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Wisconsin 2008 vs 2016: county swing

69 of 72 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 47 changed hands.

Door County: swing R+20.6Dunn County: swing R+26.1Fond du Lac County: swing R+17.5Green County: swing R+23.5La Crosse County: swing R+13.9Lincoln County: swing R+33.3Marathon County: swing R+26.9Monroe County: swing R+30.0Polk County: swing R+25.7Richland County: swing R+26.2Shawano County: swing R+37.5Washburn County: swing R+27.9Wood County: swing R+32.3Ashland County: swing R+25.6Barron County: swing R+32.4Bayfield County: swing R+18.9Chippewa County: swing R+28.2Dane County: swing D+0.9Racine County: swing R+11.7Rusk County: swing R+42.2Sauk County: swing R+23.4Sawyer County: swing R+24.8Taylor County: swing R+44.1Vernon County: swing R+26.4Vilas County: swing R+21.1Waukesha County: swing R+1.2Winnebago County: swing R+19.0Buffalo County: swing R+36.5Burnett County: swing R+29.8Clark County: swing R+40.1Columbia County: swing R+17.4Crawford County: swing R+32.4Calumet County: swing R+23.6Dodge County: swing R+20.5Jackson County: swing R+33.6Langlade County: swing R+32.9Menominee County: swing R+17.8Outagamie County: swing R+24.2Price County: swing R+38.4St. Croix County: swing R+14.8Trempealeau County: swing R+39.1Waupaca County: swing R+32.8Eau Claire County: swing R+14.8Florence County: swing R+32.4Forest County: swing R+42.0Grant County: swing R+33.4Green Lake County: swing R+22.9Iowa County: swing R+19.4Jefferson County: swing R+16.9Juneau County: swing R+35.3Kenosha County: swing R+18.4Lafayette County: swing R+31.3Marinette County: swing R+39.9Marquette County: swing R+29.4Oconto County: swing R+42.9Oneida County: swing R+29.3Pepin County: swing R+35.9Pierce County: swing R+22.6Portage County: swing R+24.8Kewaunee County: swing R+38.8Douglas County: swing R+25.6Iron County: swing R+36.3Manitowoc County: swing R+29.2Milwaukee County: swing D+1.4Ozaukee County: swing D+2.6Washington County: swing R+10.7Adams County: swing R+40.3Rock County: swing R+18.8Sheboygan County: swing R+15.4Walworth County: swing R+17.3Brown County: swing R+19.9Waushara County: swing R+33.1
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Taylor County R+0.3 R+44.4 R+44.1 9,346 9,426
Oconto County flipped D+6.1 R+36.8 R+42.9 18,968 20,137
Rusk County flipped D+8.3 R+33.9 R+42.2 7,272 7,067
Forest County flipped D+15.2 R+26.8 R+42.0 4,683 4,519
Adams County flipped D+18.3 R+22.0 R+40.3 9,986 10,078
Clark County flipped D+7.5 R+32.6 R+40.1 14,187 13,607
Marinette County flipped D+6.9 R+33.0 R+39.9 21,255 20,343
Trempealeau County flipped D+26.4 R+12.7 R+39.1 13,314 13,619
Kewaunee County flipped D+11.0 R+27.8 R+38.8 10,787 10,767
Price County flipped D+13.4 R+25.0 R+38.4 8,194 7,568
Shawano County flipped D+3.6 R+33.9 R+37.5 20,089 19,810
Buffalo County flipped D+14.6 R+21.9 R+36.5 7,000 6,927
Iron County flipped D+13.1 R+23.2 R+36.3 3,432 3,480
Pepin County flipped D+12.8 R+23.1 R+35.9 3,771 3,735
Juneau County flipped D+9.1 R+26.2 R+35.3 11,530 11,665
