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New Hampshire 2004 vs 2008: county swing

0 of 10 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 4 changed hands.

Carroll County: swing D+10.9Grafton County: swing D+15.0Rockingham County: swing D+5.3Sullivan County: swing D+11.9Cheshire County: swing D+8.2Strafford County: swing D+8.3Belknap County: swing D+13.1Coos County: swing D+15.6Hillsborough County: swing D+6.5Merrimack County: swing D+8.7
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20042008SwingVotes 2004Votes 2008
Rockingham County flipped R+4.2 D+1.1 D+5.3 158,766 167,822
Hillsborough County flipped R+2.8 D+3.7 D+6.5 195,427 204,709
Cheshire County D+19.3 D+27.5 D+8.2 41,337 42,823
Strafford County D+12.0 D+20.3 D+8.3 59,280 63,848
Merrimack County D+5.1 D+13.8 D+8.7 76,655 80,106
Carroll County flipped R+4.6 D+6.3 D+10.9 28,222 29,056
Sullivan County D+6.0 D+17.9 D+11.9 21,796 22,754
Belknap County flipped R+11.9 D+1.2 D+13.1 32,298 33,614
Grafton County D+12.5 D+27.5 D+15.0 46,962 49,890
Coos County D+2.6 D+18.2 D+15.6 16,919 16,348

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