A plot of votes for Newsom in 2018 compared to "No" votes in the 2021 recall by county. You'll notice the widest gap between Lassen and Lake, which had the biggest swings against and toward Newsom respectively. Newsom did poor in Lassen in 2018 but did even worse in the recall, while he did better in Lake. Counties that were blue in 2018 generally got bluer in the recall. This chart shows us that Merced flipped from 2018 and voted to oust Newsom, while the reverse is true for Fresno.