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Nevada 2012 vs 2020: county swing

16 of 17 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 0 changed hands.

Esmeralda County: swing R+15.1Mineral County: swing R+14.7White Pine County: swing R+14.5Douglas County: swing R+2.8Elko County: swing R+2.3Humboldt County: swing R+17.8Lincoln County: swing R+11.0Nye County: swing R+16.2Washoe County: swing D+0.8Carson City: swing R+2.4Eureka County: swing R+8.8Pershing County: swing R+22.6Churchill County: swing R+9.0Clark County: swing R+5.2Lander County: swing R+13.3Lyon County: swing R+12.6Storey County: swing R+17.6
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122020SwingVotes 2012Votes 2020
Pershing County R+28.4 R+51.0 R+22.6 1,884 2,320
Humboldt County R+36.1 R+53.9 R+17.8 5,744 7,771
Storey County R+17.3 R+34.9 R+17.6 2,314 2,877
Nye County R+24.2 R+40.4 R+16.2 17,522 25,378
Esmeralda County R+51.8 R+66.9 R+15.1 435 487
Mineral County R+10.7 R+25.4 R+14.7 2,035 2,335
White Pine County R+43.7 R+58.2 R+14.5 3,704 4,369
Lander County R+48.3 R+61.6 R+13.3 2,165 2,765
Lyon County R+28.6 R+41.2 R+12.6 21,465 30,238
Lincoln County R+60.0 R+71.0 R+11.0 2,152 2,446
Churchill County R+40.0 R+49.0 R+9.0 10,265 12,890
Eureka County R+68.9 R+77.7 R+8.8 808 1,017
Clark County D+14.6 D+9.4 R+5.2 691,190 972,510
Douglas County R+26.7 R+29.5 R+2.8 26,075 34,125
Carson City R+9.0 R+11.4 R+2.4 23,319 29,739
Elko County R+53.2 R+55.5 R+2.3 15,986 21,967
Washoe County D+3.7 D+4.5 D+0.8 187,855 252,142

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