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Rhode Island 2000 vs 2012: county swing

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

Bristol County: swing D+1.6Kent County: swing R+6.8Newport County: swing D+3.8Providence County: swing R+2.3Washington County: swing D+2.0
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Kent County D+24.5 D+17.7 R+6.8 73,470 78,923
Providence County D+37.2 D+34.9 R+2.3 218,308 239,789
Bristol County D+21.7 D+23.3 D+1.6 23,272 24,676
Washington County D+14.8 D+16.8 D+2.0 56,224 62,879
Newport County D+17.2 D+21.0 D+3.8 37,838 39,452

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