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Wisconsin 2008 vs 2012: county swing

71 of 72 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 24 changed hands.

Door County: swing R+10.3Dunn County: swing R+10.0Fond du Lac County: swing R+5.9Green County: swing R+8.5La Crosse County: swing R+6.2Lincoln County: swing R+11.8Marathon County: swing R+14.9Monroe County: swing R+8.9Polk County: swing R+7.2Richland County: swing R+4.6Shawano County: swing R+13.6Washburn County: swing R+7.0Wood County: swing R+16.0Ashland County: swing R+6.4Barron County: swing R+9.5Bayfield County: swing R+2.8Chippewa County: swing R+9.3Dane County: swing R+3.5Racine County: swing R+3.8Rusk County: swing R+12.2Sauk County: swing R+4.5Sawyer County: swing R+5.7Taylor County: swing R+19.0Vernon County: swing R+7.2Vilas County: swing R+8.9Waukesha County: swing R+8.8Winnebago County: swing R+7.8Buffalo County: swing R+11.7Burnett County: swing R+8.1Clark County: swing R+16.5Columbia County: swing R+1.6Crawford County: swing R+7.0Calumet County: swing R+13.6Dodge County: swing R+5.6Jackson County: swing R+6.8Langlade County: swing R+12.8Menominee County: swing R+0.5Outagamie County: swing R+13.4Price County: swing R+13.4St. Croix County: swing R+8.3Trempealeau County: swing R+12.3Waupaca County: swing R+21.8Eau Claire County: swing R+8.6Florence County: swing R+12.3Forest County: swing R+9.7Grant County: swing R+10.1Green Lake County: swing R+5.9Iowa County: swing R+4.2Jefferson County: swing R+8.4Juneau County: swing R+2.1Kenosha County: swing R+5.8Lafayette County: swing R+7.0Marinette County: swing R+10.4Marquette County: swing R+5.0Oconto County: swing R+15.6Oneida County: swing R+12.5Pepin County: swing R+10.6Pierce County: swing R+9.8Portage County: swing R+14.1Kewaunee County: swing R+16.4Douglas County: swing R+2.0Iron County: swing R+13.3Manitowoc County: swing R+10.4Milwaukee County: swing D+0.1Ozaukee County: swing R+8.6Washington County: swing R+10.6Adams County: swing R+9.5Rock County: swing R+6.0Sheboygan County: swing R+9.1Walworth County: swing R+9.8Brown County: swing R+10.9Waushara County: swing R+11.0
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Waupaca County flipped D+2.9 R+18.9 R+21.8 25,511 28,840
Taylor County R+0.3 R+19.3 R+19.0 9,346 9,512
Clark County flipped D+7.5 R+9.0 R+16.5 14,187 13,801
Kewaunee County flipped D+11.0 R+5.4 R+16.4 10,787 11,037
Wood County flipped D+13.1 R+2.9 R+16.0 39,052 38,900
Oconto County flipped D+6.1 R+9.5 R+15.6 18,968 19,859
Marathon County flipped D+8.8 R+6.1 R+14.9 67,940 69,862
Portage County D+28.0 D+13.9 R+14.1 39,422 39,337
Calumet County flipped D+2.1 R+11.5 R+13.6 26,474 26,420
Shawano County flipped D+3.6 R+10.0 R+13.6 20,089 20,279
Outagamie County flipped D+11.6 R+1.8 R+13.4 91,563 94,596
Price County D+13.4 Even R+13.4 8,194 7,901
Iron County flipped D+13.1 R+0.2 R+13.3 3,432 3,632
Langlade County flipped D+1.0 R+11.8 R+12.8 10,402 10,519