Jackson County flipped D+21.8 R+11.8 R+33.6 9,251 9,220
Grant County flipped D+23.9 R+9.5 R+33.4 24,320 24,103
Lincoln County flipped D+12.5 R+20.8 R+33.3 15,268 14,580
Waushara County flipped D+0.8 R+32.3 R+33.1 11,849 12,001
Langlade County flipped D+1.0 R+31.9 R+32.9 10,402 10,143
Waupaca County flipped D+2.9 R+29.9 R+32.8 25,511 25,925
Barron County flipped D+7.1 R+25.3 R+32.4 22,886 22,607
Crawford County flipped D+27.0 R+5.4 R+32.4 7,981 7,685
Florence County R+14.1 R+46.5 R+32.4 2,685 2,656
Wood County flipped D+13.1 R+19.2 R+32.3 39,052 37,818
Lafayette County flipped D+22.3 R+9.0 R+31.3 7,831 7,618
Monroe County flipped D+8.0 R+22.0 R+30.0 19,152 19,530
Burnett County flipped D+1.6 R+28.2 R+29.8 8,688 8,738
Marquette County flipped D+5.2 R+24.2 R+29.4 7,846 7,845
Oneida County flipped D+10.4 R+18.9 R+29.3 21,927 21,374
Manitowoc County flipped D+7.6 R+21.6 R+29.2 42,414 40,188
Chippewa County flipped D+9.1 R+19.1 R+28.2 30,231 31,568
Washburn County flipped D+4.3 R+23.6 R+27.9 9,112 9,134
Marathon County flipped D+8.8 R+18.1 R+26.9 67,940 69,039
Vernon County flipped D+22.0 R+4.4 R+26.4 14,075 14,228
Richland County flipped D+20.7 R+5.5 R+26.2 8,450 8,009
Dunn County flipped D+15.0 R+11.1 R+26.1 22,989 22,106
Polk County R+1.8 R+27.5 R+25.7 22,643 22,667
Ashland County D+37.2 D+11.6 R+25.6 8,574 7,937
Douglas County D+33.2 D+7.6 R+25.6 24,066 22,261
Portage County D+28.0 D+3.2 R+24.8 39,422 38,252
Sawyer County flipped D+6.2 R+18.6 R+24.8 9,085 9,038
Outagamie County flipped D+11.6 R+12.6 R+24.2 91,563 93,933
Calumet County flipped D+2.1 R+21.5 R+23.6 26,474 26,595
Green County D+25.8 D+2.3 R+23.5 18,534 18,841
Sauk County flipped D+23.0 R+0.4 R+23.4 30,626 31,357
Green Lake County R+14.7 R+37.6 R+22.9 9,536 9,358
Pierce County flipped D+9.0 R+13.6 R+22.6 22,107 21,205
Vilas County R+4.1 R+25.2 R+21.1 13,750 13,482
Door County flipped D+17.3 R+3.3 R+20.6 17,481 17,443
Dodge County R+8.9 R+29.4 R+20.5 42,823 43,078
Brown County flipped D+9.1 R+10.8 R+19.9 124,754 127,858
Iowa County D+34.7 D+15.3 R+19.4 11,969 12,146
Winnebago County flipped D+11.6 R+7.4 R+19.0 87,677 86,227
Bayfield County D+27.6 D+8.7 R+18.9 9,468 9,527
Rock County D+29.2 D+10.4 R+18.8 79,169 75,237
Kenosha County flipped D+18.1 R+0.3 R+18.4 78,789 76,304
Menominee County D+74.0 D+56.2 R+17.8 1,448 1,308
Fond du Lac County R+9.0 R+26.5 R+17.5 52,323 51,333
Columbia County flipped D+15.2 R+2.2 R+17.4 29,272 29,407
Walworth County R+2.6 R+19.9 R+17.3 50,422 50,890
Jefferson County flipped D+0.8 R+16.1 R+16.9 43,166 42,665
Sheboygan County R+0.7 R+16.1 R+15.4 62,107 59,220
Eau Claire County D+22.2 D+7.4 R+14.8 55,010 54,449
St. Croix County R+3.8 R+18.6 R+14.8 44,821 47,106
La Crosse County D+23.4 D+9.5 R+13.9 63,218 63,003
Racine County flipped D+7.4 R+4.3 R+11.7 100,642 94,302
Washington County R+29.5 R+40.2 R+10.7 74,411 76,757
Waukesha County R+25.7 R+26.9 R+1.2 232,897 235,059
Dane County D+47.0 D+47.9 D+0.9 282,939 305,952
Milwaukee County D+35.9 D+37.3 D+1.4 475,192 436,446
Ozaukee County R+21.7 R+19.1 D+2.6 53,365 53,880

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