EAST COAST

THE NORTHEAST

PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTH CAROLINA

Those bold red swings stretching from inland Maine through New Hampshire and into upstate New York are counties that flipped in Trump’s favor from 2012. Away from the large cities on the coast, these counties resemble the pattern seen widely, where cities voted slightly more Democratic, but suburbs and beyond swung way to the right.

Pennsylvania had voted for six Democratic presidential candidates in a row, but this year, most counties in the state voted more Republican than in 2012. North Carolina, on the other hand, was a reliably red state until Obama won it in 2008. Democrats hoped they could capture it this time around, but Trump won by four percentage points.

Maine

Rural counties swinging to the Republicans

R.I.

N.H.

Mass.

Vt.

Conn.

N.J.

N.Y.

Del.

Md.

THE GREAT LAKES

The Midwest is where Trump redrew the electoral map. States like Michigan and Wisconsin were considered favorable to Clinton, but instead swung to Trump mostly due to voters in mid-sized counties outside the major cities. The most striking change occurred in counties along the junction of Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa. In this farm country, Trump’s message to people left behind helped him seize a significant advantage.

Pa.

Va.

N.C.

W.Va.

S.C.

Fla.

Atlanta area

Ga.

Ohio

Ky.

Mich.

THE DEEP SOUTH

Ind.

Voters across Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia predictably voted Republican, but in no dramatic fashion. Rapidly urbanizing counties around Atlanta swung hard to the left for Clinton. She flipped three counties in this area that Obama lost in 2012.

Ala.

Tenn.

Ill.

Wis.

Miss.

Huge swing to the right in these areas

Mo.

Ark.

La.

Iowa

Minn.

Okla.

Kan.

Tex.

N.D.

S.D.

Neb.

N.M.

Colo.

ALONG THE BORDER

People closest to where Trump said he would build a wall consistently voted against him, all the way from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean.

Wyo.

Mont.

Ariz.

Utah

UTAH

Idaho

The reason you’re seeing counties in Utah swinging has a simple answer: Evan McMullin. The three-way contest with the independent conservative candidate in this state reduced the Republican margin, even though Clinton wasn’t competitive.

Nev.

Orange County

Calif.

Wash.

THE WEST

Ore.

Even though early voting suggested a historic Hispanic turnout in Nevada, Clinton won the two largest counties in the state by a slightly slimmer margin than Obama did in 2012. California became even more Democratic: Clinton won Orange County, which hasn’t gone for a Democrat since Franklin Roosevelt. In the Pacific Northwest, a pocket of rural counties between Seattle and Portland swung toward Trump.