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Rhode Island 2008 vs 2016: county swing

5 of 5 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 1 changed hands.

Bristol County: swing R+4.6Kent County: swing R+18.0Newport County: swing R+4.3Providence County: swing R+13.2Washington County: swing R+10.6
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Kent County flipped D+17.4 R+0.6 R+18.0 84,074 82,053
Providence County D+34.1 D+20.9 R+13.2 253,630 248,474
Washington County D+20.4 D+9.8 R+10.6 66,160 66,369
Bristol County D+26.7 D+22.1 R+4.6 25,905 25,475
Newport County D+23.3 D+19.0 R+4.3 41,997 41,045

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