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Massachusetts 2004 vs 2008: county swing

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

Franklin County: swing D+8.8Dukes County: swing D+5.2Hampden County: swing D+2.4Hampshire County: swing D+4.8Middlesex County: swing D+0.6Norfolk County: swing R+3.0Plymouth County: swing R+0.8Barnstable County: swing D+3.7Berkshire County: swing D+5.0Worcester County: swing R+0.3Suffolk County: swing D+2.6Bristol County: swing R+5.0Essex County: swing D+2.6Nantucket County: swing D+9.1
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20042008SwingVotes 2004Votes 2008
Bristol County D+28.1 D+23.1 R+5.0 232,878 243,120
Norfolk County D+21.6 D+18.6 R+3.0 331,137 344,916
Plymouth County D+8.4 D+7.6 R+0.8 233,297 249,828
Worcester County D+14.1 D+13.8 R+0.3 340,636 363,590
Middlesex County D+29.5 D+30.1 D+0.6 688,960 726,031
Hampden County D+22.9 D+25.3 D+2.4 186,639 197,841
Essex County D+17.7 D+20.3 D+2.6 333,233 353,665
Suffolk County D+53.1 D+55.7 D+2.6 240,645 269,221
Barnstable County D+10.3 D+14.0 D+3.7 132,148 132,270
Hampshire County D+40.8 D+45.6 D+4.8 74,422 79,570
Berkshire County D+47.4 D+52.4 D+5.0 65,291 66,130
Dukes County D+46.7 D+51.9 D+5.2 9,997 10,553
Franklin County D+38.8 D+47.6 D+8.8 37,381 38,549
Nantucket County D+27.4 D+36.5 D+9.1 5,724 6,052

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