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Alabama 2000 vs 2008: county swing

50 of 67 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 7 changed hands.

Autauga County: swing R+6.8Blount County: swing R+26.7Chambers County: swing R+4.9Chilton County: swing R+22.9Colbert County: swing R+20.4Dale County: swing R+8.6Elmore County: swing R+8.3Hale County: swing D+0.1Lawrence County: swing R+33.2Limestone County: swing R+19.8Monroe County: swing D+5.6Pickens County: swing R+6.5Talladega County: swing R+8.6Choctaw County: swing R+8.9Clarke County: swing D+0.6Cleburne County: swing R+29.5Coffee County: swing R+18.3Coosa County: swing R+11.4Dallas County: swing D+15.0Etowah County: swing R+28.9Franklin County: swing R+27.2Geneva County: swing R+22.6Henry County: swing R+11.3Jackson County: swing R+40.3Lee County: swing D+0.8Lowndes County: swing D+3.2Macon County: swing R+0.3Madison County: swing R+2.7Marion County: swing R+36.5Marshall County: swing R+32.5Mobile County: swing D+5.2Montgomery County: swing D+17.3Shelby County: swing D+2.1Sumter County: swing D+4.6Tuscaloosa County: swing R+0.2Wilcox County: swing D+7.4Bibb County: swing R+23.8Bullock County: swing D+8.4Calhoun County: swing R+15.8Baldwin County: swing R+3.9Clay County: swing R+18.9Crenshaw County: swing R+20.0Fayette County: swing R+29.3Jefferson County: swing D+8.3Marengo County: swing D+2.0Morgan County: swing R+21.0St. Clair County: swing R+19.0Washington County: swing R+19.8Barbour County: swing R+2.3Butler County: swing R+6.7Cherokee County: swing R+42.8Conecuh County: swing R+2.1Covington County: swing R+25.1DeKalb County: swing R+22.8Escambia County: swing R+7.5Greene County: swing D+6.2Houston County: swing R+1.1Lamar County: swing R+28.7Lauderdale County: swing R+17.0Perry County: swing D+5.5Randolph County: swing R+19.8Russell County: swing R+7.6Tallapoosa County: swing R+14.2Walker County: swing R+39.1Winston County: swing R+23.4Cullman County: swing R+33.3Pike County: swing D+0.9
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002008SwingVotes 2000Votes 2008
Cherokee County R+8.4 R+51.2 R+42.8 7,823 9,745
Jackson County flipped D+3.3 R+37.0 R+40.3 17,906 20,874
Walker County R+7.3 R+46.4 R+39.1 25,641 28,652
Marion County R+19.7 R+56.2 R+36.5 11,756 12,355
Cullman County R+31.9 R+65.2 R+33.3 29,525 35,305
Lawrence County flipped D+5.2 R+28.0 R+33.2 12,185 14,680
Marshall County R+23.9 R+56.4 R+32.5 27,989 33,166
Cleburne County R+32.8 R+62.3 R+29.5 5,092 6,492
Fayette County R+19.5 R+48.8 R+29.3 7,808 7,957
Etowah County R+9.3 R+38.2 R+28.9 39,348 44,737
Lamar County R+25.1 R+53.8 R+28.7 7,249 7,075
Franklin County R+11.9 R+39.1 R+27.2 11,103 11,693
Blount County R+42.8 R+69.5 R+26.7 17,973 24,267
Covington County R+33.2 R+58.3 R+25.1 13,613 15,787
Bibb County R+22.0 R+45.8 R+23.8 7,101 8,644
Winston County R+39.9 R+63.3 R+23.4 9,318 10,031
Chilton County R+34.9 R+57.8 R+22.9 15,092 17,785
DeKalb County R+28.4 R+51.2 R+22.8 20,285 24,015
Geneva County R+39.9 R+62.5 R+22.6 9,559 11,657
Morgan County R+22.8 R+43.8 R+21.0 42,681 50,542
Colbert County flipped D+0.2 R+20.2 R+20.4 21,532 24,843
Crenshaw County R+17.9 R+37.9 R+20.0 4,795 6,291
Limestone County R+22.1 R+41.9 R+19.8 23,634 33,551
Randolph County R+19.8 R+39.6 R+19.8 7,919 10,384
Washington County R+9.6 R+29.4 R+19.8 7,596 8,775
St. Clair County R+44.2 R+63.2 R+19.0 24,090 34,088
Clay County R+28.4 R+47.3 R+18.9 5,883 6,819
Coffee County R+30.6 R+48.9 R+18.3 15,434 20,128
Lauderdale County R+11.2 R+28.2 R+17.0 32,137 38,104
Calhoun County R+16.7 R+32.5 R+15.8 38,909 49,242
Tallapoosa County R+22.3 R+36.5 R+14.2 16,253 19,311
Coosa County R+6.1 R+17.5 R+11.4 4,567 5,563
Henry County R+18.4 R+29.7 R+11.3 6,932 8,648
Choctaw County flipped D+1.5 R+7.4 R+8.9 7,374 7,894
Dale County R+36.0 R+44.6 R+8.6 15,806 19,320
Talladega County R+9.9 R+18.5 R+8.6 25,451 34,204
Elmore County R+42.6 R+50.9 R+8.3 23,804 34,315
Russell County D+14.9 D+7.3 R+7.6 14,775 18,915
Escambia County R+21.0 R+28.5 R+7.5 11,660 14,674
Autauga County R+41.0 R+47.8 R+6.8 17,208 23,641
Butler County R+6.7 R+13.4 R+6.7 7,803 9,709
Pickens County R+1.9 R+8.4 R+6.5 8,540 10,067
Chambers County R+3.5 R+8.4 R+4.9 11,834 14,956
Baldwin County R+47.6 R+51.5 R+3.9 56,480 81,413
Madison County R+12.3 R+15.0 R+2.7 113,318 152,899
Barbour County flipped D+0.9 R+1.4 R+2.3 10,395 11,630
Conecuh County flipped D+1.5 R+0.6 R+2.1 5,551 6,943
Houston County R+39.7 R+40.8 R+1.1 32,057 41,735
Macon County D+74.4 D+74.1 R+0.3 8,831 10,877
Tuscaloosa County R+15.7 R+15.9 R+0.2 60,114 78,912
Hale County D+21.6 D+21.7 D+0.1 7,731 8,214
Clarke County R+12.2 R+11.6 D+0.6 10,752 13,435
Lee County R+20.5 R+19.7 D+0.8 38,264 54,325
Pike County R+16.2 R+15.3 D+0.9 10,544 13,955
Marengo County D+1.6 D+3.6 D+2.0 9,608 11,471
Shelby County R+55.5 R+53.4 D+2.1 62,128 90,643
Lowndes County D+46.8 D+50.0 D+3.2 6,243 7,278
Sumter County D+45.7 D+50.3 D+4.6 6,088 7,020
Mobile County R+13.9 R+8.7 D+5.2 139,745 181,424
Perry County D+39.6 D+45.1 D+5.5 5,787 6,159
Monroe County R+15.8 R+10.2 D+5.6 8,951 11,252
Greene County D+60.4 D+66.6 D+6.2 4,396 5,305
Wilcox County D+34.8 D+42.2 D+7.4 5,126 6,494
Jefferson County flipped R+3.2 D+5.1 D+8.3 273,763 318,524
Bullock County D+40.0 D+48.4 D+8.4 4,904 5,415
Dallas County D+19.5 D+34.5 D+15.0 18,464 20,852
Montgomery County D+2.0 D+19.3 D+17.3 80,328 104,743

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