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Georgia 2000 vs 2012: county swing

118 of 159 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 14 changed hands.

Appling County: swing R+18.7Barrow County: swing R+15.1Bryan County: swing R+5.8Candler County: swing R+11.9Chattooga County: swing R+27.1Clarke County: swing D+17.3Colquitt County: swing R+6.6Crawford County: swing R+19.1Dodge County: swing R+16.3Emanuel County: swing R+18.8Fayette County: swing D+9.7Gilmer County: swing R+26.5Wheeler County: swing R+23.6Whitfield County: swing R+7.2Wilkinson County: swing R+3.8Glascock County: swing R+21.5Gordon County: swing R+25.6Grady County: swing R+9.1Hall County: swing R+12.7Jackson County: swing R+24.5Jones County: swing R+7.0Laurens County: swing R+5.6Lumpkin County: swing R+26.3Marion County: swing R+0.9Miller County: swing R+11.6Newton County: swing D+26.1Peach County: swing D+7.3Polk County: swing R+28.4Randolph County: swing D+8.2Seminole County: swing R+12.6Taliaferro County: swing R+1.7Tift County: swing R+2.1Troup County: swing D+9.3Upson County: swing R+6.5Washington County: swing D+3.0Heard County: swing R+28.9Cobb County: swing D+10.4Coffee County: swing R+6.1Columbia County: swing D+6.1Coweta County: swing R+4.8Crisp County: swing D+4.5Decatur County: swing R+1.4Dooly County: swing R+1.9Dougherty County: swing D+23.9Echols County: swing R+29.4Effingham County: swing R+12.6Evans County: swing R+7.8Floyd County: swing R+17.7Franklin County: swing R+31.4Atkinson County: swing R+15.1Bacon County: swing R+23.4Baldwin County: swing D+6.7Bartow County: swing R+20.0Bleckley County: swing R+16.2Brantley County: swing R+28.8Bulloch County: swing D+4.2Calhoun County: swing D+0.9Charlton County: swing R+8.4Chattahoochee County: swing R+1.2Cherokee County: swing R+8.5Clayton County: swing D+37.4Wilkes County: swing R+8.9Worth County: swing R+14.1Habersham County: swing R+21.6Hancock County: swing D+5.4Hart County: swing R+24.4Irwin County: swing R+16.0Jasper County: swing R+19.2Jenkins County: swing R+9.2Lamar County: swing R+16.5Lanier County: swing R+12.4Lincoln County: swing R+10.5Morgan County: swing R+16.2Muscogee County: swing D+12.3Quitman County: swing R+12.4McIntosh County: swing R+15.9Paulding County: swing R+1.8Lowndes County: swing D+5.3McDuffie County: swing D+5.6Madison County: swing R+12.9Meriwether County: swing R+9.8Mitchell County: swing R+4.0Montgomery County: swing R+21.9Murray County: swing R+18.5Oglethorpe County: swing R+10.2Pierce County: swing R+22.7Pike County: swing R+25.7Pulaski County: swing R+17.4Rabun County: swing R+24.9Rockdale County: swing D+45.4Spalding County: swing D+2.4Stephens County: swing R+23.8Tattnall County: swing R+13.0Taylor County: swing R+8.1Thomas County: swing EvenToombs County: swing R+14.9Towns County: swing R+26.7Twiggs County: swing R+2.7Walker County: swing R+18.5Warren County: swing D+9.0Banks County: swing R+30.1Berrien County: swing R+33.2Brooks County: swing D+0.6Burke County: swing D+6.6Camden County: swing R+0.5Chatham County: swing