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Pennsylvania 2008 vs 2016: county swing

62 of 67 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 7 changed hands.

Blair County: swing R+21.6Bradford County: swing R+27.4Cambria County: swing R+37.8Clarion County: swing R+24.9Elk County: swing R+47.1Indiana County: swing R+28.3Lackawanna County: swing R+22.6Mifflin County: swing R+21.4Montour County: swing R+13.3Potter County: swing R+26.1Sullivan County: swing R+29.7Warren County: swing R+33.6Armstrong County: swing R+26.9Allegheny County: swing D+1.1Beaver County: swing R+15.8Bucks County: swing R+7.9Cameron County: swing R+29.2Centre County: swing R+9.4Chester County: swing D+0.3Clearfield County: swing R+36.6Crawford County: swing R+26.9Delaware County: swing D+1.2Erie County: swing R+21.6Fayette County: swing R+30.5Franklin County: swing R+13.8Huntingdon County: swing R+23.1Juniata County: swing R+26.5Lawrence County: swing R+22.9Luzerne County: swing R+27.8Mercer County: swing R+24.2Monroe County: swing R+15.6Northampton County: swing R+16.1Philadelphia County: swing D+0.3Snyder County: swing R+18.0Somerset County: swing R+30.8Susquehanna County: swing R+29.5Union County: swing R+10.8Venango County: swing R+22.4Washington County: swing R+20.0York County: swing R+15.5Berks County: swing R+19.1Butler County: swing R+9.5Carbon County: swing R+35.9Columbia County: swing R+27.8Forest County: swing R+30.6Fulton County: swing R+22.0Lebanon County: swing R+16.0Lycoming County: swing R+20.6Perry County: swing R+18.1Tioga County: swing R+25.6Wyoming County: swing R+30.6Bedford County: swing R+22.4Clinton County: swing R+31.6Cumberland County: swing R+4.4Dauphin County: swing R+6.1Greene County: swing R+40.1Jefferson County: swing R+29.5Lancaster County: swing R+7.6Lehigh County: swing R+10.8McKean County: swing R+29.4Schuylkill County: swing R+34.6Wayne County: swing R+26.1Westmoreland County: swing R+14.4Montgomery County: swing D+0.7Northumberland County: swing R+28.8Pike County: swing R+21.8Adams County: swing R+16.7
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Elk County flipped D+4.3 R+42.8 R+47.1 14,258 14,426
Greene County R+0.3 R+40.4 R+40.1 15,961 15,764
Cambria County flipped D+0.7 R+37.1 R+37.8 65,622 63,072
Clearfield County R+12.2 R+48.8 R+36.6 33,774 34,271
Carbon County flipped D+1.9 R+34.0 R+35.9 26,919 28,776
Schuylkill County R+8.7 R+43.3 R+34.6 63,054 62,869
Warren County R+6.2 R+39.8 R+33.6 18,494 18,434
Clinton County R+2.7 R+34.3 R+31.6 14,793 15,394
Somerset County R+25.1 R+55.9 R+30.8 35,167 35,773
Forest County R+13.4 R+44.0 R+30.6 2,444 2,401
Wyoming County R+7.6 R+38.2 R+30.6 13,129 13,144
Fayette County R+0.4 R+30.9 R+30.5 52,554 53,767
Sullivan County R+19.5 R+49.2 R+29.7 3,120 3,136
Jefferson County R+29.8 R+59.3 R+29.5 18,801 19,478
Susquehanna County R+11.6 R+41.1 R+29.5 19,283 18,863
McKean County R+17.3 R+46.7 R+29.4 15,947 16,296
Cameron County R+19.2 R+48.4 R+29.2 2,311 2,186
Northumberland County R+13.9 R+42.7 R+28.8 33,916 36,622
Indiana County R+7.1 R+35.4 R+28.3 37,299 37,770
Columbia County R+4.4 R+32.2 R+27.8 28,041 28,228
Luzerne County flipped D+8.4 R+19.4 R+27.8 135,163 134,983
Bradford County R+18.4 R+45.8 R+27.4 25,782 25,708
Armstrong County R+24.7 R+51.6 R+26.9 30,072 31,618
Crawford County R+10.4 R+37.3 R+26.9 38,074 37,492
Juniata County R+35.2 R+61.7 R+26.5 9,711 10,454
Potter County R+37.5 R+63.6 R+26.1 7,507 7,784
Wayne County R+12.3 R+38.4 R+26.1 22,833 24,018
Tioga County R+27.4 R+53.0 R+25.6 17,965 18,325
Clarion County R+22.4 R+47.3 R+24.9 17,765 17,535
Mercer County R+0.3 R+24.5 R+24.2 53,796 52,309
Huntingdon County R+27.5 R+50.6 R+23.1 18,646 19,706
Lawrence County R+5.1 R+28.0 R+22.9 42,084 40,753
Lackawanna County D+26.0 D+3.4 R+22.6 107,866 103,456
Bedford County R+44.9 R+67.3 R+22.4 22,441 23,637
Venango County R+19.2 R+41.6 R+22.4 23,288 23,348
Fulton County R+48.6 R+70.6 R+22.0 6,306 6,771
Pike County R+4.2 R+26.0 R+21.8 24,297 26,101
Blair County R+24.3 R+45.9 R+21.6 53,081 54,909
Erie County flipped D+20.0 R+1.6 R+21.6 127,642 123,679
Mifflin County R+33.6 R+55.0 R+21.4 16,501 18,601
Lycoming County R+24.2 R+44.8 R+20.6 49,235 50,565
Washington County R+4.7 R+24.7 R+20.0 98,002 101,450
Berks County flipped D+9.1 R+10.0 R+19.1 179,896 183,065
Perry County R+33.8 R+51.9 R+18.1 19,733 21,158
Snyder County R+29.2 R+47.2 R+18.0 15,479 16,363
Adams County R+19.6 R+36.3 R+16.7 44,489 47,489
Northampton County flipped D+12.3 R+3.8 R+16.1 135,581 143,519
Lebanon County R+18.9 R+34.9 R+16.0 58,252 61,845
Beaver County R+2.9 R+18.7 R+15.8 84,463 83,571
Monroe County D+16.3 D+0.7 R+15.6 68,385 69,752
York County R+13.6 R+29.1 R+15.5 194,183 205,986
Westmoreland County R+16.8 R+31.2 R+14.4 176,785 182,051
Franklin County R+32.6 R+46.4 R+13.8 63,635 69,731
Montour County R+15.1 R+28.4 R+13.3 8,023 8,556
Lehigh County D+15.5 D+4.7 R+10.8 152,464 160,993
Union County R+14.6 R+25.4 R+10.8 17,400 17,468
Butler County R+27.5 R+37.0 R+9.5 90,355 97,071
Centre County D+11.8 D+2.4 R+9.4 75,737 76,148
Bucks County D+8.7 D+0.8 R+7.9 332,923 344,297
Lancaster County R+11.8 R+19.4 R+7.6 228,097 241,112
Dauphin County D+9.0 D+2.9 R+6.1 129,526 130,872
Cumberland County R+13.7 R+18.1 R+4.4 113,298 121,617
Chester County D+9.2 D+9.5 D+0.3 254,305 268,800
Philadelphia County D+66.8 D+67.1 D+0.3 717,155 707,631
Montgomery County D+20.8 D+21.5 D+0.7 422,411 434,687
Allegheny County D+15.5 D+16.6 D+1.1 651,380 650,114
Delaware County D+21.2 D+22.4 D+1.2 281,082 297,634

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