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Colorado 2000 vs 2012: county swing

14 of 63 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 13 changed hands.

Alamosa County: swing D+23.6Boulder County: swing D+28.2BroomfieldCrowley County: swing R+2.1Denver County: swing D+18.4Douglas County: swing D+7.9Gilpin County: swing D+12.6Hinsdale County: swing D+2.0Jackson County: swing D+9.7Jefferson County: swing D+12.9Lincoln County: swing D+1.2Montezuma County: swing D+15.2Phillips County: swing R+0.8Rio Grande County: swing D+19.8San Juan County: swing D+24.7Weld County: swing D+9.0Adams County: swing D+10.7Archuleta County: swing D+15.0Baca County: swing R+2.1Chaffee County: swing D+20.2Cheyenne County: swing R+3.8Conejos County: swing D+10.0Costilla County: swing D+15.2Delta County: swing D+0.8Eagle County: swing D+17.5Fremont County: swing R+3.0Kiowa County: swing R+14.7Kit Carson County: swing R+2.5Larimer County: swing D+19.6Montrose County: swing EvenLogan County: swing D+1.9Mesa County: swing D+0.8Moffat County: swing R+5.4Morgan County: swing D+6.5Ouray County: swing D+30.8Pitkin County: swing D+17.9Rio Blanco County: swing R+6.5Saguache County: swing D+28.0Teller County: swing D+5.3Washington County: swing R+4.7Yuma County: swing R+7.1Bent County: swing D+2.5Clear Creek County: swing D+13.2Custer County: swing D+10.8El Paso County: swing D+12.7Grand County: swing D+13.0Gunnison County: swing D+20.6Huerfano County: swing D+7.4Lake County: swing D+15.3Mineral County: swing D+17.8Otero County: swing D+6.3Pueblo County: swing D+2.7Summit County: swing D+17.3Arapahoe County: swing D+17.9La Plata County: swing D+19.7Las Animas County: swing R+8.4Dolores County: swing R+2.7Elbert County: swing R+4.3Garfield County: swing D+12.5Park County: swing D+4.6Prowers County: swing D+1.6Routt County: swing D+18.3San Miguel County: swing D+26.1Sedgwick County: swing D+3.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Kiowa County R+53.4 R+68.1 R+14.7 968 821
Las Animas County D+11.0 D+2.6 R+8.4 6,094 6,862
Yuma County R+47.6 R+54.7 R+7.1 4,358 4,577
Rio Blanco County R+57.5 R+64.0 R+6.5 2,855 3,369
Moffat County R+49.1 R+54.5 R+5.4 5,337 6,168
Washington County R+57.3 R+62.0 R+4.7 2,445 2,591
Elbert County R+42.7 R+47.0 R+4.3 8,965 14,178
Cheyenne County R+61.8 R+65.6 R+3.8 1,212 1,093
Fremont County R+28.7 R+31.7 R+3.0 16,056 20,416
Dolores County R+39.5 R+42.2 R+2.7 1,134 1,245
Kit Carson County R+50.1 R+52.6 R+2.5 3,458 3,702
Baca County R+49.7 R+51.8 R+2.1 2,278 2,106
Crowley County R+23.8 R+25.9 R+2.1 1,445 1,502
Phillips County R+45.5 R+46.3 R+0.8 2,220 2,265
Montrose County R+36.8 R+36.8 Even 14,215 20,130
Delta County R+40.3 R+39.5 D+0.8 12,686 15,925
Mesa County R+33.2 R+32.4 D+0.8 51,054 72,947
Lincoln County R+50.9 R+49.7 D+1.2 2,199 2,287
Prowers County R+36.8 R+35.2 D+1.6 4,524 4,863
Logan County R+39.9 R+38.0 D+1.9 8,096 9,124
Hinsdale County R+22.6 R+20.6 D+2.0 566 600
Bent County R+15.9 R+13.4 D+2.5 1,963 1,942
Pueblo County D+11.2 D+13.9 D+2.7 53,946 76,194
Sedgwick County R+37.8 R+34.5 D+3.3 1,303 1,338
Park County R+19.3 R+14.7 D+4.6 6,665 9,366
Teller County R+37.9 R+32.6 D+5.3 9,847 13,407
Otero County R+15.3 R+9.0 D+6.3 7,312 8,192
Morgan County R+31.5 R+25.0 D+6.5 8,998 10,777
Huerfano County D+0.9 D+8.3 D+7.4 3,174 3,714
Douglas County R+33.6 R+25.7 D+7.9 86,225 167,781
Weld County R+21.7 R+12.7 D+9.0 64,541 115,866
Jackson County R+55.0 R+45.3 D+9.7 925 848
Conejos County flipped R+0.7 D+9.3 D+10.0 3,671 4,101
Adams County D+6.1 D+16.8 D+10.7 107,852 176,230
Custer County R+44.7 R+33.9 D+10.8 2,111 2,715
Garfield County R+17.6 R+5.1 D+12.5 17,104 24,408
Gilpin County D+3.8 D+16.4 D+12.6 2,465 3,338
El Paso County R+33.1 R+20.4 D+12.7 200,757 290,175
Jefferson County flipped R+8.1 D+4.8 D+12.9 235,491 311,052
Grand County R+19.9 R+6.9 D+13.0 6,353 8,187
Clear Creek County flipped R+1.2 D+12.0 D+13.2 4,924 5,743
Archuleta County R+32.7 R+17.7 D+15.0 4,758 6,734
Costilla County D+33.4 D+48.6 D+15.2 1,648 1,837
Montezuma County R+38.4 R+23.2 D+15.2 9,384 12,318
Lake County D+9.1 D+24.4 D+15.3 2,628 3,040
Summit County D+7.3 D+24.6 D+17.3 11,068 15,312
Eagle County flipped R+2.6 D+14.9 D+17.5 15,188 22,668
Mineral County R+25.9 R+8.1 D+17.8 486 650
Arapahoe County flipped R+8.0 D+9.9 D+17.9 189,942 285,516
Pitkin County D+20.1 D+38.0 D+17.9 7,800 10,075
Routt County flipped R+2.7 D+15.6 D+18.3 9,638 13,317
Denver County D+31.0 D+49.4 D+18.4 198,347 301,694
Larimer County flipped R+13.8 D+5.8 D+19.6 118,537 180,180
La Plata County flipped R+10.4 D+9.3 D+19.7 20,490 29,184
Rio Grande County R+27.7 R+7.9 D+19.8 5,075 5,533
Chaffee County flipped R+20.1 D+0.1 D+20.2 7,610 10,462
Gunnison County flipped R+0.9 D+19.7 D+20.6 7,236 8,667
Alamosa County flipped R+7.1 D+16.5 D+23.6 5,659 6,715
San Juan County flipped R+14.0 D+10.7 D+24.7 436 506
San Miguel County D+17.1 D+43.2 D+26.1 3,255 4,256
Saguache County D+2.7 D+30.7 D+28.0 2,529 2,930
Boulder County D+13.7 D+41.9 D+28.2 139,626 179,499
Ouray County flipped R+25.7 D+5.1 D+30.8 2,233 3,202

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