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Rhode Island 2012 vs 2016: county swing

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

Bristol County: swing R+1.2Kent County: swing R+18.3Newport County: swing R+2.0Providence County: swing R+14.0Washington County: swing R+7.0
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122016SwingVotes 2012Votes 2016
Kent County flipped D+17.7 R+0.6 R+18.3 78,923 82,053
Providence County D+34.9 D+20.9 R+14.0 239,789 248,474
Washington County D+16.8 D+9.8 R+7.0 62,879 66,369
Newport County D+21.0 D+19.0 R+2.0 39,452 41,045
Bristol County D+23.3 D+22.1 R+1.2 24,676 25,475

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