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Rhode Island 2000 vs 2008: county swing

2 of 5 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 0 changed hands.

Bristol County: swing D+5.0Kent County: swing R+7.1Newport County: swing D+6.1Providence County: swing R+3.1Washington County: swing D+5.6
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002008SwingVotes 2000Votes 2008
Kent County D+24.5 D+17.4 R+7.1 73,470 84,074
Providence County D+37.2 D+34.1 R+3.1 218,308 253,630
Bristol County D+21.7 D+26.7 D+5.0 23,272 25,905
Washington County D+14.8 D+20.4 D+5.6 56,224 66,160
Newport County D+17.2 D+23.3 D+6.1 37,838 41,997

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