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Massachusetts 2000 vs 2004: county swing

8 of 14 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 0 changed hands.

Franklin County: swing D+15.5Dukes County: swing D+11.0Hampden County: swing R+0.7Hampshire County: swing D+12.6Middlesex County: swing R+1.7Norfolk County: swing R+4.1Plymouth County: swing R+7.0Barnstable County: swing R+0.2Berkshire County: swing D+10.1Worcester County: swing R+5.1Suffolk County: swing D+2.2Bristol County: swing R+6.7Essex County: swing R+4.4Nantucket County: swing D+2.1
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002004SwingVotes 2000Votes 2004
Plymouth County D+15.4 D+8.4 R+7.0 211,577 233,297
Bristol County D+34.8 D+28.1 R+6.7 211,337 232,878
Worcester County D+19.2 D+14.1 R+5.1 310,148 340,636
Essex County D+22.1 D+17.7 R+4.4 310,333 333,233
Norfolk County D+25.7 D+21.6 R+4.1 317,177 331,137
Middlesex County D+31.2 D+29.5 R+1.7 657,048 688,960
Hampden County D+23.6 D+22.9 R+0.7 172,093 186,639
Barnstable County D+10.5 D+10.3 R+0.2 121,086 132,148
Nantucket County D+25.3 D+27.4 D+2.1 4,926 5,724
Suffolk County D+50.9 D+53.1 D+2.2 217,000 240,645
Berkshire County D+37.3 D+47.4 D+10.1 59,411 65,291
Dukes County D+35.7 D+46.7 D+11.0 8,856 9,997
Hampshire County D+28.2 D+40.8 D+12.6 68,626 74,422
Franklin County D+23.3 D+38.8 D+15.5 33,366 37,381

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