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New Hampshire 2008 vs 2012: county swing

10 of 10 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 3 changed hands.

Carroll County: swing R+7.1Grafton County: swing R+3.7Rockingham County: swing R+5.7Sullivan County: swing R+4.6Cheshire County: swing R+2.7Strafford County: swing R+5.8Belknap County: swing R+6.2Coos County: swing R+0.7Hillsborough County: swing R+2.6Merrimack County: swing R+1.1
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Carroll County flipped D+6.3 R+0.8 R+7.1 29,056 28,602
Belknap County flipped D+1.2 R+5.0 R+6.2 33,614 33,887
Strafford County D+20.3 D+14.5 R+5.8 63,848 63,969
Rockingham County flipped D+1.1 R+4.6 R+5.7 167,822 170,423
Sullivan County D+17.9 D+13.3 R+4.6 22,754 21,837
Grafton County D+27.5 D+23.8 R+3.7 49,890 49,014
Cheshire County D+27.5 D+24.8 R+2.7 42,823 41,360
Hillsborough County D+3.7 D+1.1 R+2.6 204,709 205,667
Merrimack County D+13.8 D+12.7 R+1.1 80,106 80,514
Coos County D+18.2 D+17.5 R+0.7 16,348 15,699

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