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Nebraska 2012 vs 2016: county swing

89 of 93 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 3 changed hands.

Merrick County: swing R+17.3Nance County: swing R+22.4Perkins County: swing R+9.2Phelps County: swing R+13.0Richardson County: swing R+18.2Seward County: swing R+11.4Sherman County: swing R+27.1Thomas County: swing R+3.2Wheeler County: swing R+12.0Antelope County: swing R+9.6Blaine County: swing D+1.6Butler County: swing R+16.8Clay County: swing R+11.0Colfax County: swing R+5.9Dawson County: swing R+3.1Dodge County: swing R+13.0Frontier County: swing R+15.6Gosper County: swing R+11.0Hayes County: swing R+7.7Howard County: swing R+24.6Johnson County: swing R+17.3McPherson County: swing R+17.4Rock County: swing R+5.4Saline County: swing R+19.5Saunders County: swing R+13.4Sheridan County: swing R+8.1Thayer County: swing R+14.6Thurston County: swing R+20.0Webster County: swing R+13.4Banner County: swing R+14.8Boone County: swing R+11.5Box Butte County: swing R+29.5Buffalo County: swing R+4.9Cass County: swing R+12.8Chase County: swing R+7.1Cheyenne County: swing R+12.6Cuming County: swing R+13.1Dawes County: swing R+13.5Dixon County: swing R+21.3Dundy County: swing R+14.5Garfield County: swing R+5.9Grant County: swing R+7.6Hall County: swing R+10.1Hamilton County: swing R+8.4Harlan County: swing R+9.5Hitchcock County: swing R+12.7Kearney County: swing R+11.2Keith County: swing R+14.4Kimball County: swing R+16.5Lancaster County: swing D+0.5Loup County: swing R+7.9Madison County: swing R+8.4Nuckolls County: swing R+16.8Pawnee County: swing R+15.4Platte County: swing R+7.2Morrill County: swing R+13.3Nemaha County: swing R+15.1Polk County: swing R+7.8Sarpy County: swing D+1.4Stanton County: swing R+13.4Wayne County: swing R+10.6York County: swing R+0.6Adams County: swing R+11.3Arthur County: swing R+7.9Brown County: swing R+8.2Cedar County: swing R+14.1Custer County: swing R+14.1Fillmore County: swing R+10.2Garden County: swing R+13.3Greeley County: swing R+19.6Holt County: swing R+13.4Knox County: swing R+15.2Pierce County: swing R+14.0Red Willow County: swing R+10.9Scotts Bluff County: swing R+11.3Sioux County: swing R+2.3Valley County: swing R+13.0Washington County: swing R+8.1Boyd County: swing R+10.6Burt County: swing R+18.7Cherry County: swing R+5.3Dakota County: swing R+18.1Deuel County: swing R+16.3Douglas County: swing D+5.4Franklin County: swing R+18.6Gage County: swing R+18.1Otoe County: swing R+14.3Hooker County: swing R+7.2Jefferson County: swing R+17.1Keya Paha County: swing R+16.4Lincoln County: swing R+17.8Logan County: swing R+14.8Furnas County: swing R+8.9
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122016SwingVotes 2012Votes 2016
Box Butte County R+25.2 R+54.7 R+29.5 4,681 4,848
Sherman County R+24.7 R+51.8 R+27.1 1,520 1,562
Howard County R+34.2 R+58.8 R+24.6 2,856 2,958
Nance County R+38.7 R+61.1 R+22.4 1,617 1,604
Dixon County R+32.8 R+54.1 R+21.3 2,664 2,744
Thurston County flipped D+14.0 R+6.0 R+20.0 2,207 2,067
Greeley County R+40.6 R+60.2 R+19.6 1,181 1,166
Saline County R+5.5 R+25.0 R+19.5 4,928 5,073
Burt County R+22.0 R+40.7 R+18.7 3,367 3,533
Franklin County R+47.5 R+66.1 R+18.6 1,532 1,658
Richardson County R+33.5 R+51.7 R+18.2 3,727 3,773
Dakota County R+2.8 R+20.9 R+18.1 6,116 6,209
Gage County R+16.7 R+34.8 R+18.1 9,633 9,911
Lincoln County R+40.4 R+58.2 R+17.8 15,553 15,895
McPherson County R+67.6 R+85.0 R+17.4 290 286
Johnson County R+21.1 R+38.4 R+17.3 2,059 2,062
Merrick County R+45.1 R+62.4 R+17.3 3,475 3,722
