7.2 927 875
Kidder County R+34.3 R+26.8 D+7.5 1,369 1,228
McKenzie County R+38.0 R+29.7 D+8.3 2,762 2,715
McHenry County R+25.3 R+16.3 D+9.0 2,820 2,416
Oliver County R+42.9 R+33.7 D+9.2 1,119 1,040
Renville County R+31.1 R+21.9 D+9.2 1,469 1,346
McLean County R+28.5 R+19.0 D+9.5 4,750 4,736
Billings County R+62.0 R+52.4 D+9.6 564 499
Slope County R+56.9 R+46.5 D+10.4 432 411
Logan County R+51.2 R+40.4 D+10.8 1,130 1,057
Stark County R+40.4 R+29.2 D+11.2 10,400 11,070
Pierce County R+35.9 R+23.8 D+12.1 2,195 2,139
Morton County R+33.7 R+21.0 D+12.7 12,633 13,264
Eddy County flipped R+10.0 D+3.0 D+13.0 1,213 1,165
Bowman County R+51.5 R+38.4 D+13.1 1,716 1,640
Mercer County R+44.2 R+29.8 D+14.4 4,617 4,397
Burleigh County R+38.6 R+23.6 D+15.0 38,814 41,772
Ward County R+34.2 R+19.2 D+15.0 25,612 25,621
Sheridan County R+55.8 R+40.6 D+15.2 944 803
Stutsman County R+30.4 R+14.7 D+15.7 10,122 9,784
Adams County R+43.6 R+27.8 D+15.8 1,291 1,271
Bottineau County R+35.4 R+19.2 D+16.2 3,674 3,516
Cavalier County R+26.0 R+9.3 D+16.7 2,444 2,130
Dickey County R+35.7 R+18.4 D+17.3 2,821 2,620
Towner County flipped R+10.6 D+7.1 D+17.7 1,391 1,197
LaMoure County R+37.7 R+19.8 D+17.9 2,335 2,241
Steele County D+2.5 D+20.4 D+17.9 1,213 1,032
Grand Forks County flipped R+15.3 D+5.1 D+20.4 30,470 31,153
Ramsey County R+21.6 R+1.0 D+20.6 4,900 4,762
Ransom County flipped R+5.9 D+15.4 D+21.3 2,602 2,433
Griggs County R+27.9 R+6.4 D+21.5 1,439 1,314
Barnes County R+23.3 R+1.5 D+21.8 5,813 5,694
Pembina County R+29.7 R+6.9 D+22.8 3,856 3,307
Walsh County R+24.9 R+1.9 D+23.0 5,186 4,882
Rolette County D+29.0 D+52.1 D+23.1 4,044 4,534
Nelson County flipped R+17.1 D+6.1 D+23.2 1,922 1,752
Sargent County flipped R+5.7 D+17.5 D+23.2 2,200 1,927
Richland County R+29.8 R+5.2 D+24.6 8,215 7,563
Benson County D+8.7 D+33.5 D+24.8 2,246 2,374
Sioux County D+42.5 D+67.5 D+25.0 1,140 1,378
McIntosh County R+47.5 R+22.0 D+25.5 1,722 1,532
Foster County R+39.7 R+13.8 D+25.9 1,766 1,651
Cass County flipped R+20.4 D+7.1 D+27.5 66,711 71,419
Traill County flipped R+21.0 D+7.2 D+28.2 4,248 4,041
Grant County R+55.4 R+23.1 D+32.3 1,242 1,329

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