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Mississippi 2000 vs 2012: county swing

29 of 82 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 8 changed hands.

Alcorn County: swing R+33.8Calhoun County: swing R+5.0Chickasaw County: swing D+5.0Copiah County: swing D+17.9Franklin County: swing D+1.3Hinds County: swing D+33.3Jasper County: swing D+12.7Jefferson Davis County: swing D+18.2Lauderdale County: swing D+19.3Leake County: swing D+10.3Leflore County: swing D+27.5Monroe County: swing R+3.7Neshoba County: swing R+0.7Noxubee County: swing D+19.9Pontotoc County: swing R+13.2Prentiss County: swing R+21.1Simpson County: swing D+9.6Tippah County: swing R+18.6Washington County: swing D+25.6Amite County: swing D+0.5Benton County: swing R+9.2Bolivar County: swing D+11.6Carroll County: swing R+3.4Claiborne County: swing D+16.4Covington County: swing D+6.3George County: swing R+27.7Hancock County: swing R+21.6Holmes County: swing D+21.3Humphreys County: swing D+33.4Jackson County: swing D+0.8Jones County: swing R+2.7Lamar County: swing D+1.6Greene County: swing R+14.3Marion County: swing R+5.8Montgomery County: swing D+4.3Newton County: swing D+12.4Pearl River County: swing R+17.2Quitman County: swing D+19.2Rankin County: swing D+8.1Smith County: swing R+1.0Tate County: swing D+0.3Tishomingo County: swing R+36.9Tunica County: swing D+27.6Wayne County: swing D+2.5Webster County: swing R+17.5Wilkinson County: swing D+13.6Yazoo County: swing D+16.8Attala County: swing D+4.7Clarke County: swing D+7.4Forrest County: swing D+10.6Grenada County: swing D+4.2Itawamba County: swing R+32.7Kemper County: swing D+19.4Lawrence County: swing R+13.1Lee County: swing R+2.3Lincoln County: swing R+0.5Lowndes County: swing D+19.6Panola County: swing D+4.7Scott County: swing D+12.8Sunflower County: swing D+27.7Union County: swing R+18.5Winston County: swing D+5.9Adams County: swing D+8.8Choctaw County: swing R+2.3Clay County: swing D+10.2Coahoma County: swing D+27.6Issaquena County: swing D+2.4Jefferson County: swing D+14.4Lafayette County: swing D+0.1Harrison County: swing R+0.9Oktibbeha County: swing D+12.1Perry County: swing R+5.7Pike County: swing D+14.7Sharkey County: swing D+19.5Stone County: swing R+8.8Walthall County: swing D+10.7Warren County: swing D+19.8Yalobusha County: swing R+7.8Madison County: swing D+13.4Marshall County: swing R+4.4Tallahatchie County: swing D+11.4DeSoto County: swing D+10.4
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Tishomingo County R+19.7 R+56.6 R+36.9 6,992 7,936
Alcorn County R+17.4 R+51.2 R+33.8 12,638 14,830
Itawamba County R+28.3 R+61.0 R+32.7 8,564 9,318
George County R+43.5 R+71.2 R+27.7 7,284 9,856
Hancock County R+31.1 R+52.7 R+21.6 14,548 17,167
Prentiss County R+21.3 R+42.4 R+21.1 8,482 10,033
Tippah County R+29.4 R+48.0 R+18.6 8,403 9,164
Union County R+32.2 R+50.7 R+18.5 9,311 11,365
Webster County R+36.1 R+53.6 R+17.5 4,545 5,234
