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Nebraska 2008 vs 2016: county swing

93 of 93 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 2 changed hands.

Merrick County: swing R+21.9Nance County: swing R+27.9Perkins County: swing R+18.4Phelps County: swing R+19.1Richardson County: swing R+30.8Seward County: swing R+20.4Sherman County: swing R+28.6Thomas County: swing R+9.3Wheeler County: swing R+14.4Antelope County: swing R+21.5Blaine County: swing R+7.2Butler County: swing R+25.2Clay County: swing R+18.1Colfax County: swing R+13.4Dawson County: swing R+6.5Dodge County: swing R+23.3Frontier County: swing R+23.5Gosper County: swing R+13.4Hayes County: swing R+18.5Howard County: swing R+33.3Johnson County: swing R+27.6McPherson County: swing R+18.5Rock County: swing R+15.2Saline County: swing R+29.5Saunders County: swing R+23.4Sheridan County: swing R+14.0Thayer County: swing R+24.3Thurston County: swing R+13.0Webster County: swing R+22.9Banner County: swing R+17.2Boone County: swing R+20.0Box Butte County: swing R+33.7Buffalo County: swing R+9.8Cass County: swing R+19.6Chase County: swing R+17.0Cheyenne County: swing R+14.2Cuming County: swing R+24.1Dawes County: swing R+20.9Dixon County: swing R+24.1Dundy County: swing R+21.9Garfield County: swing R+15.0Grant County: swing R+12.6Hall County: swing R+13.3Hamilton County: swing R+16.2Harlan County: swing R+15.7Hitchcock County: swing R+25.8Kearney County: swing R+18.1Keith County: swing R+17.1Kimball County: swing R+16.3Lancaster County: swing R+4.8Loup County: swing R+17.1Madison County: swing R+16.8Nuckolls County: swing R+25.0Pawnee County: swing R+25.5Platte County: swing R+17.2Morrill County: swing R+19.8Nemaha County: swing R+17.1Polk County: swing R+18.1Sarpy County: swing R+5.9Stanton County: swing R+19.3Wayne County: swing R+16.4York County: swing R+6.6Adams County: swing R+18.1Arthur County: swing R+15.7Brown County: swing R+20.4Cedar County: swing R+26.6Custer County: swing R+17.0Fillmore County: swing R+19.8Garden County: swing R+18.0Greeley County: swing R+38.8Holt County: swing R+21.9Knox County: swing R+24.5Pierce County: swing R+25.0Red Willow County: swing R+20.7Scotts Bluff County: swing R+15.0Sioux County: swing R+7.0Valley County: swing R+26.7Washington County: swing R+18.8Boyd County: swing R+21.4Burt County: swing R+26.1Cherry County: swing R+17.3Dakota County: swing R+16.2Deuel County: swing R+21.3Douglas County: swing R+2.2Franklin County: swing R+25.1Gage County: swing R+25.3Otoe County: swing R+22.9Hooker County: swing R+12.0Jefferson County: swing R+29.5Keya Paha County: swing R+26.2Lincoln County: swing R+22.7Logan County: swing R+22.5Furnas County: swing R+19.5
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Greeley County R+21.4 R+60.2 R+38.8 1,199 1,166
Box Butte County R+21.0 R+54.7 R+33.7 4,979 4,848
Howard County R+25.5 R+58.8 R+33.3 2,996 2,958
Richardson County R+20.9 R+51.7 R+30.8 3,968 3,773
Jefferson County R+15.8 R+45.3 R+29.5 3,697 3,448
Saline County flipped D+4.5 R+25.0 R+29.5 5,251 5,073
Sherman County R+23.2 R+51.8 R+28.6 1,572 1,562
Nance County R+33.2 R+61.1 R+27.9 1,707 1,604
Johnson County R+10.8 R+38.4 R+27.6 2,110 2,062
Valley County R+39.3 R+66.0 R+26.7 2,423 2,184
Cedar County R+41.3 R+67.9 R+26.6 4,174 4,358
Keya Paha County R+55.1 R+81.3 R+26.2 533 517
Burt County R+14.6 R+40.7 R+26.1 3,387 3,533
Hitchcock County R+47.5 R+73.3 R+25.8 1,379 1,461
Pawnee County R+27.2 R+52.7 R+25.5 1,384 1,318
Gage County R+9.5 R+34.8 R+25.3 10,160 9,911
Butler County R+35.6 R+60.8 R+25.2 3,839 3,926