Jefferson County R+28.2 R+45.3 R+17.1 3,436 3,448
Butler County R+44.0 R+60.8 R+16.8 3,845 3,926
Nuckolls County R+46.0 R+62.8 R+16.8 2,186 2,187
Kimball County R+49.9 R+66.4 R+16.5 1,682 1,656
Keya Paha County R+64.9 R+81.3 R+16.4 482 517
Deuel County R+54.2 R+70.5 R+16.3 1,012 977
Frontier County R+56.6 R+72.2 R+15.6 1,299 1,315
Pawnee County R+37.3 R+52.7 R+15.4 1,337 1,318
Knox County R+45.4 R+60.6 R+15.2 4,026 4,074
Nemaha County R+27.7 R+42.8 R+15.1 3,201 3,108
Banner County R+71.2 R+86.0 R+14.8 409 393
Logan County R+66.8 R+81.6 R+14.8 431 451
Thayer County R+43.2 R+57.8 R+14.6 2,652 2,684
Dundy County R+62.8 R+77.3 R+14.5 982 949
Keith County R+52.3 R+66.7 R+14.4 4,043 3,995
Otoe County R+24.4 R+38.7 R+14.3 6,956 7,318
Cedar County R+53.8 R+67.9 R+14.1 4,313 4,358
Custer County R+58.6 R+72.7 R+14.1 5,480 5,579
Pierce County R+60.6 R+74.6 R+14.0 3,414 3,580
Dawes County R+36.3 R+49.8 R+13.5 3,711 3,676
Holt County R+61.9 R+75.3 R+13.4 4,911 5,074
Saunders County R+33.7 R+47.1 R+13.4 10,277 10,690
Stanton County R+50.7 R+64.1 R+13.4 2,634 2,762
Webster County R+47.0 R+60.4 R+13.4 1,737 1,697
Garden County R+54.0 R+67.3 R+13.3 1,088 1,063
Morrill County R+56.2 R+69.5 R+13.3 2,180 2,184
Cuming County R+46.6 R+59.7 R+13.1 3,962 4,024
Dodge County R+22.3 R+35.3 R+13.0 14,903 15,263
Phelps County R+57.7 R+70.7 R+13.0 4,362 4,629
Valley County R+53.0 R+66.0 R+13.0 2,187 2,184
Cass County R+26.3 R+39.1 R+12.8 12,127 12,707
Hitchcock County R+60.6 R+73.3 R+12.7 1,492 1,461
Cheyenne County R+51.2 R+63.8 R+12.6 4,624 4,635
Wheeler County R+56.5 R+68.5 R+12.0 446 460
Boone County R+54.3 R+65.8 R+11.5 2,801 2,867
Seward County R+34.8 R+46.2 R+11.4 7,528 7,750
Adams County R+33.8 R+45.1 R+11.3 12,604 13,294
Scotts Bluff County R+37.4 R+48.7 R+11.3 14,229 14,092
Kearney County R+49.7 R+60.9 R+11.2 3,176 3,255
Clay County R+53.2 R+64.2 R+11.0 2,941 3,030
Gosper County R+51.6 R+62.6 R+11.0 977 1,004
Red Willow County R+59.7 R+70.6 R+10.9 4,916 5,120
Boyd County R+63.9 R+74.5 R+10.6 1,071 1,147
Wayne County R+38.7 R+49.3 R+10.6 3,659 3,765
Fillmore County R+41.9 R+52.1 R+10.2 2,864 2,915
Hall County R+27.3 R+37.4 R+10.1 20,152 21,777
Antelope County R+62.9 R+72.5 R+9.6 3,221 3,239
Harlan County R+58.7 R+68.2 R+9.5 1,775 1,819
Perkins County R+64.3 R+73.5 R+9.2 1,394 1,437
Furnas County R+60.8 R+69.7 R+8.9 2,232 2,321
Hamilton County R+50.6 R+59.0 R+8.4 4,852 4,928
Madison County R+47.6 R+56.0 R+8.4 13,828 14,134
Brown County R+69.5 R+77.7 R+8.2 1,550 1,584
Sheridan County R+66.3 R+74.4 R+8.1 2,462 2,586
Washington County R+37.0 R+45.1 R+8.1 10,193 10,657
Arthur County R+75.5 R+83.4 R+7.9 261 272
Loup County R+64.1 R+72.0 R+7.9 356 382
Polk County R+55.6 R+63.4 R+7.8 2,451 2,549
Hayes County R+78.8 R+86.5 R+7.7 539 511
Grant County R+80.4 R+88.0 R+7.6 363 394
Hooker County R+68.8 R+76.0 R+7.2 394 414
Platte County R+51.5 R+58.7 R+7.2 13,409 14,192
Chase County R+71.5 R+78.6 R+7.1 1,862 1,879
Colfax County R+35.4 R+41.3 R+5.9 3,063 3,174
Garfield County R+66.2 R+72.1 R+5.9 937 970
Rock County R+72.3 R+77.7 R+5.4 787 794
Cherry County R+69.5 R+74.8 R+5.3 3,052 3,082
Buffalo County R+42.4 R+47.3 R+4.9 19,355 20,733
Thomas County R+77.9 R+81.1 R+3.2 408 387
Dawson County R+41.8 R+44.9 R+3.1 7,814 8,559
Sioux County R+71.1 R+73.4 R+2.3 736 729
York County R+55.3 R+55.9 R+0.6 6,328 6,283
Lancaster County flipped R+0.3 D+0.2 D+0.5 126,621 132,569
Sarpy County R+23.2 R+21.8 D+1.4 71,139 78,694
Blaine County R+79.4 R+77.8 D+1.6 301 316
Douglas County flipped R+3.0 D+2.4 D+5.4 222,828 235,159

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