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New Hampshire 2008 vs 2016: county swing

10 of 10 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 6 changed hands.

Carroll County: swing R+11.8Grafton County: swing R+8.9Rockingham County: swing R+6.9Sullivan County: swing R+20.5Cheshire County: swing R+15.1Strafford County: swing R+11.8Belknap County: swing R+17.7Coos County: swing R+27.1Hillsborough County: swing R+3.9Merrimack County: swing R+10.7
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Coos County flipped D+18.2 R+8.9 R+27.1 16,348 15,627
Sullivan County flipped D+17.9 R+2.6 R+20.5 22,754 22,683
Belknap County flipped D+1.2 R+16.5 R+17.7 33,614 35,045
Cheshire County D+27.5 D+12.4 R+15.1 42,823 41,895
Carroll County flipped D+6.3 R+5.5 R+11.8 29,056 29,616
Strafford County D+20.3 D+8.5 R+11.8 63,848 69,000
Merrimack County D+13.8 D+3.1 R+10.7 80,106 83,648
Grafton County D+27.5 D+18.6 R+8.9 49,890 51,191
Rockingham County flipped D+1.1 R+5.8 R+6.9 167,822 181,434
Hillsborough County flipped D+3.7 R+0.2 R+3.9 204,709 214,157

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