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Delaware 2000 vs 2012: county swing

1 of 3 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 1 changed hands.

Sussex County: swing R+5.7Kent County: swing D+7.6New Castle County: swing D+11.1
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Sussex County R+7.3 R+13.0 R+5.7 66,287 93,229
Kent County flipped R+2.7 D+4.9 D+7.6 48,247 68,696
New Castle County D+23.0 D+34.1 D+11.1 212,995 252,012

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