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Connecticut 2008 vs 2016: county swing

7 of 8 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 2 changed hands.

Windham County: swing R+30.8Tolland County: swing R+15.3Hartford County: swing R+8.8Middlesex County: swing R+15.7Litchfield County: swing R+18.5Fairfield County: swing D+1.8New London County: swing R+14.5New Haven County: swing R+11.0
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Windham County flipped D+23.0 R+7.8 R+30.8 56,269 50,823
Litchfield County flipped D+4.9 R+13.6 R+18.5 98,870 97,442
Middlesex County D+23.0 D+7.3 R+15.7 87,155 88,624
Tolland County D+20.8 D+5.5 R+15.3 75,406 77,424
New London County D+21.1 D+6.6 R+14.5 124,765 123,528
New Haven County D+23.2 D+12.2 R+11.0 381,739 379,006
Hartford County D+31.5 D+22.7 R+8.8 411,785 406,864
Fairfield County D+18.1 D+19.9 D+1.8 411,096 421,209

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