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Massachusetts 2012 vs 2016: county swing

5 of 14 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 0 changed hands.

Franklin County: swing R+10.0Dukes County: swing D+4.3Hampden County: swing R+8.4Hampshire County: swing R+3.6Middlesex County: swing D+11.2Norfolk County: swing D+13.0Plymouth County: swing D+3.4Barnstable County: swing D+5.9Berkshire County: swing R+12.1Worcester County: swing D+1.3Suffolk County: swing D+6.7Bristol County: swing R+10.8Essex County: swing D+6.3Nantucket County: swing D+8.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122016SwingVotes 2012Votes 2016
Berkshire County D+53.6 D+41.5 R+12.1 64,486 64,803
Bristol County D+20.4 D+9.6 R+10.8 241,509 248,959
Franklin County D+47.0 D+37.0 R+10.0 37,758 38,177
Hampden County D+25.1 D+16.7 R+8.4 200,399 203,117
Hampshire County D+44.0 D+40.4 R+3.6 81,621 82,956
Worcester County D+9.4 D+10.7 D+1.3 369,112 383,705
Plymouth County D+4.2 D+7.6 D+3.4 256,531 266,863
Dukes County D+47.2 D+51.5 D+4.3 10,968 11,502
Barnstable County D+7.8 D+13.7 D+5.9 133,115 133,862
Essex County D+16.3 D+22.6 D+6.3 366,357 379,868
Suffolk County D+56.6 D+63.3 D+6.7 289,098 308,741
Nantucket County D+26.9 D+35.2 D+8.3 6,120 6,406
Middlesex County D+27.2 D+38.4 D+11.2 754,170 784,034
Norfolk County D+15.3 D+28.3 D+13.0 356,523 361,562

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