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Michigan 2008 vs 2016: county swing

82 of 83 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 38 changed hands.

Antrim County: swing R+19.4Barry County: swing R+23.4Branch County: swing R+31.9Clare County: swing R+36.7Clinton County: swing R+13.3Eaton County: swing R+13.1Gratiot County: swing R+30.0Houghton County: swing R+11.8Isabella County: swing R+22.9Kalamazoo County: swing R+6.7Keweenaw County: swing R+9.7Lake County: swing R+35.2Lenawee County: swing R+26.0Mackinac County: swing R+23.4Marquette County: swing R+16.1Mecosta County: swing R+25.4Midland County: swing R+15.8Montcalm County: swing R+33.6Newaygo County: swing R+35.0Osceola County: swing R+33.4Roscommon County: swing R+32.0Shiawassee County: swing R+28.2Washtenaw County: swing D+0.3Wexford County: swing R+32.2Alger County: swing R+26.3Allegan County: swing R+18.2Alpena County: swing R+32.5Bay County: swing R+27.9Benzie County: swing R+21.4Berrien County: swing R+18.3Cass County: swing R+35.0Cheboygan County: swing R+30.5Chippewa County: swing R+23.7Delta County: swing R+31.6Dickinson County: swing R+27.4Emmet County: swing R+15.0Gladwin County: swing R+36.2Ingham County: swing R+6.5Iosco County: swing R+35.1Jackson County: swing R+22.5Kalkaska County: swing R+34.6Kent County: swing R+3.6Lapeer County: swing R+35.3Livingston County: swing R+16.2Luce County: swing R+30.8Macomb County: swing R+20.2Manistee County: swing R+28.6Monroe County: swing R+26.5Iron County: swing R+30.5Oakland County: swing R+6.4Ontonagon County: swing R+29.7Oscoda County: swing R+34.2Saginaw County: swing R+18.4St. Clair County: swing R+34.1Tuscola County: swing R+36.7Van Buren County: swing R+22.8Wayne County: swing R+12.0Calhoun County: swing R+21.8Crawford County: swing R+31.1Genesee County: swing R+23.2Hillsdale County: swing R+34.6Huron County: swing R+38.0Missaukee County: swing R+31.2Montmorency County: swing R+35.9Ogemaw County: swing R+38.9Otsego County: swing R+28.7St. Joseph County: swing R+28.8Alcona County: swing R+32.0Leelanau County: swing R+6.1Mason County: swing R+26.3Arenac County: swing R+37.6Menominee County: swing R+39.5Baraga County: swing R+25.3Charlevoix County: swing R+20.8Muskegon County: swing R+27.8Oceana County: swing R+31.7Ottawa County: swing R+6.6Presque Isle County: swing R+30.5Sanilac County: swing R+36.6Schoolcraft County: swing R+31.4Gogebic County: swing R+32.2Grand Traverse County: swing R+9.5Ionia County: swing R+25.0
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Menominee County flipped D+10.2 R+29.3 R+39.5 11,072 10,768
Ogemaw County flipped D+2.4 R+36.5 R+38.9 10,768 10,387
Huron County R+0.4 R+38.4 R+38.0 17,135 15,917
Arenac County flipped D+4.3 R+33.3 R+37.6 8,128 7,696
Clare County flipped D+4.9 R+31.8 R+36.7 14,567 13,389
Tuscola County R+0.8 R+37.5 R+36.7 27,798 25,796
Sanilac County R+8.0 R+44.6 R+36.6 20,169 19,249
Gladwin County flipped D+1.5 R+34.7 R+36.2 13,241 12,472
Montmorency County R+8.2 R+44.1 R+35.9 5,360 5,009
Lapeer County R+3.0 R+38.3 R+35.3 45,362 45,183
Lake County flipped D+12.3 R+22.9 R+35.2 5,292 5,328
Iosco County flipped D+5.1 R+30.0 R+35.1 14,187 13,361
Cass County flipped D+4.2 R+30.8 R+35.0 23,576 22,595
Newaygo County R+4.6 R+39.6 R+35.0 23,105 22,640
Hillsdale County R+12.0 R+46.6 R+34.6 20,449 19,940
Kalkaska County R+8.8 R+43.4 R+34.6 8,499 8,833
Oscoda County R+10.0 R+44.2 R+34.2 4,328 4,073
St. Clair County flipped D+2.7 R+31.4 R+34.1 80,900 78,003
