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Washington 2000 vs 2012: county swing

1 of 39 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 5 changed hands.

Columbia County: swing D+7.0Franklin County: swing D+5.3Lewis County: swing D+6.0Mason County: swing D+4.3Stevens County: swing D+5.1Adams County: swing D+6.8Asotin County: swing D+10.5Benton County: swing D+4.8Cowlitz County: swing D+0.8Douglas County: swing D+8.0Ferry County: swing D+11.3Garfield County: swing D+6.2Grant County: swing D+4.5Island County: swing D+9.3Kittitas County: swing D+5.6Klickitat County: swing D+11.4Skamania County: swing D+8.2Whitman County: swing D+12.6Clark County: swing D+4.2Kitsap County: swing D+7.9King County: swing D+15.0Lincoln County: swing D+0.2Pend Oreille County: swing R+1.4Pierce County: swing D+3.7Spokane County: swing D+2.7Thurston County: swing D+8.7Wahkiakum County: swing D+10.6Yakima County: swing D+9.0Chelan County: swing D+15.8Okanogan County: swing D+21.6Jefferson County: swing D+18.1Pacific County: swing D+2.7San Juan County: swing D+21.1Snohomish County: swing D+8.9Walla Walla County: swing D+9.3Whatcom County: swing D+14.4Skagit County: swing D+10.3Clallam County: swing D+8.0Grays Harbor County: swing D+6.1
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Pend Oreille County R+20.3 R+21.7 R+1.4 5,437 6,668
Lincoln County R+40.9 R+40.7 D+0.2 5,196 5,872
Cowlitz County D+3.6 D+4.4 D+0.8 36,957 44,620
Pacific County D+8.9 D+11.6 D+2.7 9,518 10,524
Spokane County R+8.5 R+5.8 D+2.7 172,089 223,830
Pierce County D+7.4 D+11.1 D+3.7 268,894 342,910
Clark County flipped R+4.0 D+0.2 D+4.2 135,530 190,805
Mason County D+2.8 D+7.1 D+4.3 22,479 28,235
Grant County R+36.8 R+32.3 D+4.5 23,795 27,558
Benton County R+31.6 R+26.8 D+4.8 59,775 79,559
Stevens County R+31.9 R+26.8 D+5.1 17,995 22,161
Franklin County R+28.9 R+23.6 D+5.3 13,612 22,643
Kittitas County R+15.7 R+10.1 D+5.6 14,086 18,171
Lewis County R+28.9 R+22.9 D+6.0 29,983 34,044
Grays Harbor County D+8.0 D+14.1 D+6.1 25,970 28,684
Garfield County R+51.3 R+45.1 D+6.2 1,329 1,278
Adams County R+40.9 R+34.1 D+6.8 4,974 4,793
Columbia County R+47.8 R+40.8 D+7.0 2,106 2,259
Kitsap County D+3.8 D+11.7 D+7.9 102,857 123,367
Clallam County flipped R+7.6 D+0.4 D+8.0 32,230 38,066
Douglas County R+36.5 R+28.5 D+8.0 12,851 14,942
Skamania County R+9.3 R+1.1 D+8.2 4,248 5,466
Thurston County D+10.8 D+19.5 D+8.7 97,407 127,063
Snohomish County D+8.0 D+16.9 D+8.9 251,305 329,817
Yakima County R+20.7 R+11.7 D+9.0 67,375 76,973
Island County flipped R+4.9 D+4.4 D+9.3 33,003 42,099
Walla Walla County R+28.7 R+19.4 D+9.3 21,362 25,108
Skagit County flipped R+3.8 D+6.5 D+10.3 45,220 55,269
Asotin County R+27.2 R+16.7 D+10.5 7,985 9,901
Wahkiakum County R+11.7 R+1.1 D+10.6 1,971 2,294
Ferry County R+31.7 R+20.4 D+11.3 3,037 3,440
Klickitat County R+18.3 R+6.9 D+11.4 8,180 10,274
Whitman County R+15.4 R+2.8 D+12.6 16,234 17,121
Whatcom County flipped R+0.4 D+14.0 D+14.4 73,752 103,029
King County D+25.6 D+40.6 D+15.0 794,078 967,154
Chelan County R+32.2 R+16.4 D+15.8 26,569 32,250
Jefferson County D+13.8 D+31.9 D+18.1 15,832 19,829
San Juan County D+16.8 D+37.9 D+21.1 8,424 10,594
Okanogan County R+34.1 R+12.5 D+21.6 14,796 16,846

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