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Nebraska 2008 vs 2012: county swing

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

Merrick County: swing R+4.6Nance County: swing R+5.5Perkins County: swing R+9.2Phelps County: swing R+6.1Richardson County: swing R+12.6Seward County: swing R+9.0Sherman County: swing R+1.5Thomas County: swing R+6.1Wheeler County: swing R+2.4Antelope County: swing R+11.9Blaine County: swing R+8.8Butler County: swing R+8.4Clay County: swing R+7.1Colfax County: swing R+7.5Dawson County: swing R+3.4Dodge County: swing R+10.3Frontier County: swing R+7.9Gosper County: swing R+2.4Hayes County: swing R+10.8Howard County: swing R+8.7Johnson County: swing R+10.3McPherson County: swing R+1.1Rock County: swing R+9.8Saline County: swing R+10.0Saunders County: swing R+10.0Sheridan County: swing R+5.9Thayer County: swing R+9.7Thurston County: swing D+7.0Webster County: swing R+9.5Banner County: swing R+2.4Boone County: swing R+8.5Box Butte County: swing R+4.2Buffalo County: swing R+4.9Cass County: swing R+6.8Chase County: swing R+9.9Cheyenne County: swing R+1.6Cuming County: swing R+11.0Dawes County: swing R+7.4Dixon County: swing R+2.8Dundy County: swing R+7.4Garfield County: swing R+9.1Grant County: swing R+5.0Hall County: swing R+3.2Hamilton County: swing R+7.8Harlan County: swing R+6.2Hitchcock County: swing R+13.1Kearney County: swing R+6.9Keith County: swing R+2.7Kimball County: swing D+0.2Lancaster County: swing R+5.3Loup County: swing R+9.2Madison County: swing R+8.4Nuckolls County: swing R+8.2Pawnee County: swing R+10.1Platte County: swing R+10.0Morrill County: swing R+6.5Nemaha County: swing R+2.0Polk County: swing R+10.3Sarpy County: swing R+7.3Stanton County: swing R+5.9Wayne County: swing R+5.8York County: swing R+6.0Adams County: swing R+6.8Arthur County: swing R+7.8Brown County: swing R+12.2Cedar County: swing R+12.5Custer County: swing R+2.9Fillmore County: swing R+9.6Garden County: swing R+4.7Greeley County: swing R+19.2Holt County: swing R+8.5Knox County: swing R+9.3Pierce County: swing R+11.0Red Willow County: swing R+9.8Scotts Bluff County: swing R+3.7Sioux County: swing R+4.7Valley County: swing R+13.7Washington County: swing R+10.7Boyd County: swing R+10.8Burt County: swing R+7.4Cherry County: swing R+12.0Dakota County: swing D+1.9Deuel County: swing R+5.0Douglas County: swing R+7.6Franklin County: swing R+6.5Gage County: swing R+7.2Otoe County: swing R+8.6Hooker County: swing R+4.8Jefferson County: swing R+12.4Keya Paha County: swing R+9.8Lincoln County: swing R+4.9Logan County: swing R+7.7Furnas County: swing R+10.6
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Greeley County R+21.4 R+40.6 R+19.2 1,199 1,181
Valley County R+39.3 R+53.0 R+13.7 2,423 2,187
Hitchcock County R+47.5 R+60.6 R+13.1 1,379 1,492
Richardson County R+20.9 R+33.5 R+12.6 3,968 3,727
Cedar County R+41.3 R+53.8 R+12.5 4,174 4,313
Jefferson County R+15.8 R+28.2 R+12.4 3,697 3,436
Brown County R+57.3 R+69.5 R+12.2 1,567 1,550
Cherry County R+57.5 R+69.5 R+12.0 3,059 3,052
Antelope County R+51.0 R+62.9 R+11.9 3,185 3,221
Cuming County R+35.6 R+46.6 R+11.0 4,087 3,962
Pierce County R+49.6 R+60.6 R+11.0 3,226 3,414
Boyd County R+53.1 R+63.9 R+10.8 1,110 1,071
Hayes County R+68.0 R+78.8 R+10.8 553 539
Washington County R+26.3 R+37.0 R+10.7 10,320 10,193
Furnas County R+50.2 R+60.8 R+10.6 2,328 2,232
Dodge County R+12.0 R+22.3 R+10.3 15,550 14,903
Johnson County R+10.8 R+21.1 R+10.3 2,110 2,059
Polk County R+45.3 R+55.6 R+10.3 2,543 2,451