Montcalm County R+0.3 R+33.9 R+33.6 27,051 26,609
Osceola County R+10.2 R+43.6 R+33.4 11,026 10,609
Alpena County flipped D+3.9 R+28.6 R+32.5 15,085 14,698
Gogebic County flipped D+17.3 R+14.9 R+32.2 8,264 7,329
Wexford County R+4.2 R+36.4 R+32.2 15,704 15,298
Alcona County R+7.9 R+39.9 R+32.0 6,420 6,198
Roscommon County flipped D+2.5 R+29.5 R+32.0 14,051 13,041
Branch County R+6.1 R+38.0 R+31.9 18,285 17,663
Oceana County flipped D+4.4 R+27.3 R+31.7 12,509 11,930
Delta County flipped D+6.3 R+25.3 R+31.6 19,064 18,492
Schoolcraft County flipped D+2.9 R+28.5 R+31.4 4,326 4,154
Missaukee County R+21.0 R+52.2 R+31.2 7,492 7,317
Crawford County R+1.7 R+32.8 R+31.1 7,178 6,844
Luce County R+10.9 R+41.7 R+30.8 2,740 2,579
Cheboygan County R+1.5 R+32.0 R+30.5 13,901 13,672
Iron County flipped D+2.2 R+28.3 R+30.5 6,162 5,910
Presque Isle County flipped D+1.6 R+28.9 R+30.5 7,505 7,218
Gratiot County flipped D+4.4 R+25.6 R+30.0 17,738 16,465
Ontonagon County flipped D+3.7 R+26.0 R+29.7 3,885 3,426
St. Joseph County R+2.2 R+31.0 R+28.8 25,702 23,757
Otsego County R+8.8 R+37.5 R+28.7 12,616 12,538
Manistee County flipped D+13.2 R+15.4 R+28.6 13,009 12,599
Shiawassee County flipped D+8.6 R+19.6 R+28.2 36,415 34,111
Bay County flipped D+15.3 R+12.6 R+27.9 57,428 52,977
Muskegon County D+29.3 D+1.5 R+27.8 84,271 78,088
Dickinson County R+8.0 R+35.4 R+27.4 13,311 13,165
Monroe County flipped D+4.4 R+22.1 R+26.5 76,422 74,218
Alger County flipped D+5.9 R+20.4 R+26.3 4,750 4,518
Mason County flipped D+4.4 R+21.9 R+26.3 15,223 14,685
Lenawee County flipped D+5.0 R+21.0 R+26.0 47,734 45,939
Mecosta County R+0.7 R+26.1 R+25.4 18,664 17,168
Baraga County R+3.4 R+28.7 R+25.3 3,644 3,490
Ionia County R+5.8 R+30.8 R+25.0 27,319 26,854
Chippewa County R+0.5 R+24.2 R+23.7 16,708 15,456
Barry County R+9.8 R+33.2 R+23.4 30,565 30,329
Mackinac County R+3.8 R+27.2 R+23.4 6,396 6,097
Genesee County D+32.6 D+9.4 R+23.2 219,896 196,296
Isabella County flipped D+19.2 R+3.7 R+22.9 28,350 25,392
Van Buren County flipped D+8.8 R+14.0 R+22.8 34,766 33,274
Jackson County flipped D+2.4 R+20.1 R+22.5 74,503 69,677
Calhoun County flipped D+9.3 R+12.5 R+21.8 64,196 58,902
Benzie County flipped D+7.4 R+14.0 R+21.4 10,309 10,228
Charlevoix County R+3.5 R+24.3 R+20.8 14,367 14,589
Macomb County flipped D+8.6 R+11.6 R+20.2 419,216 419,312
Antrim County R+10.3 R+29.7 R+19.4 13,852 13,582
Saginaw County flipped D+17.3 R+1.1 R+18.4 104,090 94,320
Berrien County flipped D+5.5 R+12.8 R+18.3 77,666 72,031
Allegan County R+10.7 R+28.9 R+18.2 55,279 55,786
Livingston County R+13.3 R+29.5 R+16.2 99,638 105,866
Marquette County D+20.3 D+4.2 R+16.1 33,185 32,976
Midland County R+3.5 R+19.3 R+15.8 43,707 42,506
Emmet County R+4.4 R+19.4 R+15.0 18,149 18,802
Clinton County flipped D+0.7 R+12.6 R+13.3 40,381 40,655
Eaton County flipped D+8.4 R+4.7 R+13.1 57,616 56,221
Wayne County D+49.4 D+37.4 R+12.0 890,326 777,838
Houghton County R+3.9 R+15.7 R+11.8 15,972 15,624
Keweenaw County R+10.3 R+20.0 R+9.7 1,410 1,434
Grand Traverse County R+3.0 R+12.5 R+9.5 48,733 51,589
Kalamazoo County D+19.5 D+12.8 R+6.7 130,781 126,299
Ottawa County R+23.9 R+30.5 R+6.6 136,268 142,734
Ingham County D+33.3 D+26.8 R+6.5 142,729 131,138
Oakland County D+14.5 D+8.1 R+6.4 659,068 664,614
Leelanau County flipped D+2.9 R+3.2 R+6.1 14,464 14,757
Kent County flipped D+0.5 R+3.1 R+3.6 303,235 308,184
Washtenaw County D+41.0 D+41.3 D+0.3 187,115 188,578

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