Oneida County flipped D+10.4 R+2.1 R+12.5 21,927 21,652
Florence County R+14.1 R+26.4 R+12.3 2,685 2,625
Trempealeau County D+26.4 D+14.1 R+12.3 13,314 13,481
Rusk County flipped D+8.3 R+3.9 R+12.2 7,272 7,191
Lincoln County D+12.5 D+0.7 R+11.8 15,268 15,216
Buffalo County D+14.6 D+2.9 R+11.7 7,000 7,039
Waushara County flipped D+0.8 R+10.2 R+11.0 11,849 12,048
Brown County flipped D+9.1 R+1.8 R+10.9 124,754 128,928
Pepin County D+12.8 D+2.2 R+10.6 3,771 3,699
Washington County R+29.5 R+40.1 R+10.6 74,411 78,742
Manitowoc County flipped D+7.6 R+2.8 R+10.4 42,414 42,617
Marinette County flipped D+6.9 R+3.5 R+10.4 21,255 20,777
Door County D+17.3 D+7.0 R+10.3 17,481 17,671
Grant County D+23.9 D+13.8 R+10.1 24,320 24,248
Dunn County D+15.0 D+5.0 R+10.0 22,989 21,992
Pierce County flipped D+9.0 R+0.8 R+9.8 22,107 21,020
Walworth County R+2.6 R+12.4 R+9.8 50,422 52,303
Forest County D+15.2 D+5.5 R+9.7 4,683 4,648
Adams County D+18.3 D+8.8 R+9.5 9,986 10,287
Barron County flipped D+7.1 R+2.4 R+9.5 22,886 22,692
Chippewa County flipped D+9.1 R+0.2 R+9.3 30,231 30,932
Sheboygan County R+0.7 R+9.8 R+9.1 62,107 62,651
Monroe County flipped D+8.0 R+0.9 R+8.9 19,152 19,485
Vilas County R+4.1 R+13.0 R+8.9 13,750 13,842
Waukesha County R+25.7 R+34.5 R+8.8 232,897 243,856
Eau Claire County D+22.2 D+13.6 R+8.6 55,010 54,806
Ozaukee County R+21.7 R+30.3 R+8.6 53,365 55,817
Green County D+25.8 D+17.3 R+8.5 18,534 19,322
Jefferson County flipped D+0.8 R+7.6 R+8.4 43,166 44,281
St. Croix County R+3.8 R+12.1 R+8.3 44,821 46,225
Burnett County flipped D+1.6 R+6.5 R+8.1 8,688 8,677
Winnebago County D+11.6 D+3.8 R+7.8 87,677 89,173
Polk County R+1.8 R+9.0 R+7.2 22,643 22,573
Vernon County D+22.0 D+14.8 R+7.2 14,075 14,269
Crawford County D+27.0 D+20.0 R+7.0 7,981 7,817
Lafayette County D+22.3 D+15.3 R+7.0 7,831 7,952
Washburn County flipped D+4.3 R+2.7 R+7.0 9,112 9,287
Jackson County D+21.8 D+15.0 R+6.8 9,251 9,313
Ashland County D+37.2 D+30.8 R+6.4 8,574 8,372
La Crosse County D+23.4 D+17.2 R+6.2 63,218 63,462
Rock County D+29.2 D+23.2 R+6.0 79,169 80,690
Fond du Lac County R+9.0 R+14.9 R+5.9 52,323 53,402
Green Lake County R+14.7 R+20.6 R+5.9 9,536 9,675
Kenosha County D+18.1 D+12.3 R+5.8 78,789 80,897
Sawyer County D+6.2 D+0.5 R+5.7 9,085 9,025
Dodge County R+8.9 R+14.5 R+5.6 42,823 44,488
Marquette County D+5.2 D+0.2 R+5.0 7,846 8,105
Richland County D+20.7 D+16.1 R+4.6 8,450 8,655
Sauk County D+23.0 D+18.5 R+4.5 30,626 31,927
Iowa County D+34.7 D+30.5 R+4.2 11,969 12,534
Racine County D+7.4 D+3.6 R+3.8 100,642 103,364
Dane County D+47.0 D+43.5 R+3.5 282,939 304,181
Bayfield County D+27.6 D+24.8 R+2.8 9,468 9,788
Juneau County D+9.1 D+7.0 R+2.1 11,530 11,827
Douglas County D+33.2 D+31.2 R+2.0 24,066 22,894
Columbia County D+15.2 D+13.6 R+1.6 29,272 30,546
Menominee County D+74.0 D+73.5 R+0.5 1,448 1,377
Milwaukee County D+35.9 D+36.0 D+0.1 475,192 492,576

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