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New Hampshire 2000 vs 2008: county swing

0 of 10 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 6 changed hands.

Carroll County: swing D+17.8Grafton County: swing D+26.9Rockingham County: swing D+4.3Sullivan County: swing D+23.6Cheshire County: swing D+16.8Strafford County: swing D+11.6Belknap County: swing D+16.4Coos County: swing D+23.4Hillsborough County: swing D+5.6Merrimack County: swing D+12.9
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002008SwingVotes 2000Votes 2008
Rockingham County flipped R+3.2 D+1.1 D+4.3 134,173 167,822
Hillsborough County flipped R+1.9 D+3.7 D+5.6 165,761 204,709
Strafford County D+8.7 D+20.3 D+11.6 49,393 63,848
Merrimack County D+0.9 D+13.8 D+12.9 63,684 80,106
Belknap County flipped R+15.2 D+1.2 D+16.4 26,795 33,614
Cheshire County D+10.7 D+27.5 D+16.8 33,395 42,823
Carroll County flipped R+11.5 D+6.3 D+17.8 23,879 29,056
Coos County flipped R+5.2 D+18.2 D+23.4 14,600 16,348
Sullivan County flipped R+5.7 D+17.9 D+23.6 18,668 22,754
Grafton County D+0.6 D+27.5 D+26.9 38,733 49,890

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