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Michigan 2012 vs 2016: county swing

78 of 83 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 12 changed hands.

Antrim County: swing R+8.4Barry County: swing R+15.1Branch County: swing R+19.8Clare County: swing R+27.0Clinton County: swing R+6.4Eaton County: swing R+7.8Gratiot County: swing R+21.7Houghton County: swing R+6.6Isabella County: swing R+13.0Kalamazoo County: swing R+0.5Keweenaw County: swing R+6.2Lake County: swing R+28.0Lenawee County: swing R+19.7Mackinac County: swing R+15.0Marquette County: swing R+9.8Mecosta County: swing R+16.2Midland County: swing R+3.8Montcalm County: swing R+25.2Newaygo County: swing R+22.2Osceola County: swing R+22.6Roscommon County: swing R+25.7Shiawassee County: swing R+23.3Washtenaw County: swing D+5.4Wexford County: swing R+21.1Alger County: swing R+17.8Allegan County: swing R+9.3Alpena County: swing R+23.2Bay County: swing R+18.1Benzie County: swing R+10.0Berrien County: swing R+6.3Cass County: swing R+17.1Cheboygan County: swing R+21.1Chippewa County: swing R+16.6Delta County: swing R+18.6Dickinson County: swing R+14.1Emmet County: swing R+2.3Gladwin County: swing R+27.6Ingham County: swing R+1.0Iosco County: swing R+25.0Jackson County: swing R+14.3Kalkaska County: swing R+23.7Kent County: swing D+4.6Lapeer County: swing R+26.9Livingston County: swing R+6.2Luce County: swing R+19.0Macomb County: swing R+15.6Manistee County: swing R+21.3Monroe County: swing R+23.0Iron County: swing R+19.4Oakland County: swing EvenOntonagon County: swing R+16.9Oscoda County: swing R+28.1Saginaw County: swing R+13.0St. Clair County: swing R+24.3Tuscola County: swing R+26.6Van Buren County: swing R+14.4Wayne County: swing R+9.4Calhoun County: swing R+14.1Crawford County: swing R+21.8Genesee County: swing R+18.8Hillsdale County: swing R+22.4Huron County: swing R+23.6Missaukee County: swing R+18.2Montmorency County: swing R+26.7Ogemaw County: swing R+30.2Otsego County: swing R+17.8St. Joseph County: swing R+18.7Alcona County: swing R+21.9Leelanau County: swing D+3.2Mason County: swing R+16.9Arenac County: swing R+28.4Menominee County: swing R+26.4Baraga County: swing R+20.3Charlevoix County: swing R+9.7Muskegon County: swing R+16.3Oceana County: swing R+17.0Ottawa County: swing D+3.8Presque Isle County: swing R+20.4Sanilac County: swing R+24.2Schoolcraft County: swing R+21.7Gogebic County: swing R+23.0Grand Traverse County: swing R+0.7Ionia County: swing R+18.0
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122016SwingVotes 2012Votes 2016
Ogemaw County R+6.3 R+36.5 R+30.2 10,361 10,387
Arenac County R+4.9 R+33.3 R+28.4 7,841 7,696
Oscoda County R+16.1 R+44.2 R+28.1 4,042 4,073
Lake County flipped D+5.1 R+22.9 R+28.0 5,287 5,328
Gladwin County R+7.1 R+34.7 R+27.6 12,583 12,472
Clare County R+4.8 R+31.8 R+27.0 13,504 13,389
Lapeer County R+11.4 R+38.3 R+26.9 43,115 45,183
Montmorency County R+17.4 R+44.1 R+26.7 5,051 5,009
Tuscola County R+10.9 R+37.5 R+26.6 26,003 25,796
Menominee County R+2.9 R+29.3 R+26.4 10,923 10,768
Roscommon County R+3.8 R+29.5 R+25.7 13,032 13,041
Montcalm County R+8.7 R+33.9 R+25.2 25,431 26,609
Iosco County R+5.0 R+30.0 R+25.0 13,344 13,361
St. Clair County R+7.1 R+31.4 R+24.3 74,181 78,003
Sanilac County R+20.4 R+44.6 R+24.2 18,369 19,249
Kalkaska County R+19.7 R+43.4 R+23.7 8,299 8,833
Huron County R+14.8 R+38.4 R+23.6 15,484 15,917
