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Colorado 2012 vs 2016: county swing

51 of 64 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 5 changed hands.

Alamosa County: swing R+14.4Boulder County: swing D+6.4Broomfield County: swing D+8.3Crowley County: swing R+22.6Denver County: swing D+5.4Douglas County: swing D+7.6Gilpin County: swing R+14.5Hinsdale County: swing R+3.6Jackson County: swing R+7.9Jefferson County: swing D+2.1Lincoln County: swing R+11.2Montezuma County: swing R+7.0Phillips County: swing R+11.8Rio Grande County: swing R+11.6San Juan County: swing R+0.8Weld County: swing R+9.6Adams County: swing R+8.3Archuleta County: swing R+6.3Baca County: swing R+16.5Chaffee County: swing R+4.6Cheyenne County: swing R+6.3Conejos County: swing R+12.9Costilla County: swing R+19.5Delta County: swing R+5.6Eagle County: swing D+5.4Fremont County: swing R+13.0Kiowa County: swing R+6.4Kit Carson County: swing R+13.0Larimer County: swing R+0.9Montrose County: swing R+5.3Logan County: swing R+17.9Mesa County: swing R+3.7Moffat County: swing R+13.4Morgan County: swing R+16.8Ouray County: swing D+5.4Pitkin County: swing D+7.5Rio Blanco County: swing R+4.3Saguache County: swing R+21.2Teller County: swing R+10.0Washington County: swing R+11.3Yuma County: swing R+10.5Bent County: swing R+17.7Clear Creek County: swing R+9.4Custer County: swing R+7.3El Paso County: swing R+1.9Grand County: swing R+6.3Gunnison County: swing R+0.1Huerfano County: swing R+14.9Lake County: swing R+13.6Mineral County: swing R+8.4Otero County: swing R+14.5Pueblo County: swing R+14.4Summit County: swing D+3.0Arapahoe County: swing D+4.3La Plata County: swing D+0.1Las Animas County: swing R+18.2Dolores County: swing R+13.7Elbert County: swing R+6.7Garfield County: swing R+1.9Park County: swing R+11.4Prowers County: swing R+11.6Routt County: swing D+1.3San Miguel County: swing D+1.6Sedgwick County: swing R+20.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122016SwingVotes 2012Votes 2016
Crowley County R+25.9 R+48.5 R+22.6 1,502 1,527
Saguache County D+30.7 D+9.5 R+21.2 2,930 2,835
Sedgwick County R+34.5 R+54.8 R+20.3 1,338 1,364
Costilla County D+48.6 D+29.1 R+19.5 1,837 1,848
Las Animas County flipped D+2.6 R+15.6 R+18.2 6,862 6,793
Logan County R+38.0 R+55.9 R+17.9 9,124 9,722
Bent County R+13.4 R+31.1 R+17.7 1,942 1,927
Morgan County R+25.0 R+41.8 R+16.8 10,777 11,960
Baca County R+51.8 R+68.3 R+16.5 2,106 2,153
Huerfano County flipped D+8.3 R+6.6 R+14.9 3,714 3,783
Gilpin County D+16.4 D+1.9 R+14.5 3,338 3,576
Otero County R+9.0 R+23.5 R+14.5 8,192 8,452
Alamosa County D+16.5 D+2.1 R+14.4 6,715 6,939
Pueblo County flipped D+13.9 R+0.5 R+14.4 76,194 78,646
Dolores County R+42.2 R+55.9 R+13.7 1,245 1,255
Lake County D+24.4 D+10.8 R+13.6 3,040 3,199
Moffat County R+54.5 R+67.9 R+13.4 6,168 6,525
Fremont County R+31.7 R+44.7 R+13.0 20,416 21,973
Kit Carson County R+52.6 R+65.6 R+13.0 3,702 3,702
Conejos County flipped D+9.3 R+3.6 R+12.9 4,101 4,022
Phillips County R+46.3 R+58.1 R+11.8 2,265 2,332
Prowers County R+35.2 R+46.8 R+11.6 4,863 5,016
Rio Grande County R+7.9 R+19.5 R+11.6 5,533 5,534
Park County R+14.7 R+26.1 R+11.4 9,366 10,417
Washington County R+62.0 R+73.3 R+11.3 2,591 2,733
Lincoln County R+49.7 R+60.9 R+11.2 2,287 2,436
Yuma County R+54.7 R+65.2 R+10.5 4,577 4,791
Teller County R+32.6 R+42.6 R+10.0 13,407 14,444
Weld County R+12.7 R+22.3 R+9.6 115,866 135,428
Clear Creek County D+12.0 D+2.6 R+9.4 5,743 5,866
Mineral County R+8.1 R+16.5 R+8.4 650 652
Adams County D+16.8 D+8.5 R+8.3 176,230 193,665
Jackson County R+45.3 R+53.2 R+7.9 848 861
Custer County R+33.9 R+41.2 R+7.3 2,715 3,066
Montezuma County R+23.2 R+30.2 R+7.0 12,318 12,858
Elbert County R+47.0 R+53.7 R+6.7 14,178 15,978
Kiowa County R+68.1 R+74.5 R+6.4 821 855
Archuleta County R+17.7 R+24.0 R+6.3 6,734 7,339
Cheyenne County R+65.6 R+71.9 R+6.3 1,093 1,102
Grand County R+6.9 R+13.2 R+6.3 8,187 8,588
Delta County R+39.5 R+45.1 R+5.6 15,925 16,790
Montrose County R+36.8 R+42.1 R+5.3 20,130 21,186
Chaffee County flipped D+0.1 R+4.5 R+4.6 10,462 11,250
Rio Blanco County R+64.0 R+68.3 R+4.3 3,369 3,450
Mesa County R+32.4 R+36.1 R+3.7 72,947 77,653
Hinsdale County R+20.6 R+24.2 R+3.6 600 589
El Paso County R+20.4 R+22.3 R+1.9 290,175 318,967
Garfield County R+5.1 R+7.0 R+1.9 24,408 26,470
Larimer County D+5.8 D+4.9 R+0.9 180,180 195,980
San Juan County D+10.7 D+9.9 R+0.8 506 506
Gunnison County D+19.7 D+19.6 R+0.1 8,667 9,412
La Plata County D+9.3 D+9.4 D+0.1 29,184 31,150
Routt County D+15.6 D+16.9 D+1.3 13,317 13,986
San Miguel County D+43.2 D+44.8 D+1.6 4,256 4,329
Jefferson County D+4.8 D+6.9 D+2.1 311,052 328,882
Summit County D+24.6 D+27.6 D+3.0 15,312 16,174
Arapahoe County D+9.9 D+14.2 D+4.3 285,516 303,046
Denver County D+49.4 D+54.8 D+5.4 301,694 331,852
Eagle County D+14.9 D+20.3 D+5.4 22,668 25,223
Ouray County D+5.1 D+10.5 D+5.4 3,202 3,310
Boulder County D+41.9 D+48.3 D+6.4 179,499 188,142
Pitkin County D+38.0 D+45.5 D+7.5 10,075 10,523
Douglas County R+25.7 R+18.1 D+7.6 167,781 187,499
Broomfield County D+6.0 D+14.3 D+8.3 32,777 37,689

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