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Maine 2000 vs 2008: county swing

0 of 16 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 4 changed hands.

Hancock County: swing D+18.5Washington County: swing D+9.0Franklin County: swing D+12.9Lincoln County: swing D+16.3Piscataquis County: swing D+8.1Sagadahoc County: swing D+11.8York County: swing D+16.0Kennebec County: swing D+2.5Oxford County: swing D+9.5Androscoggin County: swing D+2.4Aroostook County: swing D+7.7Cumberland County: swing D+18.9Knox County: swing D+18.9Penobscot County: swing D+8.9Somerset County: swing D+2.1Waldo County: swing D+12.8
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002008SwingVotes 2000Votes 2008
Somerset County D+3.6 D+5.7 D+2.1 23,951 25,758
Androscoggin County D+12.8 D+15.2 D+2.4 49,245 54,850
Kennebec County D+12.3 D+14.8 D+2.5 58,907 65,986
Aroostook County D+1.8 D+9.5 D+7.7 35,143 35,994
Piscataquis County R+11.8 R+3.7 D+8.1 9,256 9,434
Penobscot County flipped R+3.8 D+5.1 D+8.9 73,206 80,467
Washington County flipped R+8.0 D+1.0 D+9.0 15,708 16,654
Oxford County D+6.6 D+16.1 D+9.5 27,493 31,650
Sagadahoc County D+4.3 D+16.1 D+11.8 18,406 21,301
Waldo County flipped R+1.1 D+11.7 D+12.8 19,138 21,850
Franklin County D+7.4 D+20.3 D+12.9 15,448 17,178
York County D+4.6 D+20.6 D+16.0 94,550 109,161
Lincoln County flipped R+4.2 D+12.1 D+16.3 19,671 21,584
Hancock County D+0.8 D+19.3 D+18.5 28,574 32,165
Cumberland County D+11.0 D+29.9 D+18.9 142,620 164,151
Knox County D+2.4 D+21.3 D+18.9 20,501 22,980

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