Shiawassee County flipped D+3.7 R+19.6 R+23.3 33,679 34,111
Alpena County R+5.4 R+28.6 R+23.2 14,014 14,698
Gogebic County flipped D+8.1 R+14.9 R+23.0 7,576 7,329
Monroe County flipped D+0.9 R+22.1 R+23.0 72,853 74,218
Osceola County R+21.0 R+43.6 R+22.6 10,278 10,609
Hillsdale County R+24.2 R+46.6 R+22.4 19,100 19,940
Newaygo County R+17.4 R+39.6 R+22.2 21,478 22,640
Alcona County R+18.0 R+39.9 R+21.9 6,104 6,198
Crawford County R+11.0 R+32.8 R+21.8 6,814 6,844
Gratiot County R+3.9 R+25.6 R+21.7 16,035 16,465
Schoolcraft County R+6.8 R+28.5 R+21.7 4,048 4,154
Manistee County flipped D+5.9 R+15.4 R+21.3 12,402 12,599
Cheboygan County R+10.9 R+32.0 R+21.1 13,311 13,672
Wexford County R+15.3 R+36.4 R+21.1 14,853 15,298
Presque Isle County R+8.5 R+28.9 R+20.4 7,080 7,218
Baraga County R+8.4 R+28.7 R+20.3 3,490 3,490
Branch County R+18.2 R+38.0 R+19.8 17,147 17,663
Lenawee County R+1.3 R+21.0 R+19.7 44,724 45,939
Iron County R+8.9 R+28.3 R+19.4 5,988 5,910
Luce County R+22.7 R+41.7 R+19.0 2,596 2,579
Genesee County D+28.2 D+9.4 R+18.8 202,933 196,296
St. Joseph County R+12.3 R+31.0 R+18.7 23,341 23,757
Delta County R+6.7 R+25.3 R+18.6 18,050 18,492
Missaukee County R+34.0 R+52.2 R+18.2 7,027 7,317
Bay County flipped D+5.5 R+12.6 R+18.1 53,381 52,977
Ionia County R+12.8 R+30.8 R+18.0 25,761 26,854
Alger County R+2.6 R+20.4 R+17.8 4,618 4,518
Otsego County R+19.7 R+37.5 R+17.8 11,832 12,538
Cass County R+13.7 R+30.8 R+17.1 22,490 22,595
Oceana County R+10.3 R+27.3 R+17.0 11,450 11,930
Mason County R+5.0 R+21.9 R+16.9 14,604 14,685
Ontonagon County R+9.1 R+26.0 R+16.9 3,539 3,426
Chippewa County R+7.6 R+24.2 R+16.6 15,564 15,456
Muskegon County D+17.8 D+1.5 R+16.3 76,163 78,088
Mecosta County R+9.9 R+26.1 R+16.2 16,913 17,168
Macomb County flipped D+4.0 R+11.6 R+15.6 404,086 419,312
Barry County R+18.1 R+33.2 R+15.1 28,512 30,329
Mackinac County R+12.2 R+27.2 R+15.0 6,099 6,097
Van Buren County flipped D+0.4 R+14.0 R+14.4 32,837 33,274
Jackson County R+5.8 R+20.1 R+14.3 69,446 69,677
Calhoun County flipped D+1.6 R+12.5 R+14.1 58,327 58,902
Dickinson County R+21.3 R+35.4 R+14.1 12,810 13,165
Isabella County flipped D+9.3 R+3.7 R+13.0 24,119 25,392
Saginaw County flipped D+11.9 R+1.1 R+13.0 98,062 94,320
Benzie County R+4.0 R+14.0 R+10.0 9,901 10,228
Marquette County D+14.0 D+4.2 R+9.8 32,194 32,976
Charlevoix County R+14.6 R+24.3 R+9.7 14,090 14,589
Wayne County D+46.8 D+37.4 R+9.4 815,825 777,838
Allegan County R+19.6 R+28.9 R+9.3 52,619 55,786
Antrim County R+21.3 R+29.7 R+8.4 13,195 13,582
Eaton County flipped D+3.1 R+4.7 R+7.8 54,788 56,221
Houghton County R+9.1 R+15.7 R+6.6 15,282 15,624
Clinton County R+6.2 R+12.6 R+6.4 39,235 40,655
Berrien County R+6.5 R+12.8 R+6.3 72,497 72,031
Keweenaw County R+13.8 R+20.0 R+6.2 1,392 1,434
Livingston County R+23.3 R+29.5 R+6.2 98,337 105,866
Midland County R+15.5 R+19.3 R+3.8 41,754 42,506
Emmet County R+17.1 R+19.4 R+2.3 17,709 18,802
Ingham County D+27.8 D+26.8 R+1.0 127,910 131,138
Grand Traverse County R+11.8 R+12.5 R+0.7 47,999 51,589
Kalamazoo County D+13.3 D+12.8 R+0.5 123,178 126,299
Oakland County D+8.1 D+8.1 Even 651,607 664,614
Leelanau County R+6.4 R+3.2 D+3.2 14,176 14,757
Ottawa County R+34.3 R+30.5 D+3.8 132,312 142,734
Kent County R+7.7 R+3.1 D+4.6 292,985 308,184
Washtenaw County D+35.9 D+41.3 D+5.4 179,592 188,578

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