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North Dakota 2008 vs 2016: county swing

53 of 53 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 11 changed hands.

Billings County: swing R+19.6Cavalier County: swing R+34.6Foster County: swing R+38.2Grand Forks County: swing R+23.2LaMoure County: swing R+25.8Mountrail County: swing R+35.6Ransom County: swing R+31.2Rolette County: swing R+28.6Steele County: swing R+38.2Wells County: swing R+31.4Benson County: swing R+37.8Bottineau County: swing R+31.1Cass County: swing R+17.6Eddy County: swing R+38.5Emmons County: swing R+36.5Grant County: swing R+43.7Griggs County: swing R+37.0Kidder County: swing R+40.9Logan County: swing R+32.1McKenzie County: swing R+34.0Morton County: swing R+31.1Nelson County: swing R+34.6Oliver County: swing R+36.2Pembina County: swing R+41.5Ramsey County: swing R+31.2Renville County: swing R+39.4Sargent County: swing R+37.2Stark County: swing R+35.8Stutsman County: swing R+26.9Traill County: swing R+33.2Ward County: swing R+27.6Barnes County: swing R+27.7Burke County: swing R+36.2Dunn County: swing R+29.4Hettinger County: swing R+31.9McLean County: swing R+33.3Pierce County: swing R+24.8Slope County: swing R+27.7Towner County: swing R+44.1Burleigh County: swing R+21.5Dickey County: swing R+27.9Divide County: swing R+36.3Golden Valley County: swing R+23.5McHenry County: swing R+39.0McIntosh County: swing R+37.8Mercer County: swing R+37.2Richland County: swing R+30.4Sioux County: swing R+27.1Walsh County: swing R+37.5Williams County: swing R+29.2Adams County: swing R+29.1Bowman County: swing R+29.8Sheridan County: swing R+29.9
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Towner County flipped D+7.1 R+37.0 R+44.1 1,197 1,157
Grant County R+23.1 R+66.8 R+43.7 1,329 1,381
Pembina County R+6.9 R+48.4 R+41.5 3,307 3,153
Kidder County R+26.8 R+67.7 R+40.9 1,228 1,376
Renville County R+21.9 R+61.3 R+39.4 1,346 1,293
McHenry County R+16.3 R+55.3 R+39.0 2,416 2,820
Eddy County flipped D+3.0 R+35.5 R+38.5 1,165 1,231
Foster County R+13.8 R+52.0 R+38.2 1,651 1,719
Steele County flipped D+20.4 R+17.8 R+38.2 1,032 999
Benson County flipped D+33.5 R+4.3 R+37.8 2,374 2,011
McIntosh County R+22.0 R+59.8 R+37.8 1,532 1,446
Walsh County R+1.9 R+39.4 R+37.5 4,882 4,636
Mercer County R+29.8 R+67.0 R+37.2 4,397 4,682
Sargent County flipped D+17.5 R+19.7 R+37.2 1,927 1,997
Griggs County R+6.4 R+43.4 R+37.0 1,314 1,265
Emmons County R+37.3 R+73.8 R+36.5 1,837 1,981
Divide County R+14.7 R+51.0 R+36.3 1,131 1,219
Burke County R+37.6 R+73.8 R+36.2 943 1,052
Oliver County R+33.7 R+69.9 R+36.2 1,040 1,017
Stark County R+29.2 R+65.0 R+35.8 11,070 12,322
Mountrail County flipped D+2.4 R+33.2 R+35.6 2,938 4,106
Cavalier County R+9.3 R+43.9 R+34.6 2,130 2,006
Nelson County flipped D+6.1 R+28.5 R+34.6 1,752 1,717
McKenzie County R+29.7 R+63.7 R+34.0 2,715 4,672
McLean County R+19.0 R+52.3 R+33.3 4,736 5,315
Traill County flipped D+7.2 R+26.0 R+33.2 4,041 3,933
Logan County R+40.4 R+72.5 R+32.1 1,057 1,067
Hettinger County R+36.1 R+68.0 R+31.9 1,348 1,296
Wells County R+26.4 R+57.8 R+31.4 2,377 2,383
Ramsey County R+1.0 R+32.2 R+31.2 4,762 5,305
Ransom County flipped D+15.4 R+15.8 R+31.2 2,433 2,359
Bottineau County R+19.2 R+50.3 R+31.1 3,516 3,494
Morton County R+21.0 R+52.1 R+31.1 13,264 15,832
Richland County R+5.2 R+35.6 R+30.4 7,563 7,592
Sheridan County R+40.6 R+70.5 R+29.9 803 787
Bowman County R+38.4 R+68.2 R+29.8 1,640 1,787
Dunn County R+33.6 R+63.0 R+29.4 1,644 2,243
Williams County R+35.9 R+65.1 R+29.2 9,373 12,807
Adams County R+27.8 R+56.9 R+29.1 1,271 1,218
Rolette County D+52.1 D+23.5 R+28.6 4,534 3,755
Dickey County R+18.4 R+46.3 R+27.9 2,620 2,407
Barnes County R+1.5 R+29.2 R+27.7 5,694 5,344
Slope County R+46.5 R+74.2 R+27.7 411 430
Ward County R+19.2 R+46.8 R+27.6 25,621 27,412
Sioux County D+67.5 D+40.4 R+27.1 1,378 1,232
Stutsman County R+14.7 R+41.6 R+26.9 9,784 10,155
LaMoure County R+19.8 R+45.6 R+25.8 2,241 2,151
Pierce County R+23.8 R+48.6 R+24.8 2,139 2,071
Golden Valley County R+49.4 R+72.9 R+23.5 875 957
Grand Forks County flipped D+5.1 R+18.1 R+23.2 31,153 30,365
Burleigh County R+23.6 R+45.1 R+21.5 41,772 47,979
Billings County R+52.4 R+72.0 R+19.6 499 605
Cass County flipped D+7.1 R+10.5 R+17.6 71,419 80,821

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