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Massachusetts 2000 vs 2012: county swing

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

Franklin County: swing D+23.7Dukes County: swing D+11.5Hampden County: swing D+1.5Hampshire County: swing D+15.8Middlesex County: swing R+4.0Norfolk County: swing R+10.4Plymouth County: swing R+11.2Barnstable County: swing R+2.7Berkshire County: swing D+16.3Worcester County: swing R+9.8Suffolk County: swing D+5.7Bristol County: swing R+14.4Essex County: swing R+5.8Nantucket County: swing D+1.6
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Bristol County D+34.8 D+20.4 R+14.4 211,337 241,509
Plymouth County D+15.4 D+4.2 R+11.2 211,577 256,531
Norfolk County D+25.7 D+15.3 R+10.4 317,177 356,523
Worcester County D+19.2 D+9.4 R+9.8 310,148 369,112
Essex County D+22.1 D+16.3 R+5.8 310,333 366,357
Middlesex County D+31.2 D+27.2 R+4.0 657,048 754,170
Barnstable County D+10.5 D+7.8 R+2.7 121,086 133,115
Hampden County D+23.6 D+25.1 D+1.5 172,093 200,399
Nantucket County D+25.3 D+26.9 D+1.6 4,926 6,120
Suffolk County D+50.9 D+56.6 D+5.7 217,000 289,098
Dukes County D+35.7 D+47.2 D+11.5 8,856 10,968
Hampshire County D+28.2 D+44.0 D+15.8 68,626 81,621
Berkshire County D+37.3 D+53.6 D+16.3 59,411 64,486
Franklin County D+23.3 D+47.0 D+23.7 33,366 37,758

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