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Washington 2008 vs 2016: county swing

34 of 39 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 8 changed hands.

Columbia County: swing R+8.0Franklin County: swing D+5.5Lewis County: swing R+17.0Mason County: swing R+14.7Stevens County: swing R+20.7Adams County: swing R+4.0Asotin County: swing R+13.4Benton County: swing EvenCowlitz County: swing R+24.9Douglas County: swing R+8.9Ferry County: swing R+17.8Garfield County: swing R+3.4Grant County: swing R+10.2Island County: swing R+0.4Kittitas County: swing R+5.7Klickitat County: swing R+15.1Skamania County: swing R+17.6Whitman County: swing R+1.2Clark County: swing R+6.0Kitsap County: swing R+0.9King County: swing D+8.1Lincoln County: swing R+20.5Pend Oreille County: swing R+18.3Pierce County: swing R+4.8Spokane County: swing R+7.5Thurston County: swing R+6.1Wahkiakum County: swing R+22.4Yakima County: swing R+3.0Chelan County: swing R+3.3Okanogan County: swing R+12.3Jefferson County: swing R+2.0Pacific County: swing R+21.0San Juan County: swing R+0.2Snohomish County: swing R+2.3Walla Walla County: swing D+1.0Whatcom County: swing D+0.1Skagit County: swing R+6.1Clallam County: swing R+6.1Grays Harbor County: swing R+21.7
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Cowlitz County flipped D+11.2 R+13.7 R+24.9 45,229 45,692
Wahkiakum County flipped D+0.7 R+21.7 R+22.4 2,294 2,358
Grays Harbor County flipped D+14.5 R+7.2 R+21.7 29,184 28,367
Pacific County flipped D+14.1 R+6.9 R+21.0 10,937 10,716
Stevens County R+20.8 R+41.5 R+20.7 22,341 22,677
Lincoln County R+29.6 R+50.1 R+20.5 5,977 5,713
Pend Oreille County R+17.6 R+35.9 R+18.3 6,552 6,802
Ferry County R+12.8 R+30.6 R+17.8 3,501 3,601
Skamania County flipped D+5.3 R+12.3 R+17.6 5,490 5,639
Lewis County R+19.1 R+36.1 R+17.0 34,705 34,149
Klickitat County flipped D+0.2 R+14.9 R+15.1 10,164 10,769
Mason County flipped D+8.7 R+6.0 R+14.7 28,306 28,073
Asotin County R+13.4 R+26.8 R+13.4 9,780 9,736
Okanogan County R+7.1 R+19.4 R+12.3 16,870 17,091
Grant County R+27.5 R+37.7 R+10.2 27,438 28,346
Douglas County R+21.3 R+30.2 R+8.9 15,209 15,543
Columbia County R+36.5 R+44.5 R+8.0 2,228 2,182
Spokane County R+1.1 R+8.6 R+7.5 219,511 227,246
Clallam County flipped D+3.3 R+2.8 R+6.1 38,519 39,457
Skagit County D+9.6 D+3.5 R+6.1 55,886 55,968
Thurston County D+21.7 D+15.6 R+6.1 126,709 129,410
Clark County D+6.1 D+0.1 R+6.0 182,764 200,160
Kittitas County R+8.1 R+13.8 R+5.7 17,868 18,955
Pierce County D+12.2 D+7.4 R+4.8 329,520 348,485
Adams County R+34.4 R+38.4 R+4.0 4,858 4,644
Garfield County R+42.5 R+45.9 R+3.4 1,373 1,246
Chelan County R+12.0 R+15.3 R+3.3 31,958 33,380
Yakima County R+10.5 R+13.5 R+3.0 77,062 77,750
Snohomish County D+18.9 D+16.6 R+2.3 320,333 342,173
Jefferson County D+34.6 D+32.6 R+2.0 19,991 20,276
Whitman County D+5.5 D+4.3 R+1.2 17,589 17,305
Kitsap County D+12.3 D+11.4 R+0.9 124,337 124,317
Island County D+6.2 D+5.8 R+0.4 42,159 42,876
San Juan County D+41.9 D+41.7 R+0.2 10,531 10,774
Benton County R+26.1 R+26.1 Even 72,911 80,027
Whatcom County D+17.9 D+18.0 D+0.1 100,339 109,673
Walla Walla County R+16.6 R+15.6 D+1.0 24,727 25,419
Franklin County R+23.7 R+18.2 D+5.5 19,696 23,720
King County D+42.1 D+50.2 D+8.1 922,032 998,499

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