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Tennessee 2000 vs 2008: county swing

91 of 95 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 30 changed hands.

Benton County: swing R+35.4Bledsoe County: swing R+19.6Campbell County: swing R+42.7Clay County: swing R+27.8Coffee County: swing R+29.1Dyer County: swing R+30.4Grainger County: swing R+20.7Hardeman County: swing R+7.7Hickman County: swing R+32.7Knox County: swing R+5.8Loudon County: swing R+17.4Marshall County: swing R+32.2Morgan County: swing R+36.6Polk County: swing R+26.9Scott County: swing R+38.1Union County: swing R+30.2Washington County: swing R+12.9White County: swing R+36.2Wilson County: swing R+30.1Bradley County: swing R+11.0Carroll County: swing R+27.7Cheatham County: swing R+29.3Claiborne County: swing R+26.3Crockett County: swing R+34.1Cumberland County: swing R+19.5DeKalb County: swing R+39.3Fayette County: swing R+15.6Fentress County: swing R+29.1Greene County: swing R+18.5Grundy County: swing R+43.5Hamilton County: swing D+0.5Hancock County: swing R+12.5Hardin County: swing R+28.8Henderson County: swing R+19.2Houston County: swing R+32.6Jackson County: swing R+39.5Lake County: swing R+35.4Lewis County: swing R+29.2McMinn County: swing R+15.4McNairy County: swing R+28.5Macon County: swing R+37.1Maury County: swing R+18.0Montgomery County: swing R+5.8Perry County: swing R+25.9Pickett County: swing R+19.6Putnam County: swing R+24.9Anderson County: swing R+22.3Bedford County: swing R+35.4Rhea County: swing R+23.9Robertson County: swing R+33.9Rutherford County: swing R+9.3Sevier County: swing R+14.5Stewart County: swing R+30.6Tipton County: swing R+13.8Van Buren County: swing R+39.4Warren County: swing R+35.1Blount County: swing R+13.3Carter County: swing R+18.9Davidson County: swing D+3.5Franklin County: swing R+31.2Hamblen County: swing R+16.8Haywood County: swing D+0.7Humphreys County: swing R+30.1Lawrence County: swing R+27.1Madison County: swing R+0.9Moore County: swing R+36.6Overton County: swing R+35.0Roane County: swing R+28.0Smith County: swing R+54.3Sumner County: swing R+24.0Weakley County: swing R+26.5Williamson County: swing R+5.0Chester County: swing R+20.6Decatur County: swing R+37.5Dickson County: swing R+29.8Gibson County: swing R+31.0Giles County: swing R+30.9Cocke County: swing R+22.3Hawkins County: swing R+22.5Henry County: swing R+23.6Jefferson County: swing R+18.3Johnson County: swing R+8.1Lauderdale County: swing R+18.2Lincoln County: swing R+38.7Marion County: swing R+27.3Meigs County: swing R+26.5Monroe County: swing R+21.6Obion County: swing R+33.2Sequatchie County: swing R+21.4Shelby County: swing D+13.0Sullivan County: swing R+19.5Unicoi County: swing R+21.3Wayne County: swing R+20.7Trousdale County: swing R+41.1Cannon County: swing R+40.4
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002008SwingVotes 2000Votes 2008
Smith County flipped D+34.1 R+20.2 R+54.3 7,348 7,741
Grundy County flipped D+30.8 R+12.7 R+43.5 4,596 4,632
Campbell County flipped D+5.7 R+37.0 R+42.7 12,421 12,628
Trousdale County flipped D+34.5 R+6.6 R+41.1 2,945 3,239
Cannon County flipped D+16.4 R+24.0 R+40.4 4,697 5,457
Jackson County D+40.4 D+0.9 R+39.5 4,754 4,501
Van Buren County flipped D+19.2 R+20.2 R+39.4 2,131 2,206
DeKalb County flipped D+21.6 R+17.7 R+39.3 6,265 7,065
Lincoln County R+3.5 R+42.2 R+38.7 10,659 13,130
Scott County R+9.2 R+47.3 R+38.1 6,615 6,783
Decatur County flipped D+5.3 R+32.2 R+37.5 4,370 4,763
Macon County R+4.8 R+41.9 R+37.1 6,491 7,360
Moore County R+1.7 R+38.3 R+36.6 2,301 2,952
Morgan County R+3.6 R+40.2 R+36.6 6,162 6,822
White County flipped D+7.9 R+28.3 R+36.2 7,775 9,647
Bedford County flipped D+1.9 R+33.5 R+35.4 12,207 15,507
Benton County flipped D+19.2 R+16.2 R+35.4 6,311 6,479
Lake County flipped D+28.7 R+6.7 R+35.4 2,224 2,238
Warren County flipped D+13.9 R+21.2 R+35.1 13,131 14,400
