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Florida 2000 vs 2008: county swing

42 of 67 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 3 changed hands.

Marion County: swing R+1.4Monroe County: swing D+3.7Orange County: swing D+16.5St. Lucie County: swing D+3.4Sumter County: swing R+15.9Union County: swing R+25.6Alachua County: swing D+6.2Calhoun County: swing R+26.6Columbia County: swing R+12.7Gadsden County: swing D+5.2Highlands County: swing R+0.9Holmes County: swing R+26.7Leon County: swing D+2.5Nassau County: swing R+4.0Okaloosa County: swing D+4.8Osceola County: swing D+16.3Palm Beach County: swing R+4.1Pasco County: swing R+4.2Putnam County: swing R+14.2St. Johns County: swing D+1.4Santa Rosa County: swing R+1.2Sarasota County: swing D+6.2Seminole County: swing D+9.2Volusia County: swing R+2.5Walton County: swing R+10.1Baker County: swing R+17.9Bay County: swing R+7.1Broward County: swing R+1.8Charlotte County: swing D+1.4Lee County: swing D+7.4Madison County: swing R+2.7Manatee County: swing D+1.0Citrus County: swing R+8.7Dixie County: swing R+26.3Duval County: swing D+14.8Gilchrist County: swing R+21.0Glades County: swing R+8.3Gulf County: swing R+20.5Hardee County: swing R+6.8Hendry County: swing D+11.3Hernando County: swing R+6.6Indian River County: swing D+3.1Jackson County: swing R+14.0Lake County: swing D+1.5Wakulla County: swing R+17.0Martin County: swing R+1.7Okeechobee County: swing R+14.5Polk County: swing D+2.9Suwannee County: swing R+11.7Washington County: swing R+20.4Bradford County: swing R+13.4Clay County: swing D+4.4DeSoto County: swing R+0.4Flagler County: swing R+3.2Hamilton County: swing R+3.9Lafayette County: swing R+25.5Liberty County: swing R+31.7Miami-Dade County: swing D+9.8Pinellas County: swing D+4.4Taylor County: swing R+18.3Franklin County: swing R+19.2Hillsborough County: swing D+10.3Jefferson County: swing R+6.3Brevard County: swing R+2.3Levy County: swing R+15.5Collier County: swing D+10.6Escambia County: swing D+8.2
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002008SwingVotes 2000Votes 2008
Liberty County R+12.4 R+44.1 R+31.7 2,410 3,278
Holmes County R+38.4 R+65.1 R+26.7 7,395 8,589
Calhoun County R+13.8 R+40.4 R+26.6 5,174 6,244
Dixie County R+18.7 R+45.0 R+26.3 4,666 7,264
Union County R+24.2 R+49.8 R+25.6 3,826 5,285
Lafayette County R+35.2 R+60.7 R+25.5 2,505 3,359
Gilchrist County R+25.8 R+46.8 R+21.0 5,395 7,819
Gulf County R+18.8 R+39.3 R+20.5 6,144 7,205
Washington County R+27.4 R+47.8 R+20.4 8,029 11,131
Franklin County R+8.7 R+27.9 R+19.2 4,644 6,029
Taylor County R+20.7 R+39.0 R+18.3 6,808 9,366
Baker County R+39.5 R+57.4 R+17.9 8,154 11,059
Wakulla County R+7.8 R+24.8 R+17.0 8,587 14,376
Sumter County R+11.2 R+27.1 R+15.9 22,261 48,868
Levy County R+11.5 R+27.0 R+15.5 12,724 18,725
Okeechobee County R+4.7 R+19.2 R+14.5 9,853 12,786
Putnam County R+5.1 R+19.3 R+14.2 26,222 33,171
Jackson County R+14.0 R+28.0 R+14.0 16,300 21,565
Bradford County R+26.9 R+40.3 R+13.4 8,673 11,676
Columbia County R+21.1 R+33.8 R+12.7 18,508 28,128
Suwannee County R+31.5 R+43.2 R+11.7 12,473 17,662
Walton County R+35.7 R+45.8 R+10.1 18,318 27,046
Citrus County R+7.4 R+16.1 R+8.7 57,206 76,158
Glades County R+11.8 R+20.1 R+8.3 3,365 4,261
Bay County R+33.6 R+40.7 R+7.1 58,805 81,127
Hardee County R+22.9 R+29.7 R+6.8 6,233 7,412
Hernando County flipped D+3.1 R+3.5 R+6.6 65,219 87,901
Jefferson County D+10.0 D+3.7 R+6.3 5,644 7,957
Pasco County flipped D+0.7 R+3.5 R+4.2 142,731 214,866
Palm Beach County D+27.0 D+22.9 R+4.1 433,186 590,500
Nassau County R+39.8 R+43.8 R+4.0 23,780 38,304
Hamilton County R+10.7 R+14.6 R+3.9 3,964 5,587
Flagler County D+4.8 D+1.6 R+3.2 27,111 49,031
Madison County R+0.4 R+3.1 R+2.7 6,162 8,907
Volusia County D+8.2 D+5.7 R+2.5 183,654 243,824
Brevard County R+8.1 R+10.4 R+2.3 218,395 287,859
Broward County D+36.5 D+34.7 R+1.8 575,143 733,899
Martin County R+11.9 R+13.6 R+1.7 62,013 78,294
Marion County R+10.2 R+11.6 R+1.4 102,956 162,022
Santa Rosa County R+46.7 R+47.9 R+1.2 50,319 76,185
Highlands County R+17.2 R+18.1 R+0.9 35,149 44,783
DeSoto County R+11.9 R+12.3 R+0.4 7,817 10,131
Manatee County R+8.0 R+7.0 D+1.0 110,221 151,994
Charlotte County R+8.7 R+7.3 D+1.4 66,896 85,158
St. Johns County R+33.0 R+31.6 D+1.4 60,746 105,844
Lake County R+15.1 R+13.6 D+1.5 88,611 146,926
Leon County D+21.7 D+24.2 D+2.5 103,124 148,608
Polk County R+9.0 R+6.1 D+2.9 168,607 244,833
Indian River County R+17.9 R+14.8 D+3.1 49,622 70,591
St. Lucie County D+8.8 D+12.2 D+3.4 77,989 120,579
Monroe County D+1.2 D+4.9 D+3.7 33,896 40,272
Clay County R+47.3 R+42.9 D+4.4 57,353 94,577
Pinellas County D+3.9 D+8.3 D+4.4 398,472 463,282
Okaloosa County R+49.7 R+44.9 D+4.8 70,680 95,529
Gadsden County D+33.7 D+38.9 D+5.2 14,727 22,510
Alachua County D+15.4 D+21.6 D+6.2 85,729 125,519
Sarasota County R+6.3 R+0.1 D+6.2 160,942 207,353
Lee County R+17.7 R+10.3 D+7.4 184,377 269,276
Escambia County R+27.5 R+19.3 D+8.2 116,648 154,447
Seminole County R+12.0 R+2.8 D+9.2 137,634 205,895
Miami-Dade County D+6.3 D+16.1 D+9.8 625,449 863,486
Hillsborough County flipped R+3.1 D+7.2 D+10.3 360,295 513,312
Collier County R+33.1 R+22.5 D+10.6 92,162 141,988
Hendry County R+18.5 R+7.2 D+11.3 8,139 10,879
Duval County R+16.7 R+1.9 D+14.8 264,636 415,761
Osceola County D+3.5 D+19.8 D+16.3 55,659 100,670
Orange County D+2.1 D+18.6 D+16.5 280,125 462,711

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