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Washington 2000 vs 2004: county swing

12 of 39 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 1 changed hands.

Columbia County: swing D+6.7Franklin County: swing R+5.6Lewis County: swing R+2.9Mason County: swing D+0.8Stevens County: swing D+1.4Adams County: swing R+6.7Asotin County: swing D+4.4Benton County: swing R+2.5Cowlitz County: swing R+0.4Douglas County: swing D+2.1Ferry County: swing D+7.2Garfield County: swing D+8.2Grant County: swing R+1.8Island County: swing D+0.9Kittitas County: swing D+1.2Klickitat County: swing D+7.7Skamania County: swing D+3.1Whitman County: swing D+9.2Clark County: swing R+1.3Kitsap County: swing D+0.6King County: swing D+5.7Lincoln County: swing D+1.2Pend Oreille County: swing R+2.0Pierce County: swing R+5.0Spokane County: swing R+3.4Thurston County: swing D+2.1Wahkiakum County: swing D+5.0Yakima County: swing D+0.2Chelan County: swing D+4.9Okanogan County: swing D+13.7Jefferson County: swing D+12.9Pacific County: swing D+0.1San Juan County: swing D+15.9Snohomish County: swing R+0.5Walla Walla County: swing D+2.2Whatcom County: swing D+9.2Skagit County: swing D+1.9Clallam County: swing D+2.7Grays Harbor County: swing R+1.8
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002004SwingVotes 2000Votes 2004
Adams County R+40.9 R+47.6 R+6.7 4,974 5,127
Franklin County R+28.9 R+34.5 R+5.6 13,612 16,159
Pierce County D+7.4 D+2.4 R+5.0 268,894 313,331
Spokane County R+8.5 R+11.9 R+3.4 172,089 202,587
Lewis County R+28.9 R+31.8 R+2.9 29,983 32,428
Benton County R+31.6 R+34.1 R+2.5 59,775 66,886
Pend Oreille County R+20.3 R+22.3 R+2.0 5,437 6,198
Grant County R+36.8 R+38.6 R+1.8 23,795 25,995
Grays Harbor County D+8.0 D+6.2 R+1.8 25,970 27,953
Clark County R+4.0 R+5.3 R+1.3 135,530 170,439
Snohomish County D+8.0 D+7.5 R+0.5 251,305 294,997
Cowlitz County D+3.6 D+3.2 R+0.4 36,957 42,473
Pacific County D+8.9 D+9.0 D+0.1 9,518 10,431
Yakima County R+20.7 R+20.5 D+0.2 67,375 72,790
Kitsap County D+3.8 D+4.4 D+0.6 102,857 118,453
Mason County D+2.8 D+3.6 D+0.8 22,479 25,394
Island County R+4.9 R+4.0 D+0.9 33,003 38,559
Kittitas County R+15.7 R+14.5 D+1.2 14,086 16,084
Lincoln County R+40.9 R+39.7 D+1.2 5,196 5,811
Stevens County R+31.9 R+30.5 D+1.4 17,995 20,340
Skagit County R+3.8 R+1.9 D+1.9 45,220 52,230
Douglas County R+36.5 R+34.4 D+2.1 12,851 13,372
Thurston County D+10.8 D+12.9 D+2.1 97,407 112,789
Walla Walla County R+28.7 R+26.5 D+2.2 21,362 22,925
Clallam County R+7.6 R+4.9 D+2.7 32,230 36,766
Skamania County R+9.3 R+6.2 D+3.1 4,248 5,159
Asotin County R+27.2 R+22.8 D+4.4 7,985 8,786
Chelan County R+32.2 R+27.3 D+4.9 26,569 29,396
Wahkiakum County R+11.7 R+6.7 D+5.0 1,971 2,235
King County D+25.6 D+31.3 D+5.7 794,078 893,534
Columbia County R+47.8 R+41.1 D+6.7 2,106 2,107
Ferry County R+31.7 R+24.5 D+7.2 3,037 3,341
Klickitat County R+18.3 R+10.6 D+7.7 8,180 9,237
Garfield County R+51.3 R+43.1 D+8.2 1,329 1,320
Whatcom County flipped R+0.4 D+8.8 D+9.2 73,752 90,394
Whitman County R+15.4 R+6.2 D+9.2 16,234 18,012
Jefferson County D+13.8 D+26.7 D+12.9 15,832 18,616
Okanogan County R+34.1 R+20.4 D+13.7 14,796 16,342
San Juan County D+16.8 D+32.7 D+15.9 8,424 10,088

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