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North Dakota 2012 vs 2020: county swing

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

Billings County: swing R+7.6Cavalier County: swing R+32.4Foster County: swing R+30.5Grand Forks County: swing R+9.7LaMoure County: swing R+21.3Mountrail County: swing R+21.4Ransom County: swing R+33.1Rolette County: swing R+17.5Steele County: swing R+25.8Wells County: swing R+19.9Benson County: swing R+31.0Bottineau County: swing R+19.7Cass County: swing D+0.2Eddy County: swing R+24.5Emmons County: swing R+18.8Grant County: swing R+19.0Griggs County: swing R+30.5Kidder County: swing R+32.2Logan County: swing R+20.6McKenzie County: swing R+23.4Morton County: swing R+19.4Nelson County: swing R+25.4Oliver County: swing R+33.3Pembina County: swing R+30.5Ramsey County: swing R+26.1Renville County: swing R+28.5Sargent County: swing R+35.3Stark County: swing R+14.9Stutsman County: swing R+21.3Traill County: swing R+20.2Ward County: swing R+14.4Barnes County: swing R+21.1Burke County: swing R+21.5Dunn County: swing R+19.8Hettinger County: swing R+17.9McLean County: swing R+23.8Pierce County: swing R+14.1Slope County: swing R+19.7Towner County: swing R+34.7Burleigh County: swing R+8.3Dickey County: swing R+16.9Divide County: swing R+23.2Golden Valley County: swing R+9.0McHenry County: swing R+32.8McIntosh County: swing R+23.7Mercer County: swing R+22.8Richland County: swing R+19.3Sioux County: swing R+13.0Walsh County: swing R+28.1Williams County: swing R+17.3Adams County: swing R+11.1Bowman County: swing R+20.5Sheridan County: swing R+13.6
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122020SwingVotes 2012Votes 2020
Sargent County flipped D+9.8 R+25.5 R+35.3 2,007 2,070
Towner County R+9.0 R+43.7 R+34.7 1,182 1,174
Oliver County R+40.7 R+74.0 R+33.3 1,013 1,066
Ransom County flipped D+13.8 R+19.3 R+33.1 2,425 2,454
McHenry County R+27.1 R+59.9 R+32.8 2,712 3,003
Cavalier County R+18.3 R+50.7 R+32.4 2,069 2,020
Kidder County R+35.9 R+68.1 R+32.2 1,328 1,460
Benson County flipped D+17.1 R+13.9 R+31.0 2,157 1,961
Foster County R+25.1 R+55.6 R+30.5 1,682 1,778
Griggs County R+17.5 R+48.0 R+30.5 1,343 1,250
Pembina County R+19.8 R+50.3 R+30.5 3,255 3,331
Renville County R+35.5 R+64.0 R+28.5 1,278 1,319
Walsh County R+13.5 R+41.6 R+28.1 5,096 4,783
Ramsey County R+10.0 R+36.1 R+26.1 4,999 5,372
Steele County flipped D+1.9 R+23.9 R+25.8 1,042 1,088
Nelson County R+5.8 R+31.2 R+25.4 1,678 1,777
Eddy County R+12.8 R+37.3 R+24.5 1,157 1,261
McLean County R+29.8 R+53.6 R+23.8 4,938 5,536
McIntosh County R+37.6 R+61.3 R+23.7 1,530 1,455
McKenzie County R+44.3 R+67.7 R+23.4 3,451 5,419
Divide County R+30.0 R+53.2 R+23.2 1,162 1,202
Mercer County R+44.6 R+67.4 R+22.8 4,455 4,675
Burke County R+52.7 R+74.2 R+21.5 1,023 1,155
Mountrail County R+16.2 R+37.6 R+21.4 3,457 4,165
LaMoure County R+29.1 R+50.4 R+21.3 2,194 2,219
Stutsman County R+22.0 R+43.3 R+21.3 9,558 9,959
Barnes County R+10.3 R+31.4 R+21.1 5,522 5,565
Logan County R+53.9 R+74.5 R+20.6 1,073 1,076
Bowman County R+49.9 R+70.4 R+20.5 1,737 1,657
Traill County R+4.7 R+24.9 R+20.2 3,921 4,136
Wells County R+41.2 R+61.1 R+19.9 2,379 2,374
Dunn County R+49.0 R+68.8 R+19.8 2,034 2,338
Bottineau County R+30.8 R+50.5 R+19.7 3,555 3,471
Slope County R+59.0 R+78.7 R+19.7 437 427
Morton County R+31.0 R+50.4 R+19.4 13,613 16,619
Richland County R+13.5 R+32.8 R+19.3 7,613 7,812
Grant County R+48.9 R+67.9 R+19.0 1,413 1,381
Emmons County R+55.9 R+74.7 R+18.8 1,884 2,009
Hettinger County R+50.4 R+68.3 R+17.9 1,362 1,312
Rolette County D+49.7 D+32.2 R+17.5 4,552 3,804
Williams County R+49.5 R+66.8 R+17.3 9,808 14,334
Dickey County R+29.9 R+46.8 R+16.9 2,535 2,424
Stark County R+49.0 R+63.9 R+14.9 11,633 15,050
Ward County R+30.5 R+44.9 R+14.4 25,463 28,246
Pierce County R+37.0 R+51.1 R+14.1 2,178 2,128
Sheridan County R+58.3 R+71.9 R+13.6 822 812
Sioux County D+59.0 D+46.0 R+13.0 1,144 1,186
Adams County R+45.9 R+57.0 R+11.1 1,286 1,269
Grand Forks County R+3.5 R+13.2 R+9.7 30,029 30,970
Golden Valley County R+62.5 R+71.5 R+9.0 928 1,026
Burleigh County R+31.9 R+40.2 R+8.3 43,387 50,753
Billings County R+66.3 R+73.9 R+7.6 578 635
Cass County R+2.9 R+2.7 D+0.2 73,855 86,053

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