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Colorado 2008 vs 2012: county swing

54 of 64 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 1 changed hands.

Alamosa County: swing D+2.4Boulder County: swing R+4.3Broomfield County: swing R+5.6Crowley County: swing D+1.3Denver County: swing R+3.1Douglas County: swing R+8.5Gilpin County: swing R+4.8Hinsdale County: swing R+3.3Jackson County: swing R+7.3Jefferson County: swing R+4.2Lincoln County: swing D+1.1Montezuma County: swing R+3.7Phillips County: swing R+2.5Rio Grande County: swing D+0.9San Juan County: swing D+1.5Weld County: swing R+4.0Adams County: swing R+1.5Archuleta County: swing R+5.6Baca County: swing R+4.1Chaffee County: swing D+0.2Cheyenne County: swing R+3.3Conejos County: swing R+3.6Costilla County: swing R+0.3Delta County: swing R+7.2Eagle County: swing R+8.2Fremont County: swing R+2.5Kiowa County: swing R+12.7Kit Carson County: swing R+7.8Larimer County: swing R+3.9Montrose County: swing R+7.0Logan County: swing R+2.8Mesa County: swing R+2.9Moffat County: swing R+11.0Morgan County: swing R+1.0Ouray County: swing R+3.7Pitkin County: swing R+10.8Rio Blanco County: swing R+7.4Saguache County: swing D+2.4Teller County: swing R+4.5Washington County: swing R+5.5Yuma County: swing R+6.3Bent County: swing D+1.1Clear Creek County: swing R+5.9Custer County: swing R+5.0El Paso County: swing R+1.6Grand County: swing R+5.8Gunnison County: swing R+7.6Huerfano County: swing R+2.9Lake County: swing R+1.6Mineral County: swing D+2.2Otero County: swing D+1.5Pueblo County: swing R+1.0Summit County: swing R+8.4Arapahoe County: swing R+3.0La Plata County: swing R+7.0Las Animas County: swing R+4.5Dolores County: swing R+5.3Elbert County: swing R+6.9Garfield County: swing R+5.1Park County: swing R+7.8Prowers County: swing R+1.5Routt County: swing R+11.3San Miguel County: swing R+12.4Sedgwick County: swing R+5.7
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Kiowa County R+55.4 R+68.1 R+12.7 852 821
San Miguel County D+55.6 D+43.2 R+12.4 4,350 4,256
Routt County D+26.9 D+15.6 R+11.3 13,199 13,317
Moffat County R+43.5 R+54.5 R+11.0 5,871 6,168
Pitkin County D+48.8 D+38.0 R+10.8 9,966 10,075
Douglas County R+17.2 R+25.7 R+8.5 151,819 167,781
Summit County D+33.0 D+24.6 R+8.4 14,899 15,312
Eagle County D+23.1 D+14.9 R+8.2 21,652 22,668
Kit Carson County R+44.8 R+52.6 R+7.8 3,442 3,702
Park County R+6.9 R+14.7 R+7.8 9,383 9,366
Gunnison County D+27.3 D+19.7 R+7.6 8,870 8,667
Rio Blanco County R+56.6 R+64.0 R+7.4 3,147 3,369
Jackson County R+38.0 R+45.3 R+7.3 913 848
Delta County R+32.3 R+39.5 R+7.2 15,434 15,925
La Plata County D+16.3 D+9.3 R+7.0 27,979 29,184
Montrose County R+29.8 R+36.8 R+7.0 19,153 20,130
Elbert County R+40.1 R+47.0 R+6.9 13,206 14,178
Yuma County R+48.4 R+54.7 R+6.3 4,483 4,577
Clear Creek County D+17.9 D+12.0 R+5.9 5,767 5,743
Grand County R+1.1 R+6.9 R+5.8 8,308 8,187
Sedgwick County R+28.8 R+34.5 R+5.7 1,351 1,338
Archuleta County R+12.1 R+17.7 R+5.6 6,625 6,734
Broomfield County D+11.6 D+6.0 R+5.6 29,453 32,777
Washington County R+56.5 R+62.0 R+5.5 2,513 2,591
Dolores County R+36.9 R+42.2 R+5.3 1,217 1,245
Garfield County Even R+5.1 R+5.1 23,082 24,408
Custer County R+28.9 R+33.9 R+5.0 2,629 2,715
Gilpin County D+21.2 D+16.4 R+4.8 3,301 3,338
Las Animas County D+7.1 D+2.6 R+4.5 6,761 6,862
Teller County R+28.1 R+32.6 R+4.5 12,906 13,407
Boulder County D+46.2 D+41.9 R+4.3 171,763 179,499
Jefferson County D+9.0 D+4.8 R+4.2 295,062 311,052
Baca County R+47.7 R+51.8 R+4.1 2,175 2,106
Weld County R+8.7 R+12.7 R+4.0 105,866 115,866
Larimer County D+9.7 D+5.8 R+3.9 166,373 180,180
Montezuma County R+19.5 R+23.2 R+3.7 11,825 12,318
Ouray County D+8.8 D+5.1 R+3.7 3,060 3,202
Conejos County D+12.9 D+9.3 R+3.6 3,874 4,101
Cheyenne County R+62.3 R+65.6 R+3.3 1,111 1,093
Hinsdale County R+17.3 R+20.6 R+3.3 599 600
Denver County D+52.5 D+49.4 R+3.1 271,533 301,694
Arapahoe County D+12.9 D+9.9 R+3.0 266,148 285,516
Huerfano County D+11.2 D+8.3 R+2.9 3,643 3,714
Mesa County R+29.5 R+32.4 R+2.9 69,631 72,947
Logan County R+35.2 R+38.0 R+2.8 8,977 9,124
Fremont County R+29.2 R+31.7 R+2.5 19,919 20,416
Phillips County R+43.8 R+46.3 R+2.5 2,260 2,265
El Paso County R+18.8 R+20.4 R+1.6 273,175 290,175
Lake County D+26.0 D+24.4 R+1.6 3,002 3,040
Adams County D+18.3 D+16.8 R+1.5 160,499 176,230
Prowers County R+33.7 R+35.2 R+1.5 4,615 4,863
Morgan County R+24.0 R+25.0 R+1.0 10,234 10,777
Pueblo County D+14.9 D+13.9 R+1.0 72,427 76,194
Costilla County D+48.9 D+48.6 R+0.3 1,697 1,837
Chaffee County flipped R+0.1 D+0.1 D+0.2 9,920 10,462
Rio Grande County R+8.8 R+7.9 D+0.9 5,444 5,533
Bent County R+14.5 R+13.4 D+1.1 1,920 1,942
Lincoln County R+50.8 R+49.7 D+1.1 2,304 2,287
Crowley County R+27.2 R+25.9 D+1.3 1,558 1,502
Otero County R+10.5 R+9.0 D+1.5 8,064 8,192
San Juan County D+9.2 D+10.7 D+1.5 496 506
Mineral County R+10.3 R+8.1 D+2.2 623 650
Alamosa County D+14.1 D+16.5 D+2.4 6,286 6,715
Saguache County D+28.3 D+30.7 D+2.4 2,747 2,930

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