Skip to content

Nevada 2008 vs 2012: county swing

17 of 17 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 1 changed hands.

Esmeralda County: swing R+6.5Mineral County: swing R+8.6White Pine County: swing R+12.2Douglas County: swing R+11.4Elko County: swing R+13.0Humboldt County: swing R+6.5Lincoln County: swing R+13.5Nye County: swing R+11.0Washoe County: swing R+8.9Carson City: swing R+9.9Eureka County: swing R+12.5Pershing County: swing R+6.5Churchill County: swing R+8.5Clark County: swing R+4.4Lander County: swing R+6.1Lyon County: swing R+10.8Storey County: swing R+11.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Lincoln County R+46.5 R+60.0 R+13.5 2,107 2,152
Elko County R+40.2 R+53.2 R+13.0 16,019 15,986
Eureka County R+56.4 R+68.9 R+12.5 745 808
White Pine County R+31.5 R+43.7 R+12.2 3,842 3,704
Douglas County R+15.3 R+26.7 R+11.4 25,904 26,075
Storey County R+6.0 R+17.3 R+11.3 2,418 2,314
Nye County R+13.2 R+24.2 R+11.0 17,491 17,522
Lyon County R+17.8 R+28.6 R+10.8 21,103 21,465
Carson City flipped D+0.9 R+9.0 R+9.9 23,680 23,319
Washoe County D+12.6 D+3.7 R+8.9 180,414 187,855
Mineral County R+2.1 R+10.7 R+8.6 2,307 2,035
Churchill County R+31.5 R+40.0 R+8.5 10,605 10,265
Esmeralda County R+45.3 R+51.8 R+6.5 439 435
Humboldt County R+29.6 R+36.1 R+6.5 5,664 5,744
Pershing County R+21.9 R+28.4 R+6.5 1,836 1,884
Lander County R+42.2 R+48.3 R+6.1 2,102 2,165
Clark County D+19.0 D+14.6 R+4.4 651,172 691,190

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