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Wisconsin 2012 vs 2016: county swing

68 of 72 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 23 changed hands.

Door County: swing R+10.3Dunn County: swing R+16.1Fond du Lac County: swing R+11.6Green County: swing R+15.0La Crosse County: swing R+7.7Lincoln County: swing R+21.5Marathon County: swing R+12.0Monroe County: swing R+21.1Polk County: swing R+18.5Richland County: swing R+21.6Shawano County: swing R+23.9Washburn County: swing R+20.9Wood County: swing R+16.3Ashland County: swing R+19.2Barron County: swing R+22.9Bayfield County: swing R+16.1Chippewa County: swing R+18.9Dane County: swing D+4.4Racine County: swing R+7.9Rusk County: swing R+30.0Sauk County: swing R+18.9Sawyer County: swing R+19.1Taylor County: swing R+25.1Vernon County: swing R+19.2Vilas County: swing R+12.2Waukesha County: swing D+7.6Winnebago County: swing R+11.2Buffalo County: swing R+24.8Burnett County: swing R+21.7Clark County: swing R+23.6Columbia County: swing R+15.8Crawford County: swing R+25.4Calumet County: swing R+10.0Dodge County: swing R+14.9Jackson County: swing R+26.8Langlade County: swing R+20.1Menominee County: swing R+17.3Outagamie County: swing R+10.8Price County: swing R+25.0St. Croix County: swing R+6.5Trempealeau County: swing R+26.8Waupaca County: swing R+11.0Eau Claire County: swing R+6.2Florence County: swing R+20.1Forest County: swing R+32.3Grant County: swing R+23.3Green Lake County: swing R+17.0Iowa County: swing R+15.2Jefferson County: swing R+8.5Juneau County: swing R+33.2Kenosha County: swing R+12.6Lafayette County: swing R+24.3Marinette County: swing R+29.5Marquette County: swing R+24.4Oconto County: swing R+27.3Oneida County: swing R+16.8Pepin County: swing R+25.3Pierce County: swing R+12.8Portage County: swing R+10.7Kewaunee County: swing R+22.4Douglas County: swing R+23.6Iron County: swing R+23.0Manitowoc County: swing R+18.8Milwaukee County: swing D+1.3Ozaukee County: swing D+11.2Washington County: swing R+0.1Adams County: swing R+30.8Rock County: swing R+12.8Sheboygan County: swing R+6.3Walworth County: swing R+7.5Brown County: swing R+9.0Waushara County: swing R+22.1
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122016SwingVotes 2012Votes 2016
Juneau County flipped D+7.0 R+26.2 R+33.2 11,827 11,665
Forest County flipped D+5.5 R+26.8 R+32.3 4,648 4,519
Adams County flipped D+8.8 R+22.0 R+30.8 10,287 10,078
Rusk County R+3.9 R+33.9 R+30.0 7,191 7,067
Marinette County R+3.5 R+33.0 R+29.5 20,777 20,343
Oconto County R+9.5 R+36.8 R+27.3 19,859 20,137
Jackson County flipped D+15.0 R+11.8 R+26.8 9,313 9,220
Trempealeau County flipped D+14.1 R+12.7 R+26.8 13,481 13,619
Crawford County flipped D+20.0 R+5.4 R+25.4 7,817 7,685
Pepin County flipped D+2.2 R+23.1 R+25.3 3,699 3,735
Taylor County R+19.3 R+44.4 R+25.1 9,512 9,426
Price County flipped Even R+25.0 R+25.0 7,901 7,568
Buffalo County flipped D+2.9 R+21.9 R+24.8 7,039 6,927
Marquette County flipped D+0.2 R+24.2 R+24.4 8,105 7,845