Pawnee County R+27.2 R+37.3 R+10.1 1,384 1,337
Platte County R+41.5 R+51.5 R+10.0 13,420 13,409
Saline County flipped D+4.5 R+5.5 R+10.0 5,251 4,928
Saunders County R+23.7 R+33.7 R+10.0 10,212 10,277
Chase County R+61.6 R+71.5 R+9.9 1,844 1,862
Keya Paha County R+55.1 R+64.9 R+9.8 533 482
Red Willow County R+49.9 R+59.7 R+9.8 5,044 4,916
Rock County R+62.5 R+72.3 R+9.8 801 787
Thayer County R+33.5 R+43.2 R+9.7 2,659 2,652
Fillmore County R+32.3 R+41.9 R+9.6 2,947 2,864
Webster County R+37.5 R+47.0 R+9.5 1,817 1,737
Knox County R+36.1 R+45.4 R+9.3 4,084 4,026
Loup County R+54.9 R+64.1 R+9.2 393 356
Perkins County R+55.1 R+64.3 R+9.2 1,420 1,394
Garfield County R+57.1 R+66.2 R+9.1 1,030 937
Seward County R+25.8 R+34.8 R+9.0 7,529 7,528
Blaine County R+70.6 R+79.4 R+8.8 316 301
Howard County R+25.5 R+34.2 R+8.7 2,996 2,856
Otoe County R+15.8 R+24.4 R+8.6 7,092 6,956
Boone County R+45.8 R+54.3 R+8.5 2,836 2,801
Holt County R+53.4 R+61.9 R+8.5 4,974 4,911
Butler County R+35.6 R+44.0 R+8.4 3,839 3,845
Madison County R+39.2 R+47.6 R+8.4 14,045 13,828
Nuckolls County R+37.8 R+46.0 R+8.2 2,221 2,186
Frontier County R+48.7 R+56.6 R+7.9 1,404 1,299
Arthur County R+67.7 R+75.5 R+7.8 263 261
Hamilton County R+42.8 R+50.6 R+7.8 4,799 4,852
Logan County R+59.1 R+66.8 R+7.7 416 431
Douglas County flipped D+4.6 R+3.0 R+7.6 226,701 222,828
Colfax County R+27.9 R+35.4 R+7.5 3,203 3,063
Burt County R+14.6 R+22.0 R+7.4 3,387 3,367
Dawes County R+28.9 R+36.3 R+7.4 3,775 3,711
Dundy County R+55.4 R+62.8 R+7.4 1,019 982
Sarpy County R+15.9 R+23.2 R+7.3 68,022 71,139
Gage County R+9.5 R+16.7 R+7.2 10,160 9,633
Clay County R+46.1 R+53.2 R+7.1 3,033 2,941
Kearney County R+42.8 R+49.7 R+6.9 3,150 3,176
Adams County R+27.0 R+33.8 R+6.8 13,210 12,604
Cass County R+19.5 R+26.3 R+6.8 12,122 12,127
Franklin County R+41.0 R+47.5 R+6.5 1,552 1,532
Morrill County R+49.7 R+56.2 R+6.5 2,351 2,180
Harlan County R+52.5 R+58.7 R+6.2 1,766 1,775
Phelps County R+51.6 R+57.7 R+6.1 4,473 4,362
Thomas County R+71.8 R+77.9 R+6.1 390 408
York County R+49.3 R+55.3 R+6.0 6,568 6,328
Sheridan County R+60.4 R+66.3 R+5.9 2,462 2,462
Stanton County R+44.8 R+50.7 R+5.9 2,495 2,634
Wayne County R+32.9 R+38.7 R+5.8 3,808 3,659
Nance County R+33.2 R+38.7 R+5.5 1,707 1,617
Lancaster County flipped D+5.0 R+0.3 R+5.3 127,490 126,621
Deuel County R+49.2 R+54.2 R+5.0 993 1,012
Grant County R+75.4 R+80.4 R+5.0 367 363
Buffalo County R+37.5 R+42.4 R+4.9 19,293 19,355
Lincoln County R+35.5 R+40.4 R+4.9 16,277 15,553
Hooker County R+64.0 R+68.8 R+4.8 438 394
Garden County R+49.3 R+54.0 R+4.7 1,138 1,088
Sioux County R+66.4 R+71.1 R+4.7 732 736
Merrick County R+40.5 R+45.1 R+4.6 3,431 3,475
Box Butte County R+21.0 R+25.2 R+4.2 4,979 4,681
Scotts Bluff County R+33.7 R+37.4 R+3.7 14,730 14,229
Dawson County R+38.4 R+41.8 R+3.4 7,986 7,814
Hall County R+24.1 R+27.3 R+3.2 21,271 20,152
Custer County R+55.7 R+58.6 R+2.9 5,578 5,480
Dixon County R+30.0 R+32.8 R+2.8 2,794 2,664
Keith County R+49.6 R+52.3 R+2.7 3,968 4,043
Banner County R+68.8 R+71.2 R+2.4 416 409
Gosper County R+49.2 R+51.6 R+2.4 1,048 977
Wheeler County R+54.1 R+56.5 R+2.4 440 446
Nemaha County R+25.7 R+27.7 R+2.0 3,474 3,201
Cheyenne County R+49.6 R+51.2 R+1.6 4,839 4,624
Sherman County R+23.2 R+24.7 R+1.5 1,572 1,520
McPherson County R+66.5 R+67.6 R+1.1 293 290
Kimball County R+50.1 R+49.9 D+0.2 1,811 1,682
Dakota County R+4.7 R+2.8 D+1.9 6,396 6,116
Thurston County D+7.0 D+14.0 D+7.0 2,126 2,207

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