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Washington 2008 vs 2012: county swing

37 of 39 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 4 changed hands.

Columbia County: swing R+4.3Franklin County: swing D+0.1Lewis County: swing R+3.8Mason County: swing R+1.6Stevens County: swing R+6.0Adams County: swing D+0.3Asotin County: swing R+3.3Benton County: swing R+0.7Cowlitz County: swing R+6.8Douglas County: swing R+7.2Ferry County: swing R+7.6Garfield County: swing R+2.6Grant County: swing R+4.8Island County: swing R+1.8Kittitas County: swing R+2.0Klickitat County: swing R+7.1Skamania County: swing R+6.4Whitman County: swing R+8.3Clark County: swing R+5.9Kitsap County: swing R+0.6King County: swing R+1.5Lincoln County: swing R+11.1Pend Oreille County: swing R+4.1Pierce County: swing R+1.1Spokane County: swing R+4.7Thurston County: swing R+2.2Wahkiakum County: swing R+1.8Yakima County: swing R+1.2Chelan County: swing R+4.4Okanogan County: swing R+5.4Jefferson County: swing R+2.7Pacific County: swing R+2.5San Juan County: swing R+4.0Snohomish County: swing R+2.0Walla Walla County: swing R+2.8Whatcom County: swing R+3.9Skagit County: swing R+3.1Clallam County: swing R+2.9Grays Harbor County: swing R+0.4
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Lincoln County R+29.6 R+40.7 R+11.1 5,977 5,872
Whitman County flipped D+5.5 R+2.8 R+8.3 17,589 17,121
Ferry County R+12.8 R+20.4 R+7.6 3,501 3,440
Douglas County R+21.3 R+28.5 R+7.2 15,209 14,942
Klickitat County flipped D+0.2 R+6.9 R+7.1 10,164 10,274
Cowlitz County D+11.2 D+4.4 R+6.8 45,229 44,620
Skamania County flipped D+5.3 R+1.1 R+6.4 5,490 5,466
Stevens County R+20.8 R+26.8 R+6.0 22,341 22,161
Clark County D+6.1 D+0.2 R+5.9 182,764 190,805
Okanogan County R+7.1 R+12.5 R+5.4 16,870 16,846
Grant County R+27.5 R+32.3 R+4.8 27,438 27,558
Spokane County R+1.1 R+5.8 R+4.7 219,511 223,830
Chelan County R+12.0 R+16.4 R+4.4 31,958 32,250
Columbia County R+36.5 R+40.8 R+4.3 2,228 2,259
Pend Oreille County R+17.6 R+21.7 R+4.1 6,552 6,668
San Juan County D+41.9 D+37.9 R+4.0 10,531 10,594
Whatcom County D+17.9 D+14.0 R+3.9 100,339 103,029
Lewis County R+19.1 R+22.9 R+3.8 34,705 34,044
Asotin County R+13.4 R+16.7 R+3.3 9,780 9,901
Skagit County D+9.6 D+6.5 R+3.1 55,886 55,269
Clallam County D+3.3 D+0.4 R+2.9 38,519 38,066
Walla Walla County R+16.6 R+19.4 R+2.8 24,727 25,108
Jefferson County D+34.6 D+31.9 R+2.7 19,991 19,829
Garfield County R+42.5 R+45.1 R+2.6 1,373 1,278
Pacific County D+14.1 D+11.6 R+2.5 10,937 10,524
Thurston County D+21.7 D+19.5 R+2.2 126,709 127,063
Kittitas County R+8.1 R+10.1 R+2.0 17,868 18,171
Snohomish County D+18.9 D+16.9 R+2.0 320,333 329,817
Island County D+6.2 D+4.4 R+1.8 42,159 42,099
Wahkiakum County flipped D+0.7 R+1.1 R+1.8 2,294 2,294
Mason County D+8.7 D+7.1 R+1.6 28,306 28,235
King County D+42.1 D+40.6 R+1.5 922,032 967,154
Yakima County R+10.5 R+11.7 R+1.2 77,062 76,973
Pierce County D+12.2 D+11.1 R+1.1 329,520 342,910
Benton County R+26.1 R+26.8 R+0.7 72,911 79,559
Kitsap County D+12.3 D+11.7 R+0.6 124,337 123,367
Grays Harbor County D+14.5 D+14.1 R+0.4 29,184 28,684
Franklin County R+23.7 R+23.6 D+0.1 19,696 22,643
Adams County R+34.4 R+34.1 D+0.3 4,858 4,793

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