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New Hampshire 2012 vs 2016: county swing

10 of 10 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 3 changed hands.

Carroll County: swing R+4.7Grafton County: swing R+5.2Rockingham County: swing R+1.2Sullivan County: swing R+15.9Cheshire County: swing R+12.4Strafford County: swing R+6.0Belknap County: swing R+11.5Coos County: swing R+26.4Hillsborough County: swing R+1.3Merrimack County: swing R+9.6
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122016SwingVotes 2012Votes 2016
Coos County flipped D+17.5 R+8.9 R+26.4 15,699 15,627
Sullivan County flipped D+13.3 R+2.6 R+15.9 21,837 22,683
Cheshire County D+24.8 D+12.4 R+12.4 41,360 41,895
Belknap County R+5.0 R+16.5 R+11.5 33,887 35,045
Merrimack County D+12.7 D+3.1 R+9.6 80,514 83,648
Strafford County D+14.5 D+8.5 R+6.0 63,969 69,000
Grafton County D+23.8 D+18.6 R+5.2 49,014 51,191
Carroll County R+0.8 R+5.5 R+4.7 28,602 29,616
Hillsborough County flipped D+1.1 R+0.2 R+1.3 205,667 214,157
Rockingham County R+4.6 R+5.8 R+1.2 170,423 181,434

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