D+12.3Clay County: swing R+6.0Baker County: swing R+17.7Bibb County: swing D+18.2Butts County: swing R+19.3Catoosa County: swing R+15.7Clinch County: swing R+15.8Cook County: swing R+15.1Dawson County: swing R+27.6Early County: swing D+12.8Forsyth County: swing R+3.8Webster County: swing R+21.6White County: swing R+26.2Wilcox County: swing R+14.0Dade County: swing R+17.1DeKalb County: swing D+13.3Douglas County: swing D+29.0Elbert County: swing R+8.1Fannin County: swing R+25.7Fulton County: swing D+11.8Glynn County: swing D+2.4Greene County: swing R+6.2Haralson County: swing R+36.2Houston County: swing D+6.1Jefferson County: swing D+9.9Long County: swing R+7.9Macon County: swing D+7.6Monroe County: swing R+14.4Oconee County: swing R+9.0Pickens County: swing R+31.0Putnam County: swing R+20.1Schley County: swing R+27.1Stewart County: swing R+2.5Telfair County: swing R+18.0Treutlen County: swing R+11.7Walton County: swing R+16.3Gwinnett County: swing D+22.4Harris County: swing R+14.6Henry County: swing D+32.3Jeff Davis County: swing R+17.4Johnson County: swing R+4.7Lee County: swing R+2.3Liberty County: swing D+21.4Turner County: swing R+11.0Union County: swing R+26.3Ware County: swing R+6.6Wayne County: swing R+17.3Ben Hill County: swing R+11.6Carroll County: swing R+8.2Richmond County: swing D+23.5Screven County: swing R+3.5Sumter County: swing D+9.4Talbot County: swing R+1.9Terrell County: swing D+13.5
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Haralson County R+28.0 R+64.2 R+36.2 8,167 10,376
Berrien County R+24.4 R+57.6 R+33.2 4,410 6,201
Franklin County R+28.1 R+59.5 R+31.4 5,762 7,762
Pickens County R+36.6 R+67.6 R+31.0 8,201 12,680
Banks County R+43.7 R+73.8 R+30.1 4,533 6,195
Echols County R+38.1 R+67.5 R+29.4 898 1,102
Heard County R+24.1 R+53.0 R+28.9 3,198 4,172
Brantley County R+38.3 R+67.1 R+28.8 4,566 6,002
Polk County R+17.1 R+45.5 R+28.4 10,116 13,608
Dawson County R+46.7 R+74.3 R+27.6 5,898 10,244
Chattooga County R+14.1 R+41.2 R+27.1 6,477 7,822
Schley County R+20.9 R+48.0 R+27.1 1,176 1,748
Towns County R+31.3 R+58.0 R+26.7 4,497 6,211
Gilmer County R+36.7 R+63.2 R+26.5 7,370 11,018
Lumpkin County R+34.2 R+60.5 R+26.3 6,750 10,905
Union County R+33.6 R+59.9 R+26.3 6,956 11,079
White County R+40.4 R+66.6 R+26.2 7,043 10,488
Fannin County R+32.5 R+58.2 R+25.7 8,390 10,017
Pike County R+39.8 R+65.5 R+25.7 4,885 8,109
Gordon County R+32.1 R+57.7 R+25.6 12,205 16,897
Rabun County R+31.3 R+56.2 R+24.9 5,341 7,463
Jackson County R+38.3 R+62.8 R+24.5 11,635 23,704
Hart County R+13.9 R+38.3 R+24.4 7,536 9,511
Stephens County R+29.8 R+53.6 R+23.8 8,376 9,498
Wheeler County R+3.9 R+27.5 R+23.6 1,575 2,160
Bacon County R+35.2 R+58.6 R+23.4 2,995 3,931
Pierce County R+43.7 R+66.4 R+22.7 4,681 6,846
Montgomery County R+18.0 R+39.9 R+21.9 2,509 3,832
Habersham County R+45.8 R+67.4 R+21.6 9,691 14,641
Webster County flipped D+20.0 R+1.6 R+21.6 909 1,187
Glascock County R+50.4 R+71.9 R+21.5 1,020 1,333
Putnam County R+15.6 R+35.7 R+20.1 6,299 9,222
Bartow County R+31.6 R+51.6 R+20.0 22,781 35,802
