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California 2012 vs 2024: county swing

39 of 58 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 10 changed hands.

Amador County: swing R+8.3Glenn County: swing R+9.6Lake County: swing R+18.4Mariposa County: swing R+2.9Napa County: swing D+6.1Shasta County: swing R+7.3Stanislaus County: swing R+13.7Yuba County: swing R+7.7Alpine County: swing D+8.5Butte County: swing R+1.1Mendocino County: swing R+11.8Modoc County: swing R+4.9Mono County: swing D+11.6Nevada County: swing D+13.0Orange County: swing D+8.9Riverside County: swing R+2.9San Benito County: swing R+8.0San Diego County: swing D+9.2San Francisco County: swing R+5.7Yolo County: swing D+2.2San Mateo County: swing D+3.7Santa Barbara County: swing D+8.7Santa Cruz County: swing R+1.2Solano County: swing R+6.3Sutter County: swing R+12.3Tehama County: swing R+14.3Tuolumne County: swing R+6.1Calaveras County: swing R+11.1Contra Costa County: swing D+2.7Del Norte County: swing R+7.0Imperial County: swing R+32.9Kern County: swing R+4.3Kings County: swing R+8.1Madera County: swing R+3.7Colusa County: swing R+6.9Inyo County: swing D+8.4Merced County: swing R+13.2Plumas County: swing R+0.2San Joaquin County: swing R+14.7Sierra County: swing R+1.8Tulare County: swing R+5.7Marin County: swing D+12.6Monterey County: swing R+6.9Placer County: swing D+10.8Fresno County: swing R+6.2Humboldt County: swing D+1.2Lassen County: swing R+14.3Los Angeles County: swing R+9.0Sacramento County: swing D+0.8San Bernardino County: swing R+9.6Ventura County: swing D+8.1Alameda County: swing R+7.1San Luis Obispo County: swing D+9.7Siskiyou County: swing R+4.1Sonoma County: swing D+0.4Trinity County: swing R+8.6El Dorado County: swing D+5.8Santa Clara County: swing R+3.0
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122024SwingVotes 2012Votes 2024
Imperial County flipped D+32.1 R+0.8 R+32.9 38,565 54,038
Lake County flipped D+17.0 R+1.4 R+18.4 23,391 26,761
San Joaquin County flipped D+13.8 R+0.9 R+14.7 204,697 263,709
Lassen County R+39.7 R+54.0 R+14.3 10,683 11,371
Tehama County R+27.5 R+41.8 R+14.3 22,977 26,536
Stanislaus County flipped D+2.7 R+11.0 R+13.7 155,369 197,525
Merced County flipped D+8.8 R+4.4 R+13.2 62,057 86,411
Sutter County R+19.1 R+31.4 R+12.3 31,026 39,339
Mendocino County D+38.6 D+26.8 R+11.8 35,017 39,219
Calaveras County R+17.0 R+28.1 R+11.1 21,786 26,480
Glenn County R+25.3 R+34.9 R+9.6 9,211 10,442
San Bernardino County flipped D+7.4 R+2.2 R+9.6 581,517 761,846
Los Angeles County D+41.9 D+32.9 R+9.0 3,181,067 3,729,089
Trinity County R+0.8 R+9.4 R+8.6 5,674 5,646
Amador County R+19.6 R+27.9 R+8.3 17,649 22,403
Kings County R+14.9 R+23.0 R+8.1 31,418 41,508
San Benito County D+20.6 D+12.6 R+8.0 19,044 27,652
Yuba County R+18.1 R+25.8 R+7.7 19,700 30,072
Shasta County R+29.2 R+36.5 R+7.3 76,335 88,919
Alameda County D+60.7 D+53.6 R+7.1 595,642 669,907
Del Norte County R+9.4 R+16.4 R+7.0 8,770 10,565
Colusa County R+21.4 R+28.3 R+6.9 6,034 7,021
Monterey County D+36.8 D+29.9 R+6.9 123,518 146,754
Solano County D+29.3 D+23.0 R+6.3 152,444 189,883
Fresno County flipped D+1.8 R+4.4 R+6.2 258,827 326,049
Tuolumne County R+15.7 R+21.8 R+6.1 24,687 28,816
San Francisco County D+70.5 D+64.8 R+5.7 361,209 402,997
Tulare County R+15.0 R+20.7 R+5.7 101,100 138,309
Modoc County R+41.8 R+46.7 R+4.9 3,986 4,016
Kern County R+16.8 R+21.1 R+4.3 221,472 283,284
Siskiyou County R+15.2 R+19.3 R+4.1 19,910 21,498
Madera County R+17.1 R+20.8 R+3.7 39,866 54,632
Santa Clara County D+42.9 D+39.9 R+3.0 643,091 750,606
Mariposa County R+18.2 R+21.1 R+2.9 9,000 9,509
Riverside County flipped D+1.6 R+1.3 R+2.9 661,907 940,510
Sierra County R+22.4 R+24.2 R+1.8 1,795 1,755
Santa Cruz County D+55.6 D+54.4 R+1.2 120,095 134,155
Butte County R+2.0 R+3.1 R+1.1 90,752 94,556
Plumas County R+16.8 R+17.0 R+0.2 10,047 10,070
Sonoma County D+45.8 D+46.2 D+0.4 216,508 251,465
Sacramento County D+18.9 D+19.7 D+0.8 516,809 656,747
Humboldt County D+27.2 D+28.4 D+1.2 57,470 64,232
Yolo County D+34.0 D+36.2 D+2.2 74,475 92,621
Contra Costa County D+35.2 D+37.9 D+2.7 438,226 528,987
San Mateo County D+46.6 D+50.3 D+3.7 285,720 330,565
El Dorado County R+17.8 R+12.0 D+5.8 88,774 111,908
Napa County D+28.7 D+34.8 D+6.1 56,968 65,561
Ventura County D+7.0 D+15.1 D+8.1 326,974 387,704
Inyo County R+11.4 R+3.0 D+8.4 8,036 8,953
Alpine County D+23.5 D+32.0 D+8.5 653 738
Santa Barbara County D+18.0 D+26.7 D+8.7 163,320 184,781
Orange County flipped R+6.3 D+2.6 D+8.9 1,122,664 1,391,307
San Diego County D+7.6 D+16.8 D+9.2 1,192,282 1,478,028
San Luis Obispo County D+1.1 D+10.8 D+9.7 125,638 150,812
Placer County R+19.3 R+8.5 D+10.8 171,322 234,871
Mono County D+8.7 D+20.3 D+11.6 5,181 6,064
Marin County D+51.3 D+63.9 D+12.6 134,516 144,129
Nevada County flipped R+0.7 D+12.3 D+13.0 51,676 62,144

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