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Arkansas 2000 vs 2012: county swing

72 of 75 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 23 changed hands.

Van Buren County: swing R+35.3White County: swing R+32.0Arkansas County: swing R+14.8Boone County: swing R+18.2Clark County: swing R+16.5Conway County: swing R+18.8Drew County: swing R+24.1Garland County: swing R+21.0Howard County: swing R+25.9Johnson County: swing R+22.5Lonoke County: swing R+29.9Montgomery County: swing R+24.2Newton County: swing R+7.7Poinsett County: swing R+49.6St. Francis County: swing R+0.1Searcy County: swing R+17.1Washington County: swing R+2.9Woodruff County: swing R+26.0Carroll County: swing R+3.4Chicot County: swing R+5.8Cleveland County: swing R+36.6Columbia County: swing R+12.7Crawford County: swing R+24.3Faulkner County: swing R+17.5Franklin County: swing R+34.6Grant County: swing R+39.4Hot Spring County: swing R+33.4Jackson County: swing R+40.9Lafayette County: swing R+26.4Little River County: swing R+47.7Logan County: swing R+27.1Madison County: swing R+9.2Marion County: swing R+19.3Miller County: swing R+32.6Mississippi County: swing R+16.2Nevada County: swing R+22.1Ouachita County: swing R+15.6Polk County: swing R+25.2Pope County: swing R+22.3Randolph County: swing R+33.6Sevier County: swing R+47.9Stone County: swing R+33.2Ashley County: swing R+29.8Calhoun County: swing R+31.6Yell County: swing R+36.5Bradley County: swing R+26.9Cleburne County: swing R+36.4Cross County: swing R+30.8Dallas County: swing R+14.8Greene County: swing R+40.7Izard County: swing R+44.5Lincoln County: swing R+33.0Pike County: swing R+35.8Prairie County: swing R+32.0Sharp County: swing R+32.4Monroe County: swing R+17.7Saline County: swing R+24.4Sebastian County: swing R+17.3Union County: swing R+10.9Clay County: swing R+50.7Craighead County: swing R+31.9Crittenden County: swing D+4.6Desha County: swing R+13.7Hempstead County: swing R+35.5Independence County: swing R+35.3Jefferson County: swing R+3.9Lawrence County: swing R+41.9Lee County: swing R+9.3Baxter County: swing R+26.0Benton County: swing R+7.6Perry County: swing R+23.7Phillips County: swing D+2.1Pulaski County: swing D+1.6Fulton County: swing R+31.6Scott County: swing R+23.7
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Clay County flipped D+21.6 R+29.1 R+50.7 5,900 5,110
Poinsett County flipped D+15.4 R+34.2 R+49.6 7,235 7,560
Sevier County R+0.4 R+48.3 R+47.9 4,293 4,330
Little River County flipped D+11.4 R+36.3 R+47.7 5,263 5,051
Izard County flipped D+5.7 R+38.8 R+44.5 5,032 5,278
Lawrence County flipped D+10.4 R+31.5 R+41.9 6,040 5,540
Jackson County flipped D+22.6 R+18.3 R+40.9 6,072 5,347
Greene County flipped D+3.9 R+36.8 R+40.7 12,484 13,761
Grant County R+12.4 R+51.8 R+39.4 6,013 6,479
Cleveland County R+8.3 R+44.9 R+36.6 3,181 3,266
Yell County R+2.4 R+38.9 R+36.5 6,479 5,974
Cleburne County R+15.7 R+52.1 R+36.4 10,207 11,647
Pike County R+16.9 R+52.7 R+35.8 3,971 3,788
Hempstead County flipped D+9.3 R+26.2 R+35.5 7,289 6,921
Independence County R+8.6 R+43.9 R+35.3 11,594 12,397
