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Nebraska 2012 vs 2020: county swing

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

Merrick County: swing R+17.7Nance County: swing R+20.3Perkins County: swing R+8.4Phelps County: swing R+10.3Richardson County: swing R+16.9Seward County: swing R+9.5Sherman County: swing R+33.0Thomas County: swing D+0.1Wheeler County: swing R+19.0Antelope County: swing R+10.8Blaine County: swing D+2.1Butler County: swing R+15.3Clay County: swing R+9.0Colfax County: swing R+7.9Dawson County: swing R+2.1Dodge County: swing R+9.9Frontier County: swing R+15.6Gosper County: swing R+9.1Hayes County: swing R+7.3Howard County: swing R+26.9Johnson County: swing R+18.0McPherson County: swing R+17.9Rock County: swing R+6.2Saline County: swing R+23.0Saunders County: swing R+11.6Sheridan County: swing R+6.8Thayer County: swing R+13.3Thurston County: swing R+16.5Webster County: swing R+15.6Banner County: swing R+6.6Boone County: swing R+12.7Box Butte County: swing R+31.7Buffalo County: swing R+1.2Cass County: swing R+8.9Chase County: swing R+4.5Cheyenne County: swing R+10.9Cuming County: swing R+12.7Dawes County: swing R+8.5Dixon County: swing R+21.8Dundy County: swing R+15.1Garfield County: swing R+8.2Grant County: swing R+7.9Hall County: swing R+7.6Hamilton County: swing R+7.1Harlan County: swing R+10.5Hitchcock County: swing R+13.5Kearney County: swing R+9.1Keith County: swing R+11.4Kimball County: swing R+19.2Lancaster County: swing D+8.1Loup County: swing R+0.9Madison County: swing R+6.0Nuckolls County: swing R+16.8Pawnee County: swing R+15.1Platte County: swing R+5.5Morrill County: swing R+11.3Nemaha County: swing R+16.3Polk County: swing R+5.6Sarpy County: swing D+12.0Stanton County: swing R+13.5Wayne County: swing R+9.7York County: swing D+3.4Adams County: swing R+6.4Arthur County: swing R+8.6Brown County: swing R+6.7Cedar County: swing R+15.2Custer County: swing R+13.2Fillmore County: swing R+11.3Garden County: swing R+17.5Greeley County: swing R+22.0Holt County: swing R+11.8Knox County: swing R+14.5Pierce County: swing R+13.8Red Willow County: swing R+8.4Scotts Bluff County: swing R+6.3Sioux County: swing R+7.1Valley County: swing R+10.6Washington County: swing R+3.5Boyd County: swing R+12.0Burt County: swing R+18.7Cherry County: swing R+6.2Dakota County: swing R+14.6Deuel County: swing R+16.5Douglas County: swing D+14.4Franklin County: swing R+19.9Gage County: swing R+20.0Otoe County: swing R+13.6Hooker County: swing R+3.0Jefferson County: swing R+14.9Keya Paha County: swing R+15.8Lincoln County: swing R+14.4Logan County: swing R+15.2Furnas County: swing R+7.1
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122020SwingVotes 2012Votes 2020
Sherman County R+24.7 R+57.7 R+33.0 1,520 1,698
Box Butte County R+25.2 R+56.9 R+31.7 4,681 5,181
Howard County R+34.2 R+61.1 R+26.9 2,856 3,501
Saline County R+5.5 R+28.5 R+23.0 4,928 5,770
Greeley County R+40.6 R+62.6 R+22.0 1,181 1,258
Dixon County R+32.8 R+54.6 R+21.8 2,664 3,083
Nance County R+38.7 R+59.0 R+20.3 1,617 1,828
Gage County R+16.7 R+36.7 R+20.0 9,633 11,068
Franklin County R+47.5 R+67.4 R+19.9 1,532 1,724
Kimball County R+49.9 R+69.1 R+19.2 1,682 1,874
Wheeler County R+56.5 R+75.5 R+19.0 446 502
Burt County R+22.0 R+40.7 R+18.7 3,367 3,731
Johnson County R+21.1 R+39.1 R+18.0 2,059 2,229
McPherson County R+67.6 R+85.5 R+17.9 290 302
Merrick County R+45.1 R+62.8 R+17.7 3,475 4,257
Garden County R+54.0 R+71.5 R+17.5 1,088 1,195
Richardson County R+33.5 R+50.4 R+16.9 3,727 4,126
Nuckolls County R+46.0 R+62.8 R+16.8 2,186 2,303
