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Colorado 2000 vs 2008: county swing

6 of 63 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 12 changed hands.

Alamosa County: swing D+21.2Boulder County: swing D+32.5BroomfieldCrowley County: swing R+3.4Denver County: swing D+21.5Douglas County: swing D+16.4Gilpin County: swing D+17.4Hinsdale County: swing D+5.3Jackson County: swing D+17.0Jefferson County: swing D+17.1Lincoln County: swing D+0.1Montezuma County: swing D+18.9Phillips County: swing D+1.7Rio Grande County: swing D+18.9San Juan County: swing D+23.2Weld County: swing D+13.0Adams County: swing D+12.2Archuleta County: swing D+20.6Baca County: swing D+2.0Chaffee County: swing D+20.0Cheyenne County: swing R+0.5Conejos County: swing D+13.6Costilla County: swing D+15.5Delta County: swing D+8.0Eagle County: swing D+25.7Fremont County: swing R+0.5Kiowa County: swing R+2.0Kit Carson County: swing D+5.3Larimer County: swing D+23.5Montrose County: swing D+7.0Logan County: swing D+4.7Mesa County: swing D+3.7Moffat County: swing D+5.6Morgan County: swing D+7.5Ouray County: swing D+34.5Pitkin County: swing D+28.7Rio Blanco County: swing D+0.9Saguache County: swing D+25.6Teller County: swing D+9.8Washington County: swing D+0.8Yuma County: swing R+0.8Bent County: swing D+1.4Clear Creek County: swing D+19.1Custer County: swing D+15.8El Paso County: swing D+14.3Grand County: swing D+18.8Gunnison County: swing D+28.2Huerfano County: swing D+10.3Lake County: swing D+16.9Mineral County: swing D+15.6Otero County: swing D+4.8Pueblo County: swing D+3.7Summit County: swing D+25.7Arapahoe County: swing D+20.9La Plata County: swing D+26.7Las Animas County: swing R+3.9Dolores County: swing D+2.6Elbert County: swing D+2.6Garfield County: swing D+17.6Park County: swing D+12.4Prowers County: swing D+3.1Routt County: swing D+29.6San Miguel County: swing D+38.5Sedgwick County: swing D+9.0
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002008SwingVotes 2000Votes 2008
Las Animas County D+11.0 D+7.1 R+3.9 6,094 6,761
Crowley County R+23.8 R+27.2 R+3.4 1,445 1,558
Kiowa County R+53.4 R+55.4 R+2.0 968 852
Yuma County R+47.6 R+48.4 R+0.8 4,358 4,483
Cheyenne County R+61.8 R+62.3 R+0.5 1,212 1,111
Fremont County R+28.7 R+29.2 R+0.5 16,056 19,919
Lincoln County R+50.9 R+50.8 D+0.1 2,199 2,304
Washington County R+57.3 R+56.5 D+0.8 2,445 2,513
Rio Blanco County R+57.5 R+56.6 D+0.9 2,855 3,147
Bent County R+15.9 R+14.5 D+1.4 1,963 1,920
Phillips County R+45.5 R+43.8 D+1.7 2,220 2,260
Baca County R+49.7 R+47.7 D+2.0 2,278 2,175
Dolores County R+39.5 R+36.9 D+2.6 1,134 1,217
Elbert County R+42.7 R+40.1 D+2.6 8,965 13,206
Prowers County R+36.8 R+33.7 D+3.1 4,524 4,615
Mesa County R+33.2 R+29.5 D+3.7 51,054 69,631
Pueblo County D+11.2 D+14.9 D+3.7 53,946 72,427
Logan County R+39.9 R+35.2 D+4.7 8,096 8,977
Otero County R+15.3 R+10.5 D+4.8 7,312 8,064
Hinsdale County R+22.6 R+17.3 D+5.3 566 599
Kit Carson County R+50.1 R+44.8 D+5.3 3,458 3,442
Moffat County R+49.1 R+43.5 D+5.6 5,337 5,871
Montrose County R+36.8 R+29.8 D+7.0 14,215 19,153
Morgan County R+31.5 R+24.0 D+7.5 8,998 10,234
Delta County R+40.3 R+32.3 D+8.0 12,686 15,434
Sedgwick County R+37.8 R+28.8 D+9.0 1,303 1,351
Teller County R+37.9 R+28.1 D+9.8 9,847 12,906
Huerfano County D+0.9 D+11.2 D+10.3 3,174 3,643
Adams County D+6.1 D+18.3 D+12.2 107,852 160,499
Park County R+19.3 R+6.9 D+12.4 6,665 9,383
Weld County R+21.7 R+8.7 D+13.0 64,541 105,866
Conejos County flipped R+0.7 D+12.9 D+13.6 3,671 3,874
El Paso County R+33.1 R+18.8 D+14.3 200,757 273,175
Costilla County D+33.4 D+48.9 D+15.5 1,648 1,697
Mineral County R+25.9 R+10.3 D+15.6 486 623
Custer County R+44.7 R+28.9 D+15.8 2,111 2,629
Douglas County R+33.6 R+17.2 D+16.4 86,225 151,819
Lake County D+9.1 D+26.0 D+16.9 2,628 3,002
Jackson County R+55.0 R+38.0 D+17.0 925 913
Jefferson County flipped R+8.1 D+9.0 D+17.1 235,491 295,062
Gilpin County D+3.8 D+21.2 D+17.4 2,465 3,301
Garfield County R+17.6 Even D+17.6 17,104 23,082
Grand County R+19.9 R+1.1 D+18.8 6,353 8,308
Montezuma County R+38.4 R+19.5 D+18.9 9,384 11,825
Rio Grande County R+27.7 R+8.8 D+18.9 5,075 5,444
Clear Creek County flipped R+1.2 D+17.9 D+19.1 4,924 5,767
Chaffee County R+20.1 R+0.1 D+20.0 7,610 9,920
Archuleta County R+32.7 R+12.1 D+20.6 4,758 6,625
Arapahoe County flipped R+8.0 D+12.9 D+20.9 189,942 266,148
Alamosa County flipped R+7.1 D+14.1 D+21.2 5,659 6,286
Denver County D+31.0 D+52.5 D+21.5 198,347 271,533
San Juan County flipped R+14.0 D+9.2 D+23.2 436 496
Larimer County flipped R+13.8 D+9.7 D+23.5 118,537 166,373
Saguache County D+2.7 D+28.3 D+25.6 2,529 2,747
Eagle County flipped R+2.6 D+23.1 D+25.7 15,188 21,652
Summit County D+7.3 D+33.0 D+25.7 11,068 14,899
La Plata County flipped R+10.4 D+16.3 D+26.7 20,490 27,979
Gunnison County flipped R+0.9 D+27.3 D+28.2 7,236 8,870
Pitkin County D+20.1 D+48.8 D+28.7 7,800 9,966
Routt County flipped R+2.7 D+26.9 D+29.6 9,638 13,199
Boulder County D+13.7 D+46.2 D+32.5 139,626 171,763
Ouray County flipped R+25.7 D+8.8 D+34.5 2,233 3,060
San Miguel County D+17.1 D+55.6 D+38.5 3,255 4,350

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