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Pennsylvania 2008 vs 2012: county swing

64 of 67 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 5 changed hands.

Blair County: swing R+9.6Bradford County: swing R+6.3Cambria County: swing R+18.7Clarion County: swing R+13.3Elk County: swing R+20.3Indiana County: swing R+11.6Lackawanna County: swing D+1.3Mifflin County: swing R+13.2Montour County: swing R+5.3Potter County: swing R+8.5Sullivan County: swing R+8.7Warren County: swing R+11.3Armstrong County: swing R+12.7Allegheny County: swing R+0.9Beaver County: swing R+3.7Bucks County: swing R+7.5Cameron County: swing R+10.9Centre County: swing R+11.5Chester County: swing R+9.4Clearfield County: swing R+16.7Crawford County: swing R+9.5Delaware County: swing D+0.2Erie County: swing R+3.9Fayette County: swing R+7.9Franklin County: swing R+5.9Huntingdon County: swing R+9.7Juniata County: swing R+10.1Lawrence County: swing R+3.9Luzerne County: swing R+3.6Mercer County: swing R+3.1Monroe County: swing R+3.0Northampton County: swing R+7.6Philadelphia County: swing D+4.5Snyder County: swing R+6.7Somerset County: swing R+17.8Susquehanna County: swing R+9.9Union County: swing R+8.6Venango County: swing R+7.3Washington County: swing R+8.9York County: swing R+7.6Berks County: swing R+10.1Butler County: swing R+7.4Carbon County: swing R+9.4Columbia County: swing R+8.5Forest County: swing R+7.6Fulton County: swing R+8.0Lebanon County: swing R+9.3Lycoming County: swing R+9.0Perry County: swing R+5.1Tioga County: swing R+7.8Wyoming County: swing R+5.3Bedford County: swing R+10.0Clinton County: swing R+9.2Cumberland County: swing R+4.8Dauphin County: swing R+2.9Greene County: swing R+17.5Jefferson County: swing R+15.8Lancaster County: swing R+7.1Lehigh County: swing R+7.7McKean County: swing R+10.8Schuylkill County: swing R+4.7Wayne County: swing R+8.5Westmoreland County: swing R+6.9Montgomery County: swing R+6.5Northumberland County: swing R+5.5Pike County: swing R+6.8Adams County: swing R+7.9
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Elk County flipped D+4.3 R+16.0 R+20.3 14,258 13,238
Cambria County flipped D+0.7 R+18.0 R+18.7 65,622 60,526
Somerset County R+25.1 R+42.9 R+17.8 35,167 33,942
Greene County R+0.3 R+17.8 R+17.5 15,961 14,464
Clearfield County R+12.2 R+28.9 R+16.7 33,774 31,967
Jefferson County R+29.8 R+45.6 R+15.8 18,801 18,097
Clarion County R+22.4 R+35.7 R+13.3 17,765 16,186
Mifflin County R+33.6 R+46.8 R+13.2 16,501 16,371
Armstrong County R+24.7 R+37.4 R+12.7 30,072 29,602
Indiana County R+7.1 R+18.7 R+11.6 37,299 36,321
Centre County D+11.8 D+0.3 R+11.5 75,737 69,626
Warren County R+6.2 R+17.5 R+11.3 18,494 17,299
Cameron County R+19.2 R+30.1 R+10.9 2,311 2,111
McKean County R+17.3 R+28.1 R+10.8 15,947 15,108
Berks County flipped D+9.1 R+1.0 R+10.1 179,896 170,320
Juniata County R+35.2 R+45.3 R+10.1 9,711 9,535
Bedford County R+44.9 R+54.9 R+10.0 22,441 21,697
Susquehanna County R+11.6 R+21.5 R+9.9 19,283 18,044
Huntingdon County R+27.5 R+37.2 R+9.7 18,646 17,639
Blair County R+24.3 R+33.9 R+9.6 53,081 50,241
Crawford County R+10.4 R+19.9 R+9.5 38,074 35,388
Carbon County flipped D+1.9 R+7.5 R+9.4 26,919 25,581
Chester County flipped D+9.2 R+0.2 R+9.4 254,305 251,973
Lebanon County R+18.9 R+28.2 R+9.3 58,252 56,580
Clinton County R+2.7 R+11.9 R+9.2 14,793 13,265
Lycoming County R+24.2 R+33.2 R+9.0 49,235 46,493
Washington County R+4.7 R+13.6 R+8.9 98,002 94,750
Sullivan County R+19.5 R+28.2 R+8.7 3,120 2,949
Union County R+14.6 R+23.2 R+8.6 17,400 16,268
Columbia County R+4.4 R+12.9 R+8.5 28,041 25,623
Potter County R+37.5 R+46.0 R+8.5 7,507 7,242
Wayne County R+12.3 R+20.8 R+8.5 22,833 21,607
Fulton County R+48.6 R+56.6 R+8.0 6,306 6,195
Adams County R+19.6 R+27.5 R+7.9 44,489 42,457
Fayette County R+0.4 R+8.3 R+7.9 52,554 48,505
Tioga County R+27.4 R+35.2 R+7.8 17,965 17,004
Lehigh County D+15.5 D+7.8 R+7.7 152,464 147,002
Forest County R+13.4 R+21.0 R+7.6 2,444 2,312
Northampton County D+12.3 D+4.7 R+7.6 135,581 130,735
York County R+13.6 R+21.2 R+7.6 194,183 189,229
Bucks County D+8.7 D+1.2 R+7.5 332,923 321,016
Butler County R+27.5 R+34.9 R+7.4 90,355 89,445
Venango County R+19.2 R+26.5 R+7.3 23,288 22,167
Lancaster County R+11.8 R+18.9 R+7.1 228,097 222,436
Westmoreland County R+16.8 R+23.7 R+6.9 176,785 169,572
Pike County R+4.2 R+11.0 R+6.8 24,297 23,279
Snyder County R+29.2 R+35.9 R+6.7 15,479 15,002
Montgomery County D+20.8 D+14.3 R+6.5 422,411 412,200
Bradford County R+18.4 R+24.7 R+6.3 25,782 23,426
Franklin County R+32.6 R+38.5 R+5.9 63,635 63,078
Northumberland County R+13.9 R+19.4 R+5.5 33,916 33,212
Montour County R+15.1 R+20.4 R+5.3 8,023 7,831
Wyoming County R+7.6 R+12.9 R+5.3 13,129 11,872
Perry County R+33.8 R+38.9 R+5.1 19,733 19,128
Cumberland County R+13.7 R+18.5 R+4.8 113,298 110,814
Schuylkill County R+8.7 R+13.4 R+4.7 63,054 57,727
Erie County D+20.0 D+16.1 R+3.9 127,642 118,619
Lawrence County R+5.1 R+9.0 R+3.9 42,084 39,036
Beaver County R+2.9 R+6.6 R+3.7 84,463 80,474
Luzerne County D+8.4 D+4.8 R+3.6 135,163 124,439
Mercer County R+0.3 R+3.4 R+3.1 53,796 50,863
Monroe County D+16.3 D+13.3 R+3.0 68,385 62,917
Dauphin County D+9.0 D+6.1 R+2.9 129,526 124,008
Allegheny County D+15.5 D+14.6 R+0.9 651,380 622,081
Delaware County D+21.2 D+21.4 D+0.2 281,082 285,564
Lackawanna County D+26.0 D+27.3 D+1.3 107,866 98,015
Philadelphia County D+66.8 D+71.3 D+4.5 717,155 690,327

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