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Delaware 2000 vs 2008: county swing

1 of 3 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 1 changed hands.

Sussex County: swing R+1.3Kent County: swing D+12.5New Castle County: swing D+17.6
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002008SwingVotes 2000Votes 2008
Sussex County R+7.3 R+8.6 R+1.3 66,287 89,070
Kent County flipped R+2.7 D+9.8 D+12.5 48,247 66,925
New Castle County D+23.0 D+40.6 D+17.6 212,995 256,417

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