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Nevada 2008 vs 2016: county swing

17 of 17 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 1 changed hands.

County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Nye County R+13.2 R+42.0 R+28.8 17,491 19,595
Storey County R+6.0 R+33.8 R+27.8 2,418 2,558
Pershing County R+21.9 R+49.1 R+27.2 1,836 1,982
Mineral County R+2.1 R+27.1 R+25.0 2,307 1,997
Lyon County R+17.8 R+41.5 R+23.7 21,103 23,762
White Pine County R+31.5 R+53.5 R+22.0 3,842 3,773
Churchill County R+31.5 R+51.4 R+19.9 10,605 10,938
Eureka County R+56.4 R+76.0 R+19.6 745 854
Humboldt County R+29.6 R+48.8 R+19.2 5,664 6,433
Lincoln County R+46.5 R+65.0 R+18.5 2,107 2,132
Esmeralda County R+45.3 R+62.4 R+17.1 439 423
Douglas County R+15.3 R+32.2 R+16.9 25,904 27,885
Lander County R+42.2 R+59.1 R+16.9 2,102 2,413
Carson City flipped D+0.9 R+14.1 R+15.0 23,680 25,016
Elko County R+40.2 R+54.7 R+14.5 16,019 18,559
Washoe County D+12.6 D+1.3 R+11.3 180,414 209,909
Clark County D+19.0 D+10.7 R+8.3 651,172 767,156

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