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Massachusetts 2000 vs 2008: county swing

6 of 14 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 0 changed hands.

Franklin County: swing D+24.3Dukes County: swing D+16.2Hampden County: swing D+1.7Hampshire County: swing D+17.4Middlesex County: swing R+1.1Norfolk County: swing R+7.1Plymouth County: swing R+7.8Barnstable County: swing D+3.5Berkshire County: swing D+15.1Worcester County: swing R+5.4Suffolk County: swing D+4.8Bristol County: swing R+11.7Essex County: swing R+1.8Nantucket County: swing D+11.2
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002008SwingVotes 2000Votes 2008
Bristol County D+34.8 D+23.1 R+11.7 211,337 243,120
Plymouth County D+15.4 D+7.6 R+7.8 211,577 249,828
Norfolk County D+25.7 D+18.6 R+7.1 317,177 344,916
Worcester County D+19.2 D+13.8 R+5.4 310,148 363,590
Essex County D+22.1 D+20.3 R+1.8 310,333 353,665
Middlesex County D+31.2 D+30.1 R+1.1 657,048 726,031
Hampden County D+23.6 D+25.3 D+1.7 172,093 197,841
Barnstable County D+10.5 D+14.0 D+3.5 121,086 132,270
Suffolk County D+50.9 D+55.7 D+4.8 217,000 269,221
Nantucket County D+25.3 D+36.5 D+11.2 4,926 6,052
Berkshire County D+37.3 D+52.4 D+15.1 59,411 66,130
Dukes County D+35.7 D+51.9 D+16.2 8,856 10,553
Hampshire County D+28.2 D+45.6 D+17.4 68,626 79,570
Franklin County D+23.3 D+47.6 D+24.3 33,366 38,549

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