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California 2016 vs 2020: county swing

12 of 58 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 2 changed hands.

Amador County: swing D+0.9Glenn County: swing D+1.6Lake County: swing D+2.8Mariposa County: swing D+5.1Napa County: swing D+4.8Shasta County: swing D+3.7Stanislaus County: swing R+1.0Yuba County: swing D+1.3Alpine County: swing D+11.8Butte County: swing D+5.4Mendocino County: swing D+6.0Modoc County: swing D+2.9Mono County: swing D+9.7Nevada County: swing D+9.9Orange County: swing D+0.5Riverside County: swing D+2.7San Benito County: swing D+3.1San Diego County: swing D+3.0San Francisco County: swing R+3.1Yolo County: swing EvenSan Mateo County: swing D+0.4Santa Barbara County: swing D+3.4Santa Cruz County: swing D+3.8Solano County: swing R+0.1Sutter County: swing R+1.3Tehama County: swing D+0.7Tuolumne County: swing D+2.5Calaveras County: swing D+0.3Contra Costa County: swing D+1.7Del Norte County: swing D+1.6Imperial County: swing R+17.1Kern County: swing D+2.5Kings County: swing D+0.8Madera County: swing D+3.1Colusa County: swing R+3.2Inyo County: swing D+13.7Merced County: swing R+1.5Plumas County: swing D+3.6San Joaquin County: swing R+0.4Sierra County: swing D+3.2Tulare County: swing D+1.7Marin County: swing D+4.0Monterey County: swing D+0.7Placer County: swing D+5.2Fresno County: swing D+1.6Humboldt County: swing D+8.4Lassen County: swing R+0.5Los Angeles County: swing R+5.3Sacramento County: swing D+0.9San Bernardino County: swing D+0.1Ventura County: swing D+3.4Alameda County: swing R+1.5San Luis Obispo County: swing D+5.0Siskiyou County: swing D+4.3Sonoma County: swing D+4.3Trinity County: swing D+5.3El Dorado County: swing D+4.9Santa Clara County: swing R+4.7
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20162020SwingVotes 2016Votes 2020
Imperial County D+41.5 D+24.4 R+17.1 48,091 56,743
Los Angeles County D+49.4 D+44.1 R+5.3 3,434,308 4,264,365
Santa Clara County D+52.1 D+47.4 R+4.7 703,709 850,741
Colusa County R+13.4 R+16.6 R+3.2 6,632 7,961
San Francisco County D+75.7 D+72.6 R+3.1 405,792 443,553
Alameda County D+64.0 D+62.5 R+1.5 654,266 770,070
Merced County D+12.1 D+10.6 R+1.5 70,789 90,554
Sutter County R+15.2 R+16.5 R+1.3 33,523 42,644
Stanislaus County D+1.8 D+0.8 R+1.0 172,146 214,954
Lassen County R+50.9 R+51.4 R+0.5 10,524 11,987
San Joaquin County D+14.3 D+13.9 R+0.4 224,166 288,492
Solano County D+30.3 D+30.2 R+0.1 166,113 205,877
Yolo County D+41.4 D+41.4 Even 82,090 97,294
San Bernardino County D+10.6 D+10.7 D+0.1 653,983 841,130
Calaveras County R+24.1 R+23.8 D+0.3 23,136 27,164
San Mateo County D+57.3 D+57.7 D+0.4 314,384 374,251
Orange County D+8.6 D+9.1 D+0.5 1,197,521 1,522,113
Monterey County D+40.6 D+41.3 D+0.7 133,408 163,923
Tehama County R+36.3 R+35.6 D+0.7 23,908 28,731
Kings County R+13.1 R+12.3 D+0.8 33,915 43,861
Amador County R+25.2 R+24.3 D+0.9 17,734 22,304
Sacramento County D+24.4 D+25.3 D+0.9 559,330 718,440
Yuba County R+22.9 R+21.6 D+1.3 22,998 29,796
Del Norte County R+17.2 R+15.6 D+1.6 9,558 11,453
Fresno County D+6.2 D+7.8 D+1.6 282,319 364,917
Glenn County R+28.7 R+27.1 D+1.6 9,470 11,297
Contra Costa County D+43.6 D+45.3 D+1.7 466,175 581,316
Tulare County R+9.5 R+7.8 D+1.7 112,334 146,885
Kern County R+12.7 R+10.2 D+2.5 244,163 305,292
Tuolumne County R+21.3 R+18.8 D+2.5 25,529 30,408
Riverside County D+5.3 D+8.0 D+2.7 751,391 997,156
Lake County D+3.6 D+6.4 D+2.8 24,496 28,812
Modoc County R+48.0 R+45.1 D+2.9 3,788 4,343
San Diego County D+19.7 D+22.7 D+3.0 1,306,400 1,602,143
Madera County R+14.7 R+11.6 D+3.1 43,112 53,732
San Benito County D+21.3 D+24.4 D+3.1 21,924 28,830
Sierra County R+24.5 R+21.3 D+3.2 1,830 1,931
Santa Barbara County D+28.7 D+32.1 D+3.4 176,786 200,339
Ventura County D+17.7 D+21.1 D+3.4 351,726 422,825
Plumas County R+20.3 R+16.7 D+3.6 9,676 11,260
Shasta County R+36.8 R+33.1 D+3.7 80,053 92,930
Santa Cruz County D+56.5 D+60.3 D+3.8 128,821 144,837
Marin County D+62.5 D+66.5 D+4.0 139,273 155,830
Siskiyou County R+20.0 R+15.7 D+4.3 20,492 23,472
Sonoma County D+47.2 D+51.5 D+4.3 231,253 268,317
Napa County D+35.5 D+40.3 D+4.8 61,372 72,150
El Dorado County R+13.7 R+8.8 D+4.9 93,591 116,159
San Luis Obispo County D+8.1 D+13.1 D+5.0 135,009 159,714
Mariposa County R+23.2 R+18.1 D+5.1 8,877 10,280
Placer County R+11.8 R+6.6 D+5.2 182,839 235,084
Trinity County R+10.6 R+5.3 D+5.3 5,686 6,259
Butte County flipped R+3.7 D+1.7 D+5.4 95,564 102,066
Mendocino County D+29.8 D+35.8 D+6.0 37,477 43,340
Humboldt County D+25.0 D+33.4 D+8.4 59,246 68,843
Mono County D+12.6 D+22.3 D+9.7 5,276 6,738
Nevada County D+4.9 D+14.8 D+9.9 54,935 64,750
Alpine County D+19.5 D+31.3 D+11.8 602 741
Inyo County flipped R+13.5 D+0.2 D+13.7 8,086 9,484

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