Van Buren County R+4.1 R+39.4 R+35.3 6,984 6,430
Franklin County R+9.8 R+44.4 R+34.6 6,140 6,540
Randolph County flipped D+5.9 R+27.7 R+33.6 5,877 5,956
Hot Spring County flipped D+4.4 R+29.0 R+33.4 10,981 11,260
Stone County R+12.0 R+45.2 R+33.2 4,860 5,354
Lincoln County flipped D+12.2 R+20.8 R+33.0 3,546 3,726
Miller County R+7.2 R+39.8 R+32.6 13,745 15,329
Sharp County R+6.5 R+38.9 R+32.4 7,126 7,283
Prairie County R+8.5 R+40.5 R+32.0 3,507 3,141
White County R+21.8 R+53.8 R+32.0 22,150 26,514
Craighead County flipped D+0.9 R+31.0 R+31.9 25,157 31,700
Calhoun County R+5.1 R+36.7 R+31.6 2,185 2,174
Fulton County R+1.5 R+33.1 R+31.6 4,108 4,522
Cross County flipped D+1.0 R+29.8 R+30.8 6,215 6,681
Lonoke County R+20.9 R+50.8 R+29.9 17,943 24,114
Ashley County flipped D+4.5 R+25.3 R+29.8 8,271 7,921
Logan County R+14.8 R+41.9 R+27.1 8,096 7,331
Bradley County flipped D+8.2 R+18.7 R+26.9 3,979 3,652
Lafayette County flipped D+7.9 R+18.5 R+26.4 3,383 2,929
Baxter County R+18.1 R+44.1 R+26.0 16,708 19,339
Woodruff County D+30.2 D+4.2 R+26.0 2,651 2,685
Howard County R+5.9 R+31.8 R+25.9 4,459 4,462
Polk County R+31.8 R+57.0 R+25.2 7,193 7,726
Saline County R+18.3 R+42.7 R+24.4 32,391 47,062
Crawford County R+25.6 R+49.9 R+24.3 17,625 20,591
Montgomery County R+18.4 R+42.6 R+24.2 3,739 3,404
Drew County flipped D+5.2 R+18.9 R+24.1 5,922 6,633
Perry County R+11.7 R+35.4 R+23.7 4,007 3,938
Scott County R+24.0 R+47.7 R+23.7 3,981 3,640
Johnson County R+5.4 R+27.9 R+22.5 7,161 8,098
Pope County R+24.8 R+47.1 R+22.3 18,422 20,439
Nevada County flipped D+1.9 R+20.2 R+22.1 3,738 3,384
Garland County R+9.0 R+30.0 R+21.0 35,935 40,728
Marion County R+19.5 R+38.8 R+19.3 6,015 7,051
Conway County R+0.7 R+19.5 R+18.8 7,234 7,730
Boone County R+29.8 R+48.0 R+18.2 13,635 15,391
Monroe County flipped D+17.6 R+0.1 R+17.7 3,293 3,230
Faulkner County R+14.1 R+31.6 R+17.5 29,216 41,460
Sebastian County R+19.8 R+37.1 R+17.3 40,159 43,362
Searcy County R+34.0 R+51.1 R+17.1 4,058 3,694
Clark County flipped D+10.2 R+6.3 R+16.5 8,626 8,409
Mississippi County flipped D+15.2 R+1.0 R+16.2 12,586 13,375
Ouachita County flipped D+7.0 R+8.6 R+15.6 10,395 10,315
Arkansas County R+7.4 R+22.2 R+14.8 6,372 6,494
Dallas County flipped D+4.2 R+10.6 R+14.8 3,325 3,084
Desha County D+26.1 D+12.4 R+13.7 4,495 4,420
Columbia County R+10.9 R+23.6 R+12.7 9,307 9,455
Union County R+15.3 R+26.2 R+10.9 15,609 17,177
Lee County D+33.4 D+24.1 R+9.3 4,121 3,424
Madison County R+23.7 R+32.9 R+9.2 5,628 6,568
Newton County R+33.7 R+41.4 R+7.7 3,927 3,661
Benton County R+32.7 R+40.3 R+7.6 53,646 79,257
Chicot County D+28.2 D+22.4 R+5.8 4,452 4,361
Jefferson County D+32.9 D+29.0 R+3.9 27,201 27,383
Carroll County R+20.4 R+23.8 R+3.4 9,590 10,183
Washington County R+13.3 R+16.2 R+2.9 51,459 70,460
St. Francis County D+18.5 D+18.4 R+0.1 8,496 8,362
Pulaski County D+9.8 D+11.4 D+1.6 127,151 159,381
Phillips County D+30.7 D+32.8 D+2.1 9,313 7,930
Crittenden County D+10.3 D+14.9 D+4.6 13,234 16,716

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