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Colorado 2004 vs 2008: county swing

0 of 64 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 7 changed hands.

Alamosa County: swing D+16.7Boulder County: swing D+12.3Broomfield County: swing D+16.2Crowley County: swing D+8.2Denver County: swing D+12.2Douglas County: swing D+16.6Gilpin County: swing D+6.3Hinsdale County: swing D+2.5Jackson County: swing D+15.5Jefferson County: swing D+14.2Lincoln County: swing D+5.5Montezuma County: swing D+8.8Phillips County: swing D+5.0Rio Grande County: swing D+17.3San Juan County: swing D+1.5Weld County: swing D+18.1Adams County: swing D+15.9Archuleta County: swing D+12.9Baca County: swing D+7.1Chaffee County: swing D+12.6Cheyenne County: swing D+1.6Conejos County: swing D+12.2Costilla County: swing D+14.6Delta County: swing D+6.6Eagle County: swing D+16.6Fremont County: swing D+5.3Kiowa County: swing D+5.1Kit Carson County: swing D+12.1Larimer County: swing D+14.9Montrose County: swing D+10.0Logan County: swing D+6.8Mesa County: swing D+6.0Moffat County: swing D+7.0Morgan County: swing D+13.7Ouray County: swing D+13.4Pitkin County: swing D+10.5Rio Blanco County: swing D+4.6Saguache County: swing D+12.9Teller County: swing D+10.3Washington County: swing D+6.5Yuma County: swing D+4.1Bent County: swing D+11.2Clear Creek County: swing D+9.5Custer County: swing D+8.9El Paso County: swing D+15.8Grand County: swing D+12.3Gunnison County: swing D+11.8Huerfano County: swing D+12.3Lake County: swing D+13.8Mineral County: swing D+14.9Otero County: swing D+11.3Pueblo County: swing D+8.6Summit County: swing D+12.8Arapahoe County: swing D+16.9La Plata County: swing D+9.6Las Animas County: swing D+5.5Dolores County: swing D+2.5Elbert County: swing D+8.8Garfield County: swing D+9.2Park County: swing D+9.1Prowers County: swing D+10.2Routt County: swing D+16.8San Miguel County: swing D+10.8Sedgwick County: swing D+15.1
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20042008SwingVotes 2004Votes 2008
San Juan County D+7.7 D+9.2 D+1.5 486 496
Cheyenne County R+63.9 R+62.3 D+1.6 1,134 1,111
Dolores County R+39.4 R+36.9 D+2.5 1,146 1,217
Hinsdale County R+19.8 R+17.3 D+2.5 602 599
Yuma County R+52.5 R+48.4 D+4.1 4,559 4,483
Rio Blanco County R+61.2 R+56.6 D+4.6 3,003 3,147
Phillips County R+48.8 R+43.8 D+5.0 2,325 2,260
Kiowa County R+60.5 R+55.4 D+5.1 892 852
Fremont County R+34.5 R+29.2 D+5.3 18,523 19,919
Las Animas County D+1.6 D+7.1 D+5.5 6,587 6,761
Lincoln County R+56.3 R+50.8 D+5.5 2,337 2,304
Mesa County R+35.5 R+29.5 D+6.0 61,885 69,631
Gilpin County D+14.9 D+21.2 D+6.3 3,196 3,301
Washington County R+63.0 R+56.5 D+6.5 2,530 2,513
Delta County R+38.9 R+32.3 D+6.6 14,159 15,434
Logan County R+42.0 R+35.2 D+6.8 8,766 8,977
Moffat County R+50.5 R+43.5 D+7.0 5,725 5,871
Baca County R+54.8 R+47.7 D+7.1 2,186 2,175
Crowley County R+35.4 R+27.2 D+8.2 1,493 1,558
Pueblo County D+6.3 D+14.9 D+8.6 67,182 72,427
Elbert County R+48.9 R+40.1 D+8.8 11,361 13,206
Montezuma County R+28.3 R+19.5 D+8.8 11,015 11,825
Custer County R+37.8 R+28.9 D+8.9 2,428 2,629
Park County R+16.0 R+6.9 D+9.1 8,355 9,383
Garfield County R+9.2 Even D+9.2 20,647 23,082
Clear Creek County D+8.4 D+17.9 D+9.5 5,613 5,767
La Plata County D+6.7 D+16.3 D+9.6 25,490 27,979
Montrose County R+39.8 R+29.8 D+10.0 16,219 19,153
Prowers County R+43.9 R+33.7 D+10.2 4,745 4,615
Teller County R+38.4 R+28.1 D+10.3 11,840 12,906
Pitkin County D+38.3 D+48.8 D+10.5 9,255 9,966
San Miguel County D+44.8 D+55.6 D+10.8 4,019 4,350
Bent County R+25.7 R+14.5 D+11.2 2,155 1,920
Otero County R+21.8 R+10.5 D+11.3 8,180 8,064
Gunnison County D+15.5 D+27.3 D+11.8 8,420 8,870
Kit Carson County R+56.9 R+44.8 D+12.1 3,502 3,442
Conejos County D+0.7 D+12.9 D+12.2 3,800 3,874
Denver County D+40.3 D+52.5 D+12.2 238,672 271,533
Boulder County D+33.9 D+46.2 D+12.3 159,257 171,763
Grand County R+13.4 R+1.1 D+12.3 7,609 8,308
Huerfano County flipped R+1.1 D+11.2 D+12.3 3,402 3,643
Chaffee County R+12.7 R+0.1 D+12.6 8,769 9,920
Summit County D+20.2 D+33.0 D+12.8 13,735 14,899
Archuleta County R+25.0 R+12.1 D+12.9 5,839 6,625
Saguache County D+15.4 D+28.3 D+12.9 2,803 2,747
Ouray County flipped R+4.6 D+8.8 D+13.4 2,719 3,060
Morgan County R+37.7 R+24.0 D+13.7 9,936 10,234
Lake County D+12.2 D+26.0 D+13.8 2,949 3,002
Jefferson County flipped R+5.2 D+9.0 D+14.2 271,293 295,062
Costilla County D+34.3 D+48.9 D+14.6 1,759 1,697
Larimer County flipped R+5.2 D+9.7 D+14.9 146,435 166,373
Mineral County R+25.2 R+10.3 D+14.9 619 623
Sedgwick County R+43.9 R+28.8 D+15.1 1,360 1,351
Jackson County R+53.5 R+38.0 D+15.5 934 913
El Paso County R+34.6 R+18.8 D+15.8 241,786 273,175
Adams County D+2.4 D+18.3 D+15.9 136,672 160,499
Broomfield County flipped R+4.6 D+11.6 D+16.2 23,235 29,453
Douglas County R+33.8 R+17.2 D+16.6 121,200 151,819
Eagle County D+6.5 D+23.1 D+16.6 18,511 21,652
Alamosa County flipped R+2.6 D+14.1 D+16.7 6,269 6,286
Routt County D+10.1 D+26.9 D+16.8 11,761 13,199
Arapahoe County flipped R+4.0 D+12.9 D+16.9 232,171 266,148
Rio Grande County R+26.1 R+8.8 D+17.3 5,523 5,444
Weld County R+26.8 R+8.7 D+18.1 88,652 105,866

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