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Massachusetts 2012 vs 2020: county swing

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

Franklin County: swing R+2.7Dukes County: swing D+9.7Hampden County: swing R+7.4Hampshire County: swing D+2.7Middlesex County: swing D+18.0Norfolk County: swing D+21.0Plymouth County: swing D+13.1Barnstable County: swing D+16.6Berkshire County: swing R+6.5Worcester County: swing D+8.5Suffolk County: swing D+6.5Bristol County: swing R+8.4Essex County: swing D+12.7Nantucket County: swing D+18.6
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122020SwingVotes 2012Votes 2020
Bristol County D+20.4 D+12.0 R+8.4 241,509 279,279
Hampden County D+25.1 D+17.7 R+7.4 200,399 218,177
Berkshire County D+53.6 D+47.1 R+6.5 64,486 71,375
Franklin County D+47.0 D+44.3 R+2.7 37,758 42,458
Hampshire County D+44.0 D+46.7 D+2.7 81,621 87,854
Suffolk County D+56.6 D+63.1 D+6.5 289,098 335,462
Worcester County D+9.4 D+17.9 D+8.5 369,112 432,014
Dukes County D+47.2 D+56.9 D+9.7 10,968 12,798
Essex County D+16.3 D+29.0 D+12.7 366,357 421,210
Plymouth County D+4.2 D+17.3 D+13.1 256,531 301,816
Barnstable County D+7.8 D+24.4 D+16.6 133,115 150,325
Middlesex County D+27.2 D+45.2 D+18.0 754,170 863,577
Nantucket County D+26.9 D+45.5 D+18.6 6,120 7,306
Norfolk County D+15.3 D+36.3 D+21.0 356,523 407,751

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