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California 2008 vs 2016: county swing

29 of 58 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 3 changed hands.

Amador County: swing R+10.6Glenn County: swing R+6.7Lake County: swing R+15.7Mariposa County: swing R+10.8Napa County: swing D+3.1Shasta County: swing R+11.0Stanislaus County: swing EvenYuba County: swing R+8.2Alpine County: swing R+5.1Butte County: swing R+6.0Mendocino County: swing R+13.0Modoc County: swing R+10.3Mono County: swing R+0.6Nevada County: swing R+0.4Orange County: swing D+11.2Riverside County: swing D+3.0San Benito County: swing R+1.5San Diego County: swing D+9.5San Francisco County: swing D+5.2Yolo County: swing D+5.1San Mateo County: swing D+8.5Santa Barbara County: swing D+5.8Santa Cruz County: swing R+1.2Solano County: swing D+1.7Sutter County: swing D+1.5Tehama County: swing R+12.2Tuolumne County: swing R+8.6Calaveras County: swing R+11.1Contra Costa County: swing D+5.8Del Norte County: swing R+10.5Imperial County: swing D+15.4Kern County: swing D+5.1Kings County: swing D+1.0Madera County: swing R+1.4Colusa County: swing D+4.7Inyo County: swing R+4.4Merced County: swing D+3.8Plumas County: swing R+8.4San Joaquin County: swing D+3.7Sierra County: swing R+3.6Tulare County: swing D+5.8Marin County: swing D+4.7Monterey County: swing D+2.3Placer County: swing R+0.5Fresno County: swing D+4.1Humboldt County: swing R+3.2Lassen County: swing R+16.7Los Angeles County: swing D+9.0Sacramento County: swing D+5.4San Bernardino County: swing D+4.3Ventura County: swing D+5.4Alameda County: swing D+4.5San Luis Obispo County: swing D+2.7Siskiyou County: swing R+9.6Sonoma County: swing R+2.4Trinity County: swing R+15.2El Dorado County: swing R+3.2Santa Clara County: swing D+11.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Lassen County R+34.2 R+50.9 R+16.7 11,387 10,524
Lake County D+19.3 D+3.6 R+15.7 25,542 24,496
Trinity County flipped D+4.6 R+10.6 R+15.2 6,374 5,686
Mendocino County D+42.8 D+29.8 R+13.0 40,016 37,477
Tehama County R+24.1 R+36.3 R+12.2 24,436 23,908
Calaveras County R+13.0 R+24.1 R+11.1 23,306 23,136
Shasta County R+25.8 R+36.8 R+11.0 80,390 80,053
Mariposa County R+12.4 R+23.2 R+10.8 9,651 8,877
Amador County R+14.6 R+25.2 R+10.6 18,810 17,734
Del Norte County R+6.7 R+17.2 R+10.5 9,531 9,558
Modoc County R+37.7 R+48.0 R+10.3 4,420 3,788
Siskiyou County R+10.4 R+20.0 R+9.6 21,470 20,492
Tuolumne County R+12.7 R+21.3 R+8.6 27,181 25,529
Plumas County R+11.9 R+20.3 R+8.4 11,028 9,676
Yuba County R+14.7 R+22.9 R+8.2 21,401 22,998
Glenn County R+22.0 R+28.7 R+6.7 9,879 9,470
Butte County flipped D+2.3 R+3.7 R+6.0 98,325 95,564
Alpine County D+24.6 D+19.5 R+5.1 692 602
Inyo County R+9.1 R+13.5 R+4.4 8,533 8,086
Sierra County R+20.9 R+24.5 R+3.6 1,991 1,830
El Dorado County R+10.5 R+13.7 R+3.2 92,926 93,591
Humboldt County D+28.2 D+25.0 R+3.2 63,727 59,246
Sonoma County D+49.6 D+47.2 R+2.4 229,351 231,253
San Benito County D+22.8 D+21.3 R+1.5 19,705 21,924
Madera County R+13.3 R+14.7 R+1.4 42,355 43,112
Santa Cruz County D+57.7 D+56.5 R+1.2 127,483 128,821
Mono County D+13.2 D+12.6 R+0.6 5,571 5,276
Placer County R+11.3 R+11.8 R+0.5 173,107 182,839
Nevada County D+5.3 D+4.9 R+0.4 55,647 54,935
Stanislaus County D+1.8 D+1.8 Even 161,015 172,146
Kings County R+14.1 R+13.1 D+1.0 35,108 33,915
Sutter County R+16.7 R+15.2 D+1.5 32,941 33,523
Solano County D+28.6 D+30.3 D+1.7 160,973 166,113
Monterey County D+38.3 D+40.6 D+2.3 129,783 133,408
San Luis Obispo County D+5.4 D+8.1 D+2.7 132,653 135,009
Riverside County D+2.3 D+5.3 D+3.0 647,299 751,391
Napa County D+32.4 D+35.5 D+3.1 59,642 61,372
San Joaquin County D+10.6 D+14.3 D+3.7 209,349 224,166
Merced County D+8.3 D+12.1 D+3.8 63,808 70,789
Fresno County D+2.1 D+6.2 D+4.1 272,289 282,319
San Bernardino County D+6.3 D+10.6 D+4.3 606,334 653,983
Alameda County D+59.5 D+64.0 D+4.5 621,029 654,266
Colusa County R+18.1 R+13.4 D+4.7 6,429 6,632
Marin County D+57.8 D+62.5 D+4.7 140,197 139,273
Kern County R+17.8 R+12.7 D+5.1 232,850 244,163
Yolo County D+36.3 D+41.4 D+5.1 79,749 82,090
San Francisco County D+70.5 D+75.7 D+5.2 382,865 405,792
Sacramento County D+19.0 D+24.4 D+5.4 541,101 559,330
Ventura County D+12.3 D+17.7 D+5.4 339,800 351,726
Contra Costa County D+37.8 D+43.6 D+5.8 451,650 466,175
Santa Barbara County D+22.9 D+28.7 D+5.8 174,912 176,786
Tulare County R+15.3 R+9.5 D+5.8 105,206 112,334
San Mateo County D+48.8 D+57.3 D+8.5 303,292 314,384
Los Angeles County D+40.4 D+49.4 D+9.0 3,318,248 3,434,308
San Diego County D+10.2 D+19.7 D+9.5 1,231,047 1,306,400
Orange County flipped R+2.6 D+8.6 D+11.2 1,153,687 1,197,521
Santa Clara County D+40.8 D+52.1 D+11.3 665,589 703,709
Imperial County D+26.1 D+41.5 D+15.4 38,820 48,091

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