Lafayette County flipped D+15.3 R+9.0 R+24.3 7,952 7,618
Shawano County R+10.0 R+33.9 R+23.9 20,279 19,810
Clark County R+9.0 R+32.6 R+23.6 13,801 13,607
Douglas County D+31.2 D+7.6 R+23.6 22,894 22,261
Grant County flipped D+13.8 R+9.5 R+23.3 24,248 24,103
Iron County R+0.2 R+23.2 R+23.0 3,632 3,480
Barron County R+2.4 R+25.3 R+22.9 22,692 22,607
Kewaunee County R+5.4 R+27.8 R+22.4 11,037 10,767
Waushara County R+10.2 R+32.3 R+22.1 12,048 12,001
Burnett County R+6.5 R+28.2 R+21.7 8,677 8,738
Richland County flipped D+16.1 R+5.5 R+21.6 8,655 8,009
Lincoln County flipped D+0.7 R+20.8 R+21.5 15,216 14,580
Monroe County R+0.9 R+22.0 R+21.1 19,485 19,530
Washburn County R+2.7 R+23.6 R+20.9 9,287 9,134
Florence County R+26.4 R+46.5 R+20.1 2,625 2,656
Langlade County R+11.8 R+31.9 R+20.1 10,519 10,143
Ashland County D+30.8 D+11.6 R+19.2 8,372 7,937
Vernon County flipped D+14.8 R+4.4 R+19.2 14,269 14,228
Sawyer County flipped D+0.5 R+18.6 R+19.1 9,025 9,038
Chippewa County R+0.2 R+19.1 R+18.9 30,932 31,568
Sauk County flipped D+18.5 R+0.4 R+18.9 31,927 31,357
Manitowoc County R+2.8 R+21.6 R+18.8 42,617 40,188
Polk County R+9.0 R+27.5 R+18.5 22,573 22,667
Menominee County D+73.5 D+56.2 R+17.3 1,377 1,308
Green Lake County R+20.6 R+37.6 R+17.0 9,675 9,358
Oneida County R+2.1 R+18.9 R+16.8 21,652 21,374
Wood County R+2.9 R+19.2 R+16.3 38,900 37,818
Bayfield County D+24.8 D+8.7 R+16.1 9,788 9,527
Dunn County flipped D+5.0 R+11.1 R+16.1 21,992 22,106
Columbia County flipped D+13.6 R+2.2 R+15.8 30,546 29,407
Iowa County D+30.5 D+15.3 R+15.2 12,534 12,146
Green County D+17.3 D+2.3 R+15.0 19,322 18,841
Dodge County R+14.5 R+29.4 R+14.9 44,488 43,078
Pierce County R+0.8 R+13.6 R+12.8 21,020 21,205
Rock County D+23.2 D+10.4 R+12.8 80,690 75,237
Kenosha County flipped D+12.3 R+0.3 R+12.6 80,897 76,304
Vilas County R+13.0 R+25.2 R+12.2 13,842 13,482
Marathon County R+6.1 R+18.1 R+12.0 69,862 69,039
Fond du Lac County R+14.9 R+26.5 R+11.6 53,402 51,333
Winnebago County flipped D+3.8 R+7.4 R+11.2 89,173 86,227
Waupaca County R+18.9 R+29.9 R+11.0 28,840 25,925
Outagamie County R+1.8 R+12.6 R+10.8 94,596 93,933
Portage County D+13.9 D+3.2 R+10.7 39,337 38,252
Door County flipped D+7.0 R+3.3 R+10.3 17,671 17,443
Calumet County R+11.5 R+21.5 R+10.0 26,420 26,595
Brown County R+1.8 R+10.8 R+9.0 128,928 127,858
Jefferson County R+7.6 R+16.1 R+8.5 44,281 42,665
Racine County flipped D+3.6 R+4.3 R+7.9 103,364 94,302
La Crosse County D+17.2 D+9.5 R+7.7 63,462 63,003
Walworth County R+12.4 R+19.9 R+7.5 52,303 50,890
St. Croix County R+12.1 R+18.6 R+6.5 46,225 47,106
Sheboygan County R+9.8 R+16.1 R+6.3 62,651 59,220
Eau Claire County D+13.6 D+7.4 R+6.2 54,806 54,449
Washington County R+40.1 R+40.2 R+0.1 78,742 76,757
Milwaukee County D+36.0 D+37.3 D+1.3 492,576 436,446
Dane County D+43.5 D+47.9 D+4.4 304,181 305,952
Waukesha County R+34.5 R+26.9 D+7.6 243,856 235,059
Ozaukee County R+30.3 R+19.1 D+11.2 55,817 53,880

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