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Florida 2000 vs 2012: county swing

50 of 67 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 5 changed hands.

Marion County: swing R+6.1Monroe County: swing R+0.7Orange County: swing D+16.2St. Lucie County: swing R+1.0Sumter County: swing R+23.7Union County: swing R+24.8Alachua County: swing D+2.0Calhoun County: swing R+30.2Columbia County: swing R+15.5Gadsden County: swing D+6.9Highlands County: swing R+5.9Holmes County: swing R+29.9Leon County: swing D+2.0Nassau County: swing R+8.7Okaloosa County: swing D+0.4Osceola County: swing D+21.1Palm Beach County: swing R+10.0Pasco County: swing R+7.3Putnam County: swing R+19.4St. Johns County: swing R+4.7Santa Rosa County: swing R+5.9Sarasota County: swing R+1.2Seminole County: swing D+5.5Volusia County: swing R+9.4Walton County: swing R+16.3Baker County: swing R+19.1Bay County: swing R+10.0Broward County: swing R+1.6Charlotte County: swing R+5.6Lee County: swing D+1.2Madison County: swing R+3.0Manatee County: swing R+4.5Citrus County: swing R+14.5Dixie County: swing R+28.2Duval County: swing D+13.1Gilchrist County: swing R+25.2Glades County: swing R+6.8Gulf County: swing R+23.2Hardee County: swing R+8.0Hendry County: swing D+12.5Hernando County: swing R+11.6Indian River County: swing R+4.4Jackson County: swing R+15.0Lake County: swing R+2.0Wakulla County: swing R+20.3Martin County: swing R+11.0Okeechobee County: swing R+15.4Polk County: swing D+2.2Suwannee County: swing R+13.5Washington County: swing R+20.1Bradford County: swing R+15.1Clay County: swing D+1.5DeSoto County: swing R+2.4Flagler County: swing R+12.2Hamilton County: swing R+6.1Lafayette County: swing R+23.1Liberty County: swing R+29.0Miami-Dade County: swing D+17.4Pinellas County: swing D+1.7Taylor County: swing R+17.5Franklin County: swing R+22.8Hillsborough County: swing D+9.7Jefferson County: swing R+8.3Brevard County: swing R+4.6Levy County: swing R+20.7Collier County: swing D+3.1Escambia County: swing D+7.0
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Calhoun County R+13.8 R+44.0 R+30.2 5,174 6,152
Holmes County R+38.4 R+68.3 R+29.9 7,395 8,274
Liberty County R+12.4 R+41.4 R+29.0 2,410 3,284
Dixie County R+18.7 R+46.9 R+28.2 4,666 6,941
Gilchrist County R+25.8 R+51.0 R+25.2 5,395 7,909
Union County R+24.2 R+49.0 R+24.8 3,826 5,393
Sumter County R+11.2 R+34.9 R+23.7 22,261 60,479
Gulf County R+18.8 R+42.0 R+23.2 6,144 7,108
Lafayette County R+35.2 R+58.3 R+23.1 2,505 3,399
Franklin County R+8.7 R+31.5 R+22.8 4,644 5,474
Levy County R+11.5 R+32.2 R+20.7 12,724 18,399
Wakulla County R+7.8 R+28.1 R+20.3 8,587 14,660
Washington County R+27.4 R+47.5 R+20.1 8,029 10,999
Putnam County R+5.1 R+24.5 R+19.4 26,222 31,324
Baker County R+39.5 R+58.6 R+19.1 8,154 11,368
Taylor County R+20.7 R+38.2 R+17.5 6,808 9,120
Walton County R+35.7 R+52.0 R+16.3 18,318 28,494
Columbia County R+21.1 R+36.6 R+15.5 18,508 27,163
Okeechobee County R+4.7 R+20.1 R+15.4 9,853 12,324
Bradford County R+26.9 R+42.0 R+15.1 8,673 11,635
Jackson County R+14.0 R+29.0 R+15.0 16,300 20,941
Citrus County R+7.4 R+21.9 R+14.5 57,206 73,935
Suwannee County R+31.5 R+45.0 R+13.5 12,473 17,629
Flagler County flipped D+4.8 R+7.4 R+12.2 27,111 50,595
Hernando County flipped D+3.1 R+8.5 R+11.6 65,219 83,667
Martin County R+11.9 R+22.9 R+11.0 62,013 78,873
Bay County R+33.6 R+43.6 R+10.0 58,805 79,861
Palm Beach County D+27.0 D+17.0 R+10.0 433,186 600,721
Volusia County flipped D+8.2 R+1.2 R+9.4 183,654 234,536
Nassau County R+39.8 R+48.5 R+8.7 23,780 40,528
Jefferson County D+10.0 D+1.7 R+8.3 5,644 7,808
Hardee County R+22.9 R+30.9 R+8.0 6,233 7,226
Pasco County flipped D+0.7 R+6.6 R+7.3 142,731 213,573
Glades County R+11.8 R+18.6 R+6.8 3,365 3,989
Hamilton County R+10.7 R+16.8 R+6.1 3,964 5,407
Marion County R+10.2 R+16.3 R+6.1 102,956 161,385
Highlands County R+17.2 R+23.1 R+5.9 35,149 42,444
Santa Rosa County R+46.7 R+52.6 R+5.9 50,319 76,846
Charlotte County R+8.7 R+14.3 R+5.6 66,896 84,682
St. Johns County R+33.0 R+37.7 R+4.7 60,746 114,795
Brevard County R+8.1 R+12.7 R+4.6 218,395 285,559
Manatee County R+8.0 R+12.5 R+4.5 110,221 153,491
Indian River County R+17.9 R+22.3 R+4.4 49,622 71,464
Madison County R+0.4 R+3.4 R+3.0 6,162 8,715
DeSoto County R+11.9 R+14.3 R+2.4 7,817 9,865
Lake County R+15.1 R+17.1 R+2.0 88,611 150,811
Broward County D+36.5 D+34.9 R+1.6 575,143 756,422
Sarasota County R+6.3 R+7.5 R+1.2 160,942 207,480
St. Lucie County D+8.8 D+7.8 R+1.0 77,989 123,027
Monroe County D+1.2 D+0.5 R+0.7 33,896 39,057
Okaloosa County R+49.7 R+49.3 D+0.4 70,680 94,798
Lee County R+17.7 R+16.5 D+1.2 184,377 266,166
Clay County R+47.3 R+45.8 D+1.5 57,353 96,589
Pinellas County D+3.9 D+5.6 D+1.7 398,472 457,702
Alachua County D+15.4 D+17.4 D+2.0 85,729 120,418
Leon County D+21.7 D+23.7 D+2.0 103,124 148,353
Polk County R+9.0 R+6.8 D+2.2 168,607 248,683
Collier County R+33.1 R+30.0 D+3.1 92,162 149,112
Seminole County R+12.0 R+6.5 D+5.5 137,634 208,620
Gadsden County D+33.7 D+40.6 D+6.9 14,727 22,499
Escambia County R+27.5 R+20.5 D+7.0 116,648 148,502
Hillsborough County flipped R+3.1 D+6.6 D+9.7 360,295 542,102
Hendry County R+18.5 R+6.0 D+12.5 8,139 10,185
Duval County R+16.7 R+3.6 D+13.1 264,636 411,848
Orange County D+2.1 D+18.3 D+16.2 280,125 466,359
Miami-Dade County D+6.3 D+23.7 D+17.4 625,449 878,314
Osceola County D+3.5 D+24.6 D+21.1 55,659 108,698

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