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Delaware 2008 vs 2016: county swing

3 of 3 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 1 changed hands.

Sussex County: swing R+13.4Kent County: swing R+14.7New Castle County: swing R+11.1
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Kent County flipped D+9.8 R+4.9 R+14.7 66,925 74,598
Sussex County R+8.6 R+22.0 R+13.4 89,070 106,008
New Castle County D+40.6 D+29.5 R+11.1 256,417 262,391

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