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Colorado 2008 vs 2016: county swing

58 of 64 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 4 changed hands.

Alamosa County: swing R+12.0Boulder County: swing D+2.1Broomfield County: swing D+2.7Crowley County: swing R+21.3Denver County: swing D+2.3Douglas County: swing R+0.9Gilpin County: swing R+19.3Hinsdale County: swing R+6.9Jackson County: swing R+15.2Jefferson County: swing R+2.1Lincoln County: swing R+10.1Montezuma County: swing R+10.7Phillips County: swing R+14.3Rio Grande County: swing R+10.7San Juan County: swing D+0.7Weld County: swing R+13.6Adams County: swing R+9.8Archuleta County: swing R+11.9Baca County: swing R+20.6Chaffee County: swing R+4.4Cheyenne County: swing R+9.6Conejos County: swing R+16.5Costilla County: swing R+19.8Delta County: swing R+12.8Eagle County: swing R+2.8Fremont County: swing R+15.5Kiowa County: swing R+19.1Kit Carson County: swing R+20.8Larimer County: swing R+4.8Montrose County: swing R+12.3Logan County: swing R+20.7Mesa County: swing R+6.6Moffat County: swing R+24.4Morgan County: swing R+17.8Ouray County: swing D+1.7Pitkin County: swing R+3.3Rio Blanco County: swing R+11.7Saguache County: swing R+18.8Teller County: swing R+14.5Washington County: swing R+16.8Yuma County: swing R+16.8Bent County: swing R+16.6Clear Creek County: swing R+15.3Custer County: swing R+12.3El Paso County: swing R+3.5Grand County: swing R+12.1Gunnison County: swing R+7.7Huerfano County: swing R+17.8Lake County: swing R+15.2Mineral County: swing R+6.2Otero County: swing R+13.0Pueblo County: swing R+15.4Summit County: swing R+5.4Arapahoe County: swing D+1.3La Plata County: swing R+6.9Las Animas County: swing R+22.7Dolores County: swing R+19.0Elbert County: swing R+13.6Garfield County: swing R+7.0Park County: swing R+19.2Prowers County: swing R+13.1Routt County: swing R+10.0San Miguel County: swing R+10.8Sedgwick County: swing R+26.0
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Sedgwick County R+28.8 R+54.8 R+26.0 1,351 1,364
Moffat County R+43.5 R+67.9 R+24.4 5,871 6,525
Las Animas County flipped D+7.1 R+15.6 R+22.7 6,761 6,793
Crowley County R+27.2 R+48.5 R+21.3 1,558 1,527
Kit Carson County R+44.8 R+65.6 R+20.8 3,442 3,702
Logan County R+35.2 R+55.9 R+20.7 8,977 9,722
Baca County R+47.7 R+68.3 R+20.6 2,175 2,153
Costilla County D+48.9 D+29.1 R+19.8 1,697 1,848
Gilpin County D+21.2 D+1.9 R+19.3 3,301 3,576
Park County R+6.9 R+26.1 R+19.2 9,383 10,417
Kiowa County R+55.4 R+74.5 R+19.1 852 855
Dolores County R+36.9 R+55.9 R+19.0 1,217 1,255
Saguache County D+28.3 D+9.5 R+18.8 2,747 2,835
Huerfano County flipped D+11.2 R+6.6 R+17.8 3,643 3,783
Morgan County R+24.0 R+41.8 R+17.8 10,234 11,960
Washington County R+56.5 R+73.3 R+16.8 2,513 2,733
Yuma County R+48.4 R+65.2 R+16.8 4,483 4,791
Bent County R+14.5 R+31.1 R+16.6 1,920 1,927
Conejos County flipped D+12.9 R+3.6 R+16.5 3,874 4,022
Fremont County R+29.2 R+44.7 R+15.5 19,919 21,973
Pueblo County flipped D+14.9 R+0.5 R+15.4 72,427 78,646
Clear Creek County D+17.9 D+2.6 R+15.3 5,767 5,866
Jackson County R+38.0 R+53.2 R+15.2 913 861
Lake County D+26.0 D+10.8 R+15.2 3,002 3,199
Teller County R+28.1 R+42.6 R+14.5 12,906 14,444
Phillips County R+43.8 R+58.1 R+14.3 2,260 2,332
Elbert County R+40.1 R+53.7 R+13.6 13,206 15,978
Weld County R+8.7 R+22.3 R+13.6 105,866 135,428
Prowers County R+33.7 R+46.8 R+13.1 4,615 5,016
Otero County R+10.5 R+23.5 R+13.0 8,064 8,452
Delta County R+32.3 R+45.1 R+12.8 15,434 16,790
Custer County R+28.9 R+41.2 R+12.3 2,629 3,066
Montrose County R+29.8 R+42.1 R+12.3 19,153 21,186
Grand County R+1.1 R+13.2 R+12.1 8,308 8,588
Alamosa County D+14.1 D+2.1 R+12.0 6,286 6,939
Archuleta County R+12.1 R+24.0 R+11.9 6,625 7,339
Rio Blanco County R+56.6 R+68.3 R+11.7 3,147 3,450
San Miguel County D+55.6 D+44.8 R+10.8 4,350 4,329
Montezuma County R+19.5 R+30.2 R+10.7 11,825 12,858
Rio Grande County R+8.8 R+19.5 R+10.7 5,444 5,534
Lincoln County R+50.8 R+60.9 R+10.1 2,304 2,436
Routt County D+26.9 D+16.9 R+10.0 13,199 13,986
Adams County D+18.3 D+8.5 R+9.8 160,499 193,665
Cheyenne County R+62.3 R+71.9 R+9.6 1,111 1,102
Gunnison County D+27.3 D+19.6 R+7.7 8,870 9,412
Garfield County Even R+7.0 R+7.0 23,082 26,470
Hinsdale County R+17.3 R+24.2 R+6.9 599 589
La Plata County D+16.3 D+9.4 R+6.9 27,979 31,150
Mesa County R+29.5 R+36.1 R+6.6 69,631 77,653
Mineral County R+10.3 R+16.5 R+6.2 623 652
Summit County D+33.0 D+27.6 R+5.4 14,899 16,174
Larimer County D+9.7 D+4.9 R+4.8 166,373 195,980
Chaffee County R+0.1 R+4.5 R+4.4 9,920 11,250
El Paso County R+18.8 R+22.3 R+3.5 273,175 318,967
Pitkin County D+48.8 D+45.5 R+3.3 9,966 10,523
Eagle County D+23.1 D+20.3 R+2.8 21,652 25,223
Jefferson County D+9.0 D+6.9 R+2.1 295,062 328,882
Douglas County R+17.2 R+18.1 R+0.9 151,819 187,499
San Juan County D+9.2 D+9.9 D+0.7 496 506
Arapahoe County D+12.9 D+14.2 D+1.3 266,148 303,046
Ouray County D+8.8 D+10.5 D+1.7 3,060 3,310
Boulder County D+46.2 D+48.3 D+2.1 171,763 188,142
Denver County D+52.5 D+54.8 D+2.3 271,533 331,852
Broomfield County D+11.6 D+14.3 D+2.7 29,453 37,689

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