Deuel County R+54.2 R+70.7 R+16.5 1,012 1,032
Thurston County flipped D+14.0 R+2.5 R+16.5 2,207 2,325
Nemaha County R+27.7 R+44.0 R+16.3 3,201 3,423
Keya Paha County R+64.9 R+80.7 R+15.8 482 529
Frontier County R+56.6 R+72.2 R+15.6 1,299 1,440
Webster County R+47.0 R+62.6 R+15.6 1,737 1,876
Butler County R+44.0 R+59.3 R+15.3 3,845 4,498
Cedar County R+53.8 R+69.0 R+15.2 4,313 4,996
Logan County R+66.8 R+82.0 R+15.2 431 450
Dundy County R+62.8 R+77.9 R+15.1 982 999
Pawnee County R+37.3 R+52.4 R+15.1 1,337 1,429
Jefferson County R+28.2 R+43.1 R+14.9 3,436 3,716
Dakota County R+2.8 R+17.4 R+14.6 6,116 6,794
Knox County R+45.4 R+59.9 R+14.5 4,026 4,697
Lincoln County R+40.4 R+54.8 R+14.4 15,553 17,107
Pierce County R+60.6 R+74.4 R+13.8 3,414 4,006
Otoe County R+24.4 R+38.0 R+13.6 6,956 8,315
Hitchcock County R+60.6 R+74.1 R+13.5 1,492 1,469
Stanton County R+50.7 R+64.2 R+13.5 2,634 3,161
Thayer County R+43.2 R+56.5 R+13.3 2,652 2,980
Custer County R+58.6 R+71.8 R+13.2 5,480 5,993
Boone County R+54.3 R+67.0 R+12.7 2,801 3,217
Cuming County R+46.6 R+59.3 R+12.7 3,962 4,451
Boyd County R+63.9 R+75.9 R+12.0 1,071 1,153
Holt County R+61.9 R+73.7 R+11.8 4,911 5,537
Saunders County R+33.7 R+45.3 R+11.6 10,277 12,735
Keith County R+52.3 R+63.7 R+11.4 4,043 4,364
Fillmore County R+41.9 R+53.2 R+11.3 2,864 3,134
Morrill County R+56.2 R+67.5 R+11.3 2,180 2,557
Cheyenne County R+51.2 R+62.1 R+10.9 4,624 4,765
Antelope County R+62.9 R+73.7 R+10.8 3,221 3,583
Valley County R+53.0 R+63.6 R+10.6 2,187 2,340
Harlan County R+58.7 R+69.2 R+10.5 1,775 1,928
Phelps County R+57.7 R+68.0 R+10.3 4,362 5,009
Dodge County R+22.3 R+32.2 R+9.9 14,903 16,876
Wayne County R+38.7 R+48.4 R+9.7 3,659 4,200
Seward County R+34.8 R+44.3 R+9.5 7,528 9,142
Gosper County R+51.6 R+60.7 R+9.1 977 1,118
Kearney County R+49.7 R+58.8 R+9.1 3,176 3,604
Clay County R+53.2 R+62.2 R+9.0 2,941 3,558
Cass County R+26.3 R+35.2 R+8.9 12,127 15,284
Arthur County R+75.5 R+84.1 R+8.6 261 284
Dawes County R+36.3 R+44.8 R+8.5 3,711 4,121
Perkins County R+64.3 R+72.7 R+8.4 1,394 1,544
Red Willow County R+59.7 R+68.1 R+8.4 4,916 5,452
Garfield County R+66.2 R+74.4 R+8.2 937 1,075
Colfax County R+35.4 R+43.3 R+7.9 3,063 3,717
Grant County R+80.4 R+88.3 R+7.9 363 402
Hall County R+27.3 R+34.9 R+7.6 20,152 24,374
Hayes County R+78.8 R+86.1 R+7.3 539 534
Furnas County R+60.8 R+67.9 R+7.1 2,232 2,601
Hamilton County R+50.6 R+57.7 R+7.1 4,852 5,533
Sioux County R+71.1 R+78.2 R+7.1 736 729
Sheridan County R+66.3 R+73.1 R+6.8 2,462 2,672
Brown County R+69.5 R+76.2 R+6.7 1,550 1,679
Banner County R+71.2 R+77.8 R+6.6 409 410
Adams County R+33.8 R+40.2 R+6.4 12,604 14,602
Scotts Bluff County R+37.4 R+43.7 R+6.3 14,229 15,469
Cherry County R+69.5 R+75.7 R+6.2 3,052 3,265
Rock County R+72.3 R+78.5 R+6.2 787 841
Madison County R+47.6 R+53.6 R+6.0 13,828 15,765
Polk County R+55.6 R+61.2 R+5.6 2,451 2,879
Platte County R+51.5 R+57.0 R+5.5 13,409 15,673
Chase County R+71.5 R+76.0 R+4.5 1,862 1,993
Washington County R+37.0 R+40.5 R+3.5 10,193 12,413
Hooker County R+68.8 R+71.8 R+3.0 394 442
Dawson County R+41.8 R+43.9 R+2.1 7,814 9,178
Buffalo County R+42.4 R+43.6 R+1.2 19,355 23,589
Loup County R+64.1 R+65.0 R+0.9 356 454
Thomas County R+77.9 R+77.8 D+0.1 408 427
Blaine County R+79.4 R+77.3 D+2.1 301 317
York County R+55.3 R+51.9 D+3.4 6,328 7,143
Lancaster County flipped R+0.3 D+7.8 D+8.1 126,621 156,091
Sarpy County R+23.2 R+11.2 D+12.0 71,139 95,673
Douglas County flipped R+3.0 D+11.4 D+14.4 222,828 274,951

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