Overton County flipped D+21.7 R+13.3 R+35.0 7,496 8,092
Crockett County flipped D+0.5 R+33.6 R+34.1 5,440 6,037
Robertson County flipped D+2.8 R+31.1 R+33.9 20,164 27,614
Obion County R+0.9 R+34.1 R+33.2 12,440 13,392
Hickman County flipped D+18.3 R+14.4 R+32.7 7,264 8,498
Houston County D+34.7 D+2.1 R+32.6 3,127 3,354
Marshall County flipped D+10.7 R+21.5 R+32.2 9,359 11,289
Franklin County flipped D+8.6 R+22.6 R+31.2 14,691 17,432
Gibson County flipped D+2.2 R+28.8 R+31.0 17,137 21,253
Giles County flipped D+11.4 R+19.5 R+30.9 10,066 11,689
Stewart County flipped D+21.8 R+8.8 R+30.6 4,782 5,507
Dyer County R+7.3 R+37.7 R+30.4 11,841 14,450
Union County R+11.0 R+41.2 R+30.2 5,821 6,399
Humphreys County flipped D+27.2 R+2.9 R+30.1 6,681 7,580
Wilson County R+6.4 R+36.5 R+30.1 35,916 51,159
Dickson County flipped D+8.5 R+21.3 R+29.8 15,556 19,519
Cheatham County R+2.3 R+31.6 R+29.3 12,616 16,428
Lewis County flipped D+5.5 R+23.7 R+29.2 4,420 4,834
Coffee County R+0.3 R+29.4 R+29.1 17,788 20,790
Fentress County R+14.8 R+43.9 R+29.1 6,029 6,739
Hardin County R+13.9 R+42.7 R+28.8 8,782 10,035
McNairy County R+10.0 R+38.5 R+28.5 8,989 10,422
Roane County R+8.3 R+36.3 R+28.0 21,326 23,276
Clay County flipped D+13.5 R+14.3 R+27.8 3,442 2,994
Carroll County R+2.1 R+29.8 R+27.7 10,827 11,646
Marion County flipped D+7.7 R+19.6 R+27.3 10,250 11,437
Lawrence County R+6.7 R+33.8 R+27.1 14,470 16,020
Polk County R+6.0 R+32.9 R+26.9 5,594 6,501
Meigs County R+7.1 R+33.6 R+26.5 3,390 4,237
Weakley County R+4.6 R+31.1 R+26.5 11,844 13,690
Claiborne County R+13.1 R+39.4 R+26.3 9,000 10,420
Perry County flipped D+17.0 R+8.9 R+25.9 2,866 3,000
Putnam County R+2.0 R+26.9 R+24.9 22,438 27,316
Sumner County R+10.9 R+34.9 R+24.0 50,477 67,228
Rhea County R+22.3 R+46.2 R+23.9 9,772 11,106
Henry County flipped D+1.2 R+22.4 R+23.6 12,309 13,545
Hawkins County R+19.4 R+41.9 R+22.5 17,098 21,040
Anderson County R+3.9 R+26.2 R+22.3 28,779 31,570
Cocke County R+22.6 R+44.9 R+22.3 10,239 12,481
Monroe County R+16.8 R+38.4 R+21.6 13,003 16,777
Sequatchie County R+13.4 R+34.8 R+21.4 3,887 5,437
Unicoi County R+18.9 R+40.2 R+21.3 6,429 7,223
Grainger County R+22.4 R+43.1 R+20.7 6,194 7,503
Wayne County R+28.5 R+49.2 R+20.7 5,306 5,527
Chester County R+22.6 R+43.2 R+20.6 5,728 6,459
Bledsoe County R+14.9 R+34.5 R+19.6 4,196 4,784
Pickett County R+15.3 R+34.9 R+19.6 2,239 2,671
Cumberland County R+17.6 R+37.1 R+19.5 19,017 25,712
Sullivan County R+21.8 R+41.3 R+19.5 55,727 63,997
Henderson County R+23.7 R+42.9 R+19.2 8,399 10,834
Carter County R+28.2 R+47.1 R+18.9 19,102 21,769
Greene County R+22.2 R+40.7 R+18.5 20,816 24,670
Jefferson County R+24.4 R+42.7 R+18.3 14,087 18,532
Lauderdale County flipped D+11.7 R+6.5 R+18.2 7,618 9,338
Maury County R+3.4 R+21.4 R+18.0 23,400 33,767
Loudon County R+26.6 R+44.0 R+17.4 16,406 22,184
Hamblen County R+21.6 R+38.4 R+16.8 19,699 22,669
Fayette County R+11.8 R+27.4 R+15.6 11,529 19,254
McMinn County R+24.2 R+39.6 R+15.4 16,600 18,789
Sevier County R+33.6 R+48.1 R+14.5 25,365 33,941
Tipton County R+22.7 R+36.5 R+13.8 16,552 25,316
Blount County R+26.1 R+39.4 R+13.3 40,662 51,645
Washington County R+20.6 R+33.5 R+12.9 37,942 48,982
Hancock County R+31.4 R+43.9 R+12.5 2,075 2,241
Bradley County R+38.7 R+49.7 R+11.0 29,443 38,191
Rutherford County R+9.8 R+19.1 R+9.3 62,182 101,737
Johnson County R+34.1 R+42.2 R+8.1 5,657 6,591
Hardeman County D+13.9 D+6.2 R+7.7 8,803 11,237
Knox County R+17.2 R+23.0 R+5.8 150,586 186,086
Montgomery County R+2.1 R+7.9 R+5.8 39,044 56,518
Williamson County R+34.5 R+39.5 R+5.0 58,429 93,646
Madison County R+6.1 R+7.0 R+0.9 33,930 43,846
Hamilton County R+12.3 R+11.8 D+0.5 120,379 147,520
Haywood County D+20.6 D+21.3 D+0.7 6,478 8,121
Davidson County D+17.5 D+21.0 D+3.5 208,588 264,486
Shelby County D+14.4 D+27.4 D+13.0 336,755 404,555

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