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Massachusetts 2008 vs 2012: county swing

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

Franklin County: swing R+0.6Dukes County: swing R+4.7Hampden County: swing R+0.2Hampshire County: swing R+1.6Middlesex County: swing R+2.9Norfolk County: swing R+3.3Plymouth County: swing R+3.4Barnstable County: swing R+6.2Berkshire County: swing D+1.2Worcester County: swing R+4.4Suffolk County: swing D+0.9Bristol County: swing R+2.7Essex County: swing R+4.0Nantucket County: swing R+9.6
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Nantucket County D+36.5 D+26.9 R+9.6 6,052 6,120
Barnstable County D+14.0 D+7.8 R+6.2 132,270 133,115
Dukes County D+51.9 D+47.2 R+4.7 10,553 10,968
Worcester County D+13.8 D+9.4 R+4.4 363,590 369,112
Essex County D+20.3 D+16.3 R+4.0 353,665 366,357
Plymouth County D+7.6 D+4.2 R+3.4 249,828 256,531
Norfolk County D+18.6 D+15.3 R+3.3 344,916 356,523
Middlesex County D+30.1 D+27.2 R+2.9 726,031 754,170
Bristol County D+23.1 D+20.4 R+2.7 243,120 241,509
Hampshire County D+45.6 D+44.0 R+1.6 79,570 81,621
Franklin County D+47.6 D+47.0 R+0.6 38,549 37,758
Hampden County D+25.3 D+25.1 R+0.2 197,841 200,399
Suffolk County D+55.7 D+56.6 D+0.9 269,221 289,098
Berkshire County D+52.4 D+53.6 D+1.2 66,130 64,486

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