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Massachusetts 2008 vs 2016: county swing

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

Franklin County: swing R+10.6Dukes County: swing R+0.4Hampden County: swing R+8.6Hampshire County: swing R+5.2Middlesex County: swing D+8.3Norfolk County: swing D+9.7Plymouth County: swing EvenBarnstable County: swing R+0.3Berkshire County: swing R+10.9Worcester County: swing R+3.1Suffolk County: swing D+7.6Bristol County: swing R+13.5Essex County: swing D+2.3Nantucket County: swing R+1.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Bristol County D+23.1 D+9.6 R+13.5 243,120 248,959
Berkshire County D+52.4 D+41.5 R+10.9 66,130 64,803
Franklin County D+47.6 D+37.0 R+10.6 38,549 38,177
Hampden County D+25.3 D+16.7 R+8.6 197,841 203,117
Hampshire County D+45.6 D+40.4 R+5.2 79,570 82,956
Worcester County D+13.8 D+10.7 R+3.1 363,590 383,705
Nantucket County D+36.5 D+35.2 R+1.3 6,052 6,406
Dukes County D+51.9 D+51.5 R+0.4 10,553 11,502
Barnstable County D+14.0 D+13.7 R+0.3 132,270 133,862
Plymouth County D+7.6 D+7.6 Even 249,828 266,863
Essex County D+20.3 D+22.6 D+2.3 353,665 379,868
Suffolk County D+55.7 D+63.3 D+7.6 269,221 308,741
Middlesex County D+30.1 D+38.4 D+8.3 726,031 784,034
Norfolk County D+18.6 D+28.3 D+9.7 344,916 361,562

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