Butts County R+16.3 R+35.6 R+19.3 5,635 9,381
Jasper County R+18.8 R+38.0 R+19.2 3,943 6,031
Crawford County R+13.3 R+32.4 R+19.1 3,567 5,133
Emanuel County R+8.1 R+26.9 R+18.8 6,263 8,083
Appling County R+30.3 R+49.0 R+18.7 6,099 7,086
Murray County R+34.1 R+52.6 R+18.5 8,372 11,217
Walker County R+31.6 R+50.1 R+18.5 18,895 21,896
Telfair County flipped D+2.4 R+15.6 R+18.0 3,493 4,336
Baker County D+18.3 D+0.6 R+17.7 1,519 1,589
Floyd County R+22.1 R+39.8 R+17.7 26,825 32,829
Jeff Davis County R+33.6 R+51.0 R+17.4 4,221 5,336
Pulaski County R+15.9 R+33.3 R+17.4 3,346 3,682
Wayne County R+31.0 R+48.3 R+17.3 8,004 10,269
Dade County R+33.8 R+50.9 R+17.1 5,049 6,020
Lamar County R+13.7 R+30.2 R+16.5 5,230 7,592
Dodge County R+19.5 R+35.8 R+16.3 5,877 7,733
Walton County R+39.2 R+55.5 R+16.3 19,083 37,612
Bleckley County R+31.0 R+47.2 R+16.2 3,749 4,907
Morgan County R+21.8 R+38.0 R+16.2 5,902 9,027
Irwin County R+21.6 R+37.6 R+16.0 2,852 3,709
McIntosh County flipped D+7.3 R+8.6 R+15.9 3,837 6,341
Clinch County R+14.3 R+30.1 R+15.8 1,929 2,472
Catoosa County R+37.0 R+52.7 R+15.7 17,721 23,678
Atkinson County R+19.7 R+34.8 R+15.1 2,071 2,902
Barrow County R+35.3 R+50.4 R+15.1 12,102 25,199
Cook County R+16.2 R+31.3 R+15.1 3,944 6,031
Toombs County R+25.5 R+40.4 R+14.9 7,210 9,344
Harris County R+30.9 R+45.5 R+14.6 8,562 15,488
Monroe County R+22.9 R+37.3 R+14.4 7,541 12,277
Worth County R+26.1 R+40.2 R+14.1 6,061 8,419
Wilcox County R+17.7 R+31.7 R+14.0 2,365 3,129
Tattnall County R+29.1 R+42.1 R+13.0 5,610 6,667
Madison County R+40.6 R+53.5 R+12.9 7,993 11,104
Hall County R+43.5 R+56.2 R+12.7 38,150 61,364
Effingham County R+38.5 R+51.1 R+12.6 10,650 20,816
Seminole County R+7.8 R+20.4 R+12.6 2,877 3,769
Lanier County R+11.3 R+23.7 R+12.4 1,904 2,972
Quitman County D+21.5 D+9.1 R+12.4 904 1,128
Candler County R+21.7 R+33.6 R+11.9 2,722 3,528
Treutlen County R+9.3 R+21.0 R+11.7 1,963 2,750
Ben Hill County R+3.2 R+14.8 R+11.6 4,661 5,956
Miller County R+26.3 R+37.9 R+11.6 2,150 2,775
Turner County R+3.6 R+14.6 R+11.0 2,456 3,559
Lincoln County R+17.1 R+27.6 R+10.5 3,103 4,426
Oglethorpe County R+27.1 R+37.3 R+10.2 4,385 6,273
Meriwether County flipped D+4.2 R+5.6 R+9.8 6,709 9,264
Jenkins County R+2.6 R+11.8 R+9.2 2,593 3,390
Grady County R+17.5 R+26.6 R+9.1 6,703 9,396
Oconee County R+39.7 R+48.7 R+9.0 11,168 17,817
Wilkes County R+2.6 R+11.5 R+8.9 4,026 4,761
Cherokee County R+49.2 R+57.7 R+8.5 52,348 98,220
Charlton County R+26.9 R+35.3 R+8.4 2,816 3,764
Carroll County R+29.4 R+37.6 R+8.2 25,741 41,549
Elbert County R+12.5 R+20.6 R+8.1 5,853 8,143
Taylor County R+2.6 R+10.7 R+8.1 2,780 3,538
Long County R+14.9 R+22.8 R+7.9 2,314 3,802
Evans County R+20.3 R+28.1 R+7.8 3,080 3,563
Whitfield County R+37.8 R+45.0 R+7.2 23,302 26,876
Jones County R+21.7 R+28.7 R+7.0 8,068 12,105
Colquitt County R+33.0 R+39.6 R+6.6 9,972 13,328
Ware County R+27.2 R+33.8 R+6.6 9,628 11,939
Upson County R+22.5 R+29.0 R+6.5 8,282 11,263
Greene County R+16.2 R+22.4 R+6.2 5,197 8,323
Coffee County R+22.9 R+29.0 R+6.1 9,430 14,454
