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Vermont 2008 vs 2016: county swing

14 of 14 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 1 changed hands.

Caledonia County: swing R+16.7Orleans County: swing R+27.3Bennington County: swing R+12.6Chittenden County: swing R+1.3Franklin County: swing R+22.0Lamoille County: swing R+14.0Rutland County: swing R+20.7Windham County: swing R+8.8Grand Isle County: swing R+13.5Addison County: swing R+7.9Essex County: swing R+31.2Orange County: swing R+14.1Washington County: swing R+6.8Windsor County: swing R+9.8
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Essex County flipped D+14.5 R+16.7 R+31.2 3,101 2,925
Orleans County D+27.5 D+0.2 R+27.3 12,771 12,047
Franklin County D+24.8 D+2.8 R+22.0 21,460 21,411
Rutland County D+24.6 D+3.9 R+20.7 31,617 29,619
Caledonia County D+23.2 D+6.5 R+16.7 14,728 14,075
Orange County D+31.4 D+17.3 R+14.1 15,179 14,649
Lamoille County D+42.7 D+28.7 R+14.0 12,668 12,762
Grand Isle County D+28.2 D+14.7 R+13.5 4,269 4,110
Bennington County D+33.4 D+20.8 R+12.6 19,129 17,381
Windsor County D+39.7 D+29.9 R+9.8 31,165 29,928
Windham County D+48.1 D+39.3 R+8.8 24,081 22,635
Addison County D+39.1 D+31.2 R+7.9 19,238 19,031
Washington County D+40.9 D+34.1 R+6.8 32,200 31,086
Chittenden County D+44.7 D+43.4 R+1.3 83,440 83,418

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