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North Dakota 2008 vs 2012: county swing

53 of 53 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 7 changed hands.

Billings County: swing R+13.9Cavalier County: swing R+9.0Foster County: swing R+11.3Grand Forks County: swing R+8.6LaMoure County: swing R+9.3Mountrail County: swing R+18.6Ransom County: swing R+1.6Rolette County: swing R+2.4Steele County: swing R+18.5Wells County: swing R+14.8Benson County: swing R+16.4Bottineau County: swing R+11.6Cass County: swing R+10.0Eddy County: swing R+15.8Emmons County: swing R+18.6Grant County: swing R+25.8Griggs County: swing R+11.1Kidder County: swing R+9.1Logan County: swing R+13.5McKenzie County: swing R+14.6Morton County: swing R+10.0Nelson County: swing R+11.9Oliver County: swing R+7.0Pembina County: swing R+12.9Ramsey County: swing R+9.0Renville County: swing R+13.6Sargent County: swing R+7.7Stark County: swing R+19.8Stutsman County: swing R+7.3Traill County: swing R+11.9Ward County: swing R+11.3Barnes County: swing R+8.8Burke County: swing R+15.1Dunn County: swing R+15.4Hettinger County: swing R+14.3McLean County: swing R+10.8Pierce County: swing R+13.2Slope County: swing R+12.5Towner County: swing R+16.1Burleigh County: swing R+8.3Dickey County: swing R+11.5Divide County: swing R+15.3Golden Valley County: swing R+13.1McHenry County: swing R+10.8McIntosh County: swing R+15.6Mercer County: swing R+14.8Richland County: swing R+8.3Sioux County: swing R+8.5Walsh County: swing R+11.6Williams County: swing R+13.6Adams County: swing R+18.1Bowman County: swing R+11.5Sheridan County: swing R+17.7
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Grant County R+23.1 R+48.9 R+25.8 1,329 1,413
Stark County R+29.2 R+49.0 R+19.8 11,070 11,633
Emmons County R+37.3 R+55.9 R+18.6 1,837 1,884
Mountrail County flipped D+2.4 R+16.2 R+18.6 2,938 3,457
Steele County D+20.4 D+1.9 R+18.5 1,032 1,042
Adams County R+27.8 R+45.9 R+18.1 1,271 1,286
Sheridan County R+40.6 R+58.3 R+17.7 803 822
Benson County D+33.5 D+17.1 R+16.4 2,374 2,157
Towner County flipped D+7.1 R+9.0 R+16.1 1,197 1,182
Eddy County flipped D+3.0 R+12.8 R+15.8 1,165 1,157
McIntosh County R+22.0 R+37.6 R+15.6 1,532 1,530
Dunn County R+33.6 R+49.0 R+15.4 1,644 2,034
Divide County R+14.7 R+30.0 R+15.3 1,131 1,162
Burke County R+37.6 R+52.7 R+15.1 943 1,023
Mercer County R+29.8 R+44.6 R+14.8 4,397 4,455
Wells County R+26.4 R+41.2 R+14.8 2,377 2,379
McKenzie County R+29.7 R+44.3 R+14.6 2,715 3,451
Hettinger County R+36.1 R+50.4 R+14.3 1,348 1,362
Billings County R+52.4 R+66.3 R+13.9 499 578
Renville County R+21.9 R+35.5 R+13.6 1,346 1,278
Williams County R+35.9 R+49.5 R+13.6 9,373 9,808
Logan County R+40.4 R+53.9 R+13.5 1,057 1,073
Pierce County R+23.8 R+37.0 R+13.2 2,139 2,178
Golden Valley County R+49.4 R+62.5 R+13.1 875 928
Pembina County R+6.9 R+19.8 R+12.9 3,307 3,255
Slope County R+46.5 R+59.0 R+12.5 411 437
Nelson County flipped D+6.1 R+5.8 R+11.9 1,752 1,678
Traill County flipped D+7.2 R+4.7 R+11.9 4,041 3,921
Bottineau County R+19.2 R+30.8 R+11.6 3,516 3,555
Walsh County R+1.9 R+13.5 R+11.6 4,882 5,096
Bowman County R+38.4 R+49.9 R+11.5 1,640 1,737
Dickey County R+18.4 R+29.9 R+11.5 2,620 2,535
Foster County R+13.8 R+25.1 R+11.3 1,651 1,682
Ward County R+19.2 R+30.5 R+11.3 25,621 25,463
Griggs County R+6.4 R+17.5 R+11.1 1,314 1,343
McHenry County R+16.3 R+27.1 R+10.8 2,416 2,712
McLean County R+19.0 R+29.8 R+10.8 4,736 4,938
Cass County flipped D+7.1 R+2.9 R+10.0 71,419 73,855
Morton County R+21.0 R+31.0 R+10.0 13,264 13,613
LaMoure County R+19.8 R+29.1 R+9.3 2,241 2,194
Kidder County R+26.8 R+35.9 R+9.1 1,228 1,328
Cavalier County R+9.3 R+18.3 R+9.0 2,130 2,069
Ramsey County R+1.0 R+10.0 R+9.0 4,762 4,999
Barnes County R+1.5 R+10.3 R+8.8 5,694 5,522
Grand Forks County flipped D+5.1 R+3.5 R+8.6 31,153 30,029
Sioux County D+67.5 D+59.0 R+8.5 1,378 1,144
Burleigh County R+23.6 R+31.9 R+8.3 41,772 43,387
Richland County R+5.2 R+13.5 R+8.3 7,563 7,613
Sargent County D+17.5 D+9.8 R+7.7 1,927 2,007
Stutsman County R+14.7 R+22.0 R+7.3 9,784 9,558
Oliver County R+33.7 R+40.7 R+7.0 1,040 1,013
Rolette County D+52.1 D+49.7 R+2.4 4,534 4,552
Ransom County D+15.4 D+13.8 R+1.6 2,433 2,425

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