Clay County D+29.2 D+23.2 R+6.0 1,277 1,402
Bryan County R+37.7 R+43.5 R+5.8 7,059 13,453
Laurens County R+17.1 R+22.7 R+5.6 14,036 19,604
Coweta County R+39.3 R+44.1 R+4.8 31,226 55,555
Johnson County R+25.4 R+30.1 R+4.7 2,883 3,772
Mitchell County flipped D+3.1 R+0.9 R+4.0 5,799 8,275
Forsyth County R+59.0 R+62.8 R+3.8 35,755 81,731
Wilkinson County flipped D+2.3 R+1.5 R+3.8 3,740 4,450
Screven County R+4.9 R+8.4 R+3.5 4,719 6,100
Twiggs County D+11.3 D+8.6 R+2.7 3,615 4,202
Stewart County D+30.3 D+27.8 R+2.5 1,954 2,076
Lee County R+49.9 R+52.2 R+2.3 7,884 13,628
Tift County R+30.4 R+32.5 R+2.1 10,328 13,927
Dooly County D+8.9 D+7.0 R+1.9 3,520 4,298
Talbot County D+32.4 D+30.5 R+1.9 2,531 3,491
Paulding County R+41.8 R+43.6 R+1.8 24,260 57,399
Taliaferro County D+34.2 D+32.5 R+1.7 832 963
Decatur County R+10.3 R+11.7 R+1.4 7,648 10,485
Chattahoochee County flipped D+0.8 R+0.4 R+1.2 1,207 1,490
Marion County R+9.3 R+10.2 R+0.9 2,184 3,170
Camden County R+27.1 R+27.6 R+0.5 10,119 17,983
Thomas County R+18.5 R+18.5 Even 12,058 18,953
Brooks County R+6.8 R+6.2 D+0.6 4,551 6,742
Calhoun County D+18.0 D+18.9 D+0.9 1,887 2,188
Glynn County R+29.4 R+27.0 D+2.4 22,384 33,133
Spalding County R+22.3 R+19.9 D+2.4 15,391 25,088
Washington County D+4.7 D+7.7 D+3.0 6,691 8,808
Bulloch County R+23.2 R+19.0 D+4.2 14,782 24,085
Crisp County R+18.2 R+13.7 D+4.5 5,609 7,396
Lowndes County R+15.2 R+9.9 D+5.3 25,432 39,137
Hancock County D+56.7 D+62.1 D+5.4 3,086 4,088
McDuffie County R+20.5 R+14.9 D+5.6 6,550 9,592
Columbia County R+49.1 R+43.0 D+6.1 36,008 58,923
Houston County R+26.7 R+20.6 D+6.1 36,988 58,056
Burke County D+4.7 D+11.3 D+6.6 7,135 9,779
Baldwin County flipped R+1.2 D+5.5 D+6.7 12,126 16,238
Peach County D+0.2 D+7.5 D+7.3 7,137 11,516
Macon County D+27.3 D+34.9 D+7.6 4,355 4,781
Randolph County D+8.1 D+16.3 D+8.2 2,569 3,058
Warren County D+12.3 D+21.3 D+9.0 2,145 2,526
Troup County R+27.1 R+17.8 D+9.3 17,804 25,986
Sumter County flipped R+1.0 D+8.4 D+9.4 9,697 11,831
Fayette County R+41.0 R+31.3 D+9.7 42,449 58,568
Jefferson County D+7.4 D+17.3 D+9.9 5,566 7,298
Cobb County R+22.9 R+12.5 D+10.4 235,027 310,116
Fulton County D+18.0 D+29.8 D+11.8 263,212 397,413
Chatham County flipped R+0.3 D+12.0 D+12.3 76,475 108,628
Muscogee County D+9.0 D+21.3 D+12.3 52,163 70,603
Early County flipped R+8.9 D+3.9 D+12.8 3,585 5,353
DeKalb County D+43.5 D+56.8 D+13.3 219,980 306,265
Terrell County D+2.6 D+16.1 D+13.5 3,113 4,398
Clarke County D+11.5 D+28.8 D+17.3 28,904 40,368
Bibb County D+1.8 D+20.0 D+18.2 49,776 64,718
Liberty County D+8.9 D+30.3 D+21.4 9,972 16,170
Gwinnett County R+31.6 R+9.2 D+22.4 191,111 296,728
Richmond County D+10.3 D+33.8 D+23.5 57,538 79,020
Dougherty County D+15.2 D+39.1 D+23.9 29,064 37,919
Newton County flipped R+24.1 D+2.0 D+26.1 18,375 43,234
Douglas County flipped R+25.0 D+4.0 D+29.0 30,964 55,267
Henry County R+35.6 R+3.3 D+32.3 38,867 91,378
Clayton County D+32.7 D+70.1 D+37.4 61,402 96,067
Rockdale County flipped R+28.9 D+16.5 D+45.4 24,649 38,085

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