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North Dakota 2012 vs 2016: county swing

53 of 53 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 4 changed hands.

Billings County: swing R+5.7Cavalier County: swing R+25.6Foster County: swing R+26.9Grand Forks County: swing R+14.6LaMoure County: swing R+16.5Mountrail County: swing R+17.0Ransom County: swing R+29.6Rolette County: swing R+26.2Steele County: swing R+19.7Wells County: swing R+16.6Benson County: swing R+21.4Bottineau County: swing R+19.5Cass County: swing R+7.6Eddy County: swing R+22.7Emmons County: swing R+17.9Grant County: swing R+17.9Griggs County: swing R+25.9Kidder County: swing R+31.8Logan County: swing R+18.6McKenzie County: swing R+19.4Morton County: swing R+21.1Nelson County: swing R+22.7Oliver County: swing R+29.2Pembina County: swing R+28.6Ramsey County: swing R+22.2Renville County: swing R+25.8Sargent County: swing R+29.5Stark County: swing R+16.0Stutsman County: swing R+19.6Traill County: swing R+21.3Ward County: swing R+16.3Barnes County: swing R+18.9Burke County: swing R+21.1Dunn County: swing R+14.0Hettinger County: swing R+17.6McLean County: swing R+22.5Pierce County: swing R+11.6Slope County: swing R+15.2Towner County: swing R+28.0Burleigh County: swing R+13.2Dickey County: swing R+16.4Divide County: swing R+21.0Golden Valley County: swing R+10.4McHenry County: swing R+28.2McIntosh County: swing R+22.2Mercer County: swing R+22.4Richland County: swing R+22.1Sioux County: swing R+18.6Walsh County: swing R+25.9Williams County: swing R+15.6Adams County: swing R+11.0Bowman County: swing R+18.3Sheridan County: swing R+12.2
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122016SwingVotes 2012Votes 2016
Kidder County R+35.9 R+67.7 R+31.8 1,328 1,376
Ransom County flipped D+13.8 R+15.8 R+29.6 2,425 2,359
Sargent County flipped D+9.8 R+19.7 R+29.5 2,007 1,997
Oliver County R+40.7 R+69.9 R+29.2 1,013 1,017
Pembina County R+19.8 R+48.4 R+28.6 3,255 3,153
McHenry County R+27.1 R+55.3 R+28.2 2,712 2,820
Towner County R+9.0 R+37.0 R+28.0 1,182 1,157
Foster County R+25.1 R+52.0 R+26.9 1,682 1,719
Rolette County D+49.7 D+23.5 R+26.2 4,552 3,755
Griggs County R+17.5 R+43.4 R+25.9 1,343 1,265
Walsh County R+13.5 R+39.4 R+25.9 5,096 4,636
Renville County R+35.5 R+61.3 R+25.8 1,278 1,293
Cavalier County R+18.3 R+43.9 R+25.6 2,069 2,006
Eddy County R+12.8 R+35.5 R+22.7 1,157 1,231
Nelson County R+5.8 R+28.5 R+22.7 1,678 1,717
McLean County R+29.8 R+52.3 R+22.5 4,938 5,315
Mercer County R+44.6 R+67.0 R+22.4 4,455 4,682
McIntosh County R+37.6 R+59.8 R+22.2 1,530 1,446
Ramsey County R+10.0 R+32.2 R+22.2 4,999 5,305
Richland County R+13.5 R+35.6 R+22.1 7,613 7,592
Benson County flipped D+17.1 R+4.3 R+21.4 2,157 2,011
Traill County R+4.7 R+26.0 R+21.3 3,921 3,933
Burke County R+52.7 R+73.8 R+21.1 1,023 1,052
Morton County R+31.0 R+52.1 R+21.1 13,613 15,832
Divide County R+30.0 R+51.0 R+21.0 1,162 1,219
Steele County flipped D+1.9 R+17.8 R+19.7 1,042 999
Stutsman County R+22.0 R+41.6 R+19.6 9,558 10,155
Bottineau County R+30.8 R+50.3 R+19.5 3,555 3,494
McKenzie County R+44.3 R+63.7 R+19.4 3,451 4,672
Barnes County R+10.3 R+29.2 R+18.9 5,522 5,344
Logan County R+53.9 R+72.5 R+18.6 1,073 1,067
Sioux County D+59.0 D+40.4 R+18.6 1,144 1,232
Bowman County R+49.9 R+68.2 R+18.3 1,737 1,787
Emmons County R+55.9 R+73.8 R+17.9 1,884 1,981
Grant County R+48.9 R+66.8 R+17.9 1,413 1,381
Hettinger County R+50.4 R+68.0 R+17.6 1,362 1,296
Mountrail County R+16.2 R+33.2 R+17.0 3,457 4,106
Wells County R+41.2 R+57.8 R+16.6 2,379 2,383
LaMoure County R+29.1 R+45.6 R+16.5 2,194 2,151
Dickey County R+29.9 R+46.3 R+16.4 2,535 2,407
Ward County R+30.5 R+46.8 R+16.3 25,463 27,412
Stark County R+49.0 R+65.0 R+16.0 11,633 12,322
Williams County R+49.5 R+65.1 R+15.6 9,808 12,807
Slope County R+59.0 R+74.2 R+15.2 437 430
Grand Forks County R+3.5 R+18.1 R+14.6 30,029 30,365
Dunn County R+49.0 R+63.0 R+14.0 2,034 2,243
Burleigh County R+31.9 R+45.1 R+13.2 43,387 47,979
Sheridan County R+58.3 R+70.5 R+12.2 822 787
Pierce County R+37.0 R+48.6 R+11.6 2,178 2,071
Adams County R+45.9 R+56.9 R+11.0 1,286 1,218
Golden Valley County R+62.5 R+72.9 R+10.4 928 957
Cass County R+2.9 R+10.5 R+7.6 73,855 80,821
Billings County R+66.3 R+72.0 R+5.7 578 605

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