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New Hampshire 2000 vs 2012: county swing

1 of 10 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 3 changed hands.

Carroll County: swing D+10.7Grafton County: swing D+23.2Rockingham County: swing R+1.4Sullivan County: swing D+19.0Cheshire County: swing D+14.1Strafford County: swing D+5.8Belknap County: swing D+10.2Coos County: swing D+22.7Hillsborough County: swing D+3.0Merrimack County: swing D+11.8
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Rockingham County R+3.2 R+4.6 R+1.4 134,173 170,423
Hillsborough County flipped R+1.9 D+1.1 D+3.0 165,761 205,667
Strafford County D+8.7 D+14.5 D+5.8 49,393 63,969
Belknap County R+15.2 R+5.0 D+10.2 26,795 33,887
Carroll County R+11.5 R+0.8 D+10.7 23,879 28,602
Merrimack County D+0.9 D+12.7 D+11.8 63,684 80,514
Cheshire County D+10.7 D+24.8 D+14.1 33,395 41,360
Sullivan County flipped R+5.7 D+13.3 D+19.0 18,668 21,837
Coos County flipped R+5.2 D+17.5 D+22.7 14,600 15,699
Grafton County D+0.6 D+23.8 D+23.2 38,733 49,014

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