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Connecticut 2000 vs 2008: county swing

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

Windham County: swing D+6.4Tolland County: swing D+6.7Hartford County: swing D+6.0Middlesex County: swing D+4.9Litchfield County: swing D+1.9Fairfield County: swing D+8.9New London County: swing D+3.4New Haven County: swing D+1.2
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002008SwingVotes 2000Votes 2008
New Haven County D+22.0 D+23.2 D+1.2 341,099 381,739
Litchfield County D+3.0 D+4.9 D+1.9 87,338 98,870
New London County D+17.7 D+21.1 D+3.4 109,147 124,765
Middlesex County D+18.1 D+23.0 D+4.9 77,433 87,155
Hartford County D+25.5 D+31.5 D+6.0 367,556 411,785
Windham County D+16.6 D+23.0 D+6.4 43,963 56,269
Tolland County D+14.1 D+20.8 D+6.7 62,700 75,406
Fairfield County D+9.2 D+18.1 D+8.9 370,289 411,096

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