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California 2012 vs 2016: county swing

22 of 58 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 2 changed hands.

Amador County: swing R+5.6Glenn County: swing R+3.4Lake County: swing R+13.4Mariposa County: swing R+5.0Napa County: swing D+6.8Shasta County: swing R+7.6Stanislaus County: swing R+0.9Yuba County: swing R+4.8Alpine County: swing R+4.0Butte County: swing R+1.7Mendocino County: swing R+8.8Modoc County: swing R+6.2Mono County: swing D+3.9Nevada County: swing D+5.6Orange County: swing D+14.9Riverside County: swing D+3.7San Benito County: swing D+0.7San Diego County: swing D+12.1San Francisco County: swing D+5.2Yolo County: swing D+7.4San Mateo County: swing D+10.7Santa Barbara County: swing D+10.7Santa Cruz County: swing D+0.9Solano County: swing D+1.0Sutter County: swing D+3.9Tehama County: swing R+8.8Tuolumne County: swing R+5.6Calaveras County: swing R+7.1Contra Costa County: swing D+8.4Del Norte County: swing R+7.8Imperial County: swing D+9.4Kern County: swing D+4.1Kings County: swing D+1.8Madera County: swing D+2.4Colusa County: swing D+8.0Inyo County: swing R+2.1Merced County: swing D+3.3Plumas County: swing R+3.5San Joaquin County: swing D+0.5Sierra County: swing R+2.1Tulare County: swing D+5.5Marin County: swing D+11.2Monterey County: swing D+3.8Placer County: swing D+7.5Fresno County: swing D+4.4Humboldt County: swing R+2.2Lassen County: swing R+11.2Los Angeles County: swing D+7.5Sacramento County: swing D+5.5San Bernardino County: swing D+3.2Ventura County: swing D+10.7Alameda County: swing D+3.3San Luis Obispo County: swing D+7.0Siskiyou County: swing R+4.8Sonoma County: swing D+1.4Trinity County: swing R+9.8El Dorado County: swing D+4.1Santa Clara County: swing D+9.2
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122016SwingVotes 2012Votes 2016
Lake County D+17.0 D+3.6 R+13.4 23,391 24,496
Lassen County R+39.7 R+50.9 R+11.2 10,683 10,524
Trinity County R+0.8 R+10.6 R+9.8 5,674 5,686
Mendocino County D+38.6 D+29.8 R+8.8 35,017 37,477
Tehama County R+27.5 R+36.3 R+8.8 22,977 23,908
Del Norte County R+9.4 R+17.2 R+7.8 8,770 9,558
Shasta County R+29.2 R+36.8 R+7.6 76,335 80,053
Calaveras County R+17.0 R+24.1 R+7.1 21,786 23,136
Modoc County R+41.8 R+48.0 R+6.2 3,986 3,788
Amador County R+19.6 R+25.2 R+5.6 17,649 17,734
Tuolumne County R+15.7 R+21.3 R+5.6 24,687 25,529
Mariposa County R+18.2 R+23.2 R+5.0 9,000 8,877
Siskiyou County R+15.2 R+20.0 R+4.8 19,910 20,492
Yuba County R+18.1 R+22.9 R+4.8 19,700 22,998
Alpine County D+23.5 D+19.5 R+4.0 653 602
Plumas County R+16.8 R+20.3 R+3.5 10,047 9,676
Glenn County R+25.3 R+28.7 R+3.4 9,211 9,470
Humboldt County D+27.2 D+25.0 R+2.2 57,470 59,246
Inyo County R+11.4 R+13.5 R+2.1 8,036 8,086
Sierra County R+22.4 R+24.5 R+2.1 1,795 1,830
Butte County R+2.0 R+3.7 R+1.7 90,752 95,564
Stanislaus County D+2.7 D+1.8 R+0.9 155,369 172,146
San Joaquin County D+13.8 D+14.3 D+0.5 204,697 224,166
San Benito County D+20.6 D+21.3 D+0.7 19,044 21,924
Santa Cruz County D+55.6 D+56.5 D+0.9 120,095 128,821
Solano County D+29.3 D+30.3 D+1.0 152,444 166,113
Sonoma County D+45.8 D+47.2 D+1.4 216,508 231,253
Kings County R+14.9 R+13.1 D+1.8 31,418 33,915
Madera County R+17.1 R+14.7 D+2.4 39,866 43,112
San Bernardino County D+7.4 D+10.6 D+3.2 581,517 653,983
Alameda County D+60.7 D+64.0 D+3.3 595,642 654,266
Merced County D+8.8 D+12.1 D+3.3 62,057 70,789
Riverside County D+1.6 D+5.3 D+3.7 661,907 751,391
Monterey County D+36.8 D+40.6 D+3.8 123,518 133,408
Mono County D+8.7 D+12.6 D+3.9 5,181 5,276
Sutter County R+19.1 R+15.2 D+3.9 31,026 33,523
El Dorado County R+17.8 R+13.7 D+4.1 88,774 93,591
Kern County R+16.8 R+12.7 D+4.1 221,472 244,163
Fresno County D+1.8 D+6.2 D+4.4 258,827 282,319
San Francisco County D+70.5 D+75.7 D+5.2 361,209 405,792
Sacramento County D+18.9 D+24.4 D+5.5 516,809 559,330
Tulare County R+15.0 R+9.5 D+5.5 101,100 112,334
Nevada County flipped R+0.7 D+4.9 D+5.6 51,676 54,935
Napa County D+28.7 D+35.5 D+6.8 56,968 61,372
San Luis Obispo County D+1.1 D+8.1 D+7.0 125,638 135,009
Yolo County D+34.0 D+41.4 D+7.4 74,475 82,090
Los Angeles County D+41.9 D+49.4 D+7.5 3,181,067 3,434,308
Placer County R+19.3 R+11.8 D+7.5 171,322 182,839
Colusa County R+21.4 R+13.4 D+8.0 6,034 6,632
Contra Costa County D+35.2 D+43.6 D+8.4 438,226 466,175
Santa Clara County D+42.9 D+52.1 D+9.2 643,091 703,709
Imperial County D+32.1 D+41.5 D+9.4 38,565 48,091
San Mateo County D+46.6 D+57.3 D+10.7 285,720 314,384
Santa Barbara County D+18.0 D+28.7 D+10.7 163,320 176,786
Ventura County D+7.0 D+17.7 D+10.7 326,974 351,726
Marin County D+51.3 D+62.5 D+11.2 134,516 139,273
San Diego County D+7.6 D+19.7 D+12.1 1,192,282 1,306,400
Orange County flipped R+6.3 D+8.6 D+14.9 1,122,664 1,197,521

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