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Washington 2012 vs 2016: county swing

29 of 39 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 6 changed hands.

Columbia County: swing R+3.7Franklin County: swing D+5.4Lewis County: swing R+13.2Mason County: swing R+13.1Stevens County: swing R+14.7Adams County: swing R+4.3Asotin County: swing R+10.1Benton County: swing D+0.7Cowlitz County: swing R+18.1Douglas County: swing R+1.7Ferry County: swing R+10.2Garfield County: swing R+0.8Grant County: swing R+5.4Island County: swing D+1.4Kittitas County: swing R+3.7Klickitat County: swing R+8.0Skamania County: swing R+11.2Whitman County: swing D+7.1Clark County: swing R+0.1Kitsap County: swing R+0.3King County: swing D+9.6Lincoln County: swing R+9.4Pend Oreille County: swing R+14.2Pierce County: swing R+3.7Spokane County: swing R+2.8Thurston County: swing R+3.9Wahkiakum County: swing R+20.6Yakima County: swing R+1.8Chelan County: swing D+1.1Okanogan County: swing R+6.9Jefferson County: swing D+0.7Pacific County: swing R+18.5San Juan County: swing D+3.8Snohomish County: swing R+0.3Walla Walla County: swing D+3.8Whatcom County: swing D+4.0Skagit County: swing R+3.0Clallam County: swing R+3.2Grays Harbor County: swing R+21.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122016SwingVotes 2012Votes 2016
Grays Harbor County flipped D+14.1 R+7.2 R+21.3 28,684 28,367
Wahkiakum County R+1.1 R+21.7 R+20.6 2,294 2,358
Pacific County flipped D+11.6 R+6.9 R+18.5 10,524 10,716
Cowlitz County flipped D+4.4 R+13.7 R+18.1 44,620 45,692
Stevens County R+26.8 R+41.5 R+14.7 22,161 22,677
Pend Oreille County R+21.7 R+35.9 R+14.2 6,668 6,802
Lewis County R+22.9 R+36.1 R+13.2 34,044 34,149
Mason County flipped D+7.1 R+6.0 R+13.1 28,235 28,073
Skamania County R+1.1 R+12.3 R+11.2 5,466 5,639
Ferry County R+20.4 R+30.6 R+10.2 3,440 3,601
Asotin County R+16.7 R+26.8 R+10.1 9,901 9,736
Lincoln County R+40.7 R+50.1 R+9.4 5,872 5,713
Klickitat County R+6.9 R+14.9 R+8.0 10,274 10,769
Okanogan County R+12.5 R+19.4 R+6.9 16,846 17,091
Grant County R+32.3 R+37.7 R+5.4 27,558 28,346
Adams County R+34.1 R+38.4 R+4.3 4,793 4,644
Thurston County D+19.5 D+15.6 R+3.9 127,063 129,410
Columbia County R+40.8 R+44.5 R+3.7 2,259 2,182
Kittitas County R+10.1 R+13.8 R+3.7 18,171 18,955
Pierce County D+11.1 D+7.4 R+3.7 342,910 348,485
Clallam County flipped D+0.4 R+2.8 R+3.2 38,066 39,457
Skagit County D+6.5 D+3.5 R+3.0 55,269 55,968
Spokane County R+5.8 R+8.6 R+2.8 223,830 227,246
Yakima County R+11.7 R+13.5 R+1.8 76,973 77,750
Douglas County R+28.5 R+30.2 R+1.7 14,942 15,543
Garfield County R+45.1 R+45.9 R+0.8 1,278 1,246
Kitsap County D+11.7 D+11.4 R+0.3 123,367 124,317
Snohomish County D+16.9 D+16.6 R+0.3 329,817 342,173
Clark County D+0.2 D+0.1 R+0.1 190,805 200,160
Benton County R+26.8 R+26.1 D+0.7 79,559 80,027
Jefferson County D+31.9 D+32.6 D+0.7 19,829 20,276
Chelan County R+16.4 R+15.3 D+1.1 32,250 33,380
Island County D+4.4 D+5.8 D+1.4 42,099 42,876
San Juan County D+37.9 D+41.7 D+3.8 10,594 10,774
Walla Walla County R+19.4 R+15.6 D+3.8 25,108 25,419
Whatcom County D+14.0 D+18.0 D+4.0 103,029 109,673
Franklin County R+23.6 R+18.2 D+5.4 22,643 23,720
Whitman County flipped R+2.8 D+4.3 D+7.1 17,121 17,305
King County D+40.6 D+50.2 D+9.6 967,154 998,499

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