Franklin County R+41.0 R+66.1 R+25.1 1,552 1,658
Nuckolls County R+37.8 R+62.8 R+25.0 2,221 2,187
Pierce County R+49.6 R+74.6 R+25.0 3,226 3,580
Knox County R+36.1 R+60.6 R+24.5 4,084 4,074
Thayer County R+33.5 R+57.8 R+24.3 2,659 2,684
Cuming County R+35.6 R+59.7 R+24.1 4,087 4,024
Dixon County R+30.0 R+54.1 R+24.1 2,794 2,744
Frontier County R+48.7 R+72.2 R+23.5 1,404 1,315
Saunders County R+23.7 R+47.1 R+23.4 10,212 10,690
Dodge County R+12.0 R+35.3 R+23.3 15,550 15,263
Otoe County R+15.8 R+38.7 R+22.9 7,092 7,318
Webster County R+37.5 R+60.4 R+22.9 1,817 1,697
Lincoln County R+35.5 R+58.2 R+22.7 16,277 15,895
Logan County R+59.1 R+81.6 R+22.5 416 451
Dundy County R+55.4 R+77.3 R+21.9 1,019 949
Holt County R+53.4 R+75.3 R+21.9 4,974 5,074
Merrick County R+40.5 R+62.4 R+21.9 3,431 3,722
Antelope County R+51.0 R+72.5 R+21.5 3,185 3,239
Boyd County R+53.1 R+74.5 R+21.4 1,110 1,147
Deuel County R+49.2 R+70.5 R+21.3 993 977
Dawes County R+28.9 R+49.8 R+20.9 3,775 3,676
Red Willow County R+49.9 R+70.6 R+20.7 5,044 5,120
Brown County R+57.3 R+77.7 R+20.4 1,567 1,584
Seward County R+25.8 R+46.2 R+20.4 7,529 7,750
Boone County R+45.8 R+65.8 R+20.0 2,836 2,867
Fillmore County R+32.3 R+52.1 R+19.8 2,947 2,915
Morrill County R+49.7 R+69.5 R+19.8 2,351 2,184
Cass County R+19.5 R+39.1 R+19.6 12,122 12,707
Furnas County R+50.2 R+69.7 R+19.5 2,328 2,321
Stanton County R+44.8 R+64.1 R+19.3 2,495 2,762
Phelps County R+51.6 R+70.7 R+19.1 4,473 4,629
Washington County R+26.3 R+45.1 R+18.8 10,320 10,657
Hayes County R+68.0 R+86.5 R+18.5 553 511
McPherson County R+66.5 R+85.0 R+18.5 293 286
Perkins County R+55.1 R+73.5 R+18.4 1,420 1,437
Adams County R+27.0 R+45.1 R+18.1 13,210 13,294
Clay County R+46.1 R+64.2 R+18.1 3,033 3,030
Kearney County R+42.8 R+60.9 R+18.1 3,150 3,255
Polk County R+45.3 R+63.4 R+18.1 2,543 2,549
Garden County R+49.3 R+67.3 R+18.0 1,138 1,063
Cherry County R+57.5 R+74.8 R+17.3 3,059 3,082
Banner County R+68.8 R+86.0 R+17.2 416 393
Platte County R+41.5 R+58.7 R+17.2 13,420 14,192
Keith County R+49.6 R+66.7 R+17.1 3,968 3,995
Loup County R+54.9 R+72.0 R+17.1 393 382
Nemaha County R+25.7 R+42.8 R+17.1 3,474 3,108
Chase County R+61.6 R+78.6 R+17.0 1,844 1,879
Custer County R+55.7 R+72.7 R+17.0 5,578 5,579
Madison County R+39.2 R+56.0 R+16.8 14,045 14,134
Wayne County R+32.9 R+49.3 R+16.4 3,808 3,765
Kimball County R+50.1 R+66.4 R+16.3 1,811 1,656
Dakota County R+4.7 R+20.9 R+16.2 6,396 6,209
Hamilton County R+42.8 R+59.0 R+16.2 4,799 4,928
Arthur County R+67.7 R+83.4 R+15.7 263 272
Harlan County R+52.5 R+68.2 R+15.7 1,766 1,819
Rock County R+62.5 R+77.7 R+15.2 801 794
Garfield County R+57.1 R+72.1 R+15.0 1,030 970
Scotts Bluff County R+33.7 R+48.7 R+15.0 14,730 14,092
Wheeler County R+54.1 R+68.5 R+14.4 440 460
Cheyenne County R+49.6 R+63.8 R+14.2 4,839 4,635
Sheridan County R+60.4 R+74.4 R+14.0 2,462 2,586
Colfax County R+27.9 R+41.3 R+13.4 3,203 3,174
Gosper County R+49.2 R+62.6 R+13.4 1,048 1,004
Hall County R+24.1 R+37.4 R+13.3 21,271 21,777
Thurston County flipped D+7.0 R+6.0 R+13.0 2,126 2,067
Grant County R+75.4 R+88.0 R+12.6 367 394
Hooker County R+64.0 R+76.0 R+12.0 438 414
Buffalo County R+37.5 R+47.3 R+9.8 19,293 20,733
Thomas County R+71.8 R+81.1 R+9.3 390 387
Blaine County R+70.6 R+77.8 R+7.2 316 316
Sioux County R+66.4 R+73.4 R+7.0 732 729
York County R+49.3 R+55.9 R+6.6 6,568 6,283
Dawson County R+38.4 R+44.9 R+6.5 7,986 8,559
Sarpy County R+15.9 R+21.8 R+5.9 68,022 78,694
Lancaster County D+5.0 D+0.2 R+4.8 127,490 132,569
Douglas County D+4.6 D+2.4 R+2.2 226,701 235,159

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