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Vermont 2008 vs 2012: county swing

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

Caledonia County: swing R+0.4Orleans County: swing R+3.4Bennington County: swing R+0.3Chittenden County: swing R+3.1Franklin County: swing R+1.4Lamoille County: swing R+0.8Rutland County: swing R+2.8Windham County: swing D+0.6Grand Isle County: swing R+2.2Addison County: swing D+0.2Essex County: swing R+1.1Orange County: swing D+0.6Washington County: swing D+0.9Windsor County: swing R+1.8
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Orleans County D+27.5 D+24.1 R+3.4 12,771 11,692
Chittenden County D+44.7 D+41.6 R+3.1 83,440 77,080
Rutland County D+24.6 D+21.8 R+2.8 31,617 28,609
Grand Isle County D+28.2 D+26.0 R+2.2 4,269 4,075
Windsor County D+39.7 D+37.9 R+1.8 31,165 28,699
Franklin County D+24.8 D+23.4 R+1.4 21,460 19,888
Essex County D+14.5 D+13.4 R+1.1 3,101 2,798
Lamoille County D+42.7 D+41.9 R+0.8 12,668 11,988
Caledonia County D+23.2 D+22.8 R+0.4 14,728 13,661
Bennington County D+33.4 D+33.1 R+0.3 19,129 17,593
Addison County D+39.1 D+39.3 D+0.2 19,238 17,910
Orange County D+31.4 D+32.0 D+0.6 15,179 14,053
Windham County D+48.1 D+48.7 D+0.6 24,081 21,937
Washington County D+40.9 D+41.8 D+0.9 32,200 29,307

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