Pearl River County R+42.2 R+59.4 R+17.2 16,477 22,224
Greene County R+39.8 R+54.1 R+14.3 4,436 5,922
Pontotoc County R+40.3 R+53.5 R+13.2 9,510 12,411
Lawrence County R+12.7 R+25.8 R+13.1 6,587 6,698
Benton County D+9.4 D+0.2 R+9.2 3,481 4,116
Stone County R+36.6 R+45.4 R+8.8 5,523 7,532
Yalobusha County flipped D+3.9 R+3.9 R+7.8 5,228 6,354
Marion County R+24.4 R+30.2 R+5.8 10,998 12,729
Perry County R+39.9 R+45.6 R+5.7 4,359 5,722
Calhoun County R+20.8 R+25.8 R+5.0 5,758 7,068
Marshall County D+23.9 D+19.5 R+4.4 12,592 16,240
Monroe County R+12.1 R+15.8 R+3.7 13,360 16,918
Carroll County R+29.2 R+32.6 R+3.4 4,924 5,992
Jones County R+35.4 R+38.1 R+2.7 24,340 30,159
Choctaw County R+30.1 R+32.4 R+2.3 3,719 4,273
Lee County R+25.6 R+27.9 R+2.3 25,094 35,306
Smith County R+49.3 R+50.3 R+1.0 6,528 8,099
Harrison County R+24.9 R+25.8 R+0.9 52,616 63,328
Neshoba County R+42.4 R+43.1 R+0.7 9,066 11,015
Lincoln County R+32.2 R+32.7 R+0.5 13,000 16,414
Lafayette County R+15.4 R+15.3 D+0.1 12,678 19,505
Tate County R+19.6 R+19.3 D+0.3 8,693 12,406
Amite County R+15.7 R+15.2 D+0.5 6,408 7,706
Jackson County R+35.2 R+34.4 D+0.8 45,107 53,655
Franklin County R+23.8 R+22.5 D+1.3 3,953 4,493
Lamar County R+56.2 R+54.6 D+1.6 16,602 24,889
Issaquena County D+20.1 D+22.5 D+2.4 941 787
Wayne County R+21.5 R+19.0 D+2.5 7,705 10,332
Grenada County R+10.3 R+6.1 D+4.2 9,385 11,335
Montgomery County R+9.1 R+4.8 D+4.3 4,849 5,645
Attala County R+17.9 R+13.2 D+4.7 7,173 9,092
Panola County D+4.0 D+8.7 D+4.7 11,389 16,826
Chickasaw County flipped R+0.5 D+4.5 D+5.0 7,175 8,503
Winston County R+11.6 R+5.7 D+5.9 8,368 9,829
Covington County R+22.6 R+16.3 D+6.3 6,881 9,348
Clarke County R+30.9 R+23.5 D+7.4 6,919 8,253
Rankin County R+60.2 R+52.1 D+8.1 41,435 64,145
Adams County D+9.2 D+18.0 D+8.8 14,879 15,447
Simpson County R+31.6 R+22.0 D+9.6 9,574 12,249
Clay County D+11.6 D+21.8 D+10.2 8,165 11,072
Leake County R+19.0 R+8.7 D+10.3 6,952 8,983
DeSoto County R+43.8 R+33.4 D+10.4 34,936 65,794
Forrest County R+21.5 R+10.9 D+10.6 22,251 30,236
Walthall County R+19.0 R+8.3 D+10.7 5,895 7,551
Tallahatchie County D+11.1 D+22.5 D+11.4 5,523 6,503
Bolivar County D+26.5 D+38.1 D+11.6 13,538 15,428
Oktibbeha County flipped R+10.3 D+1.8 D+12.1 14,804 18,117
Newton County R+43.9 R+31.5 D+12.4 7,738 9,777
Jasper County flipped R+3.0 D+9.7 D+12.7 6,447 9,340
Scott County R+22.3 R+9.5 D+12.8 9,206 11,202
Madison County R+29.1 R+15.7 D+13.4 29,859 49,571
Wilkinson County D+27.5 D+41.1 D+13.6 4,098 4,853
Jefferson County D+64.1 D+78.5 D+14.4 3,408 4,433
Pike County flipped R+6.5 D+8.2 D+14.7 14,166 17,974
Claiborne County D+60.4 D+76.8 D+16.4 4,615 5,484
Yazoo County flipped R+2.5 D+14.3 D+16.8 10,516 11,620
Copiah County flipped R+7.5 D+10.4 D+17.9 10,587 14,123
Jefferson Davis County D+7.5 D+25.7 D+18.2 5,317 6,864
Quitman County D+24.1 D+43.3 D+19.2 3,413 3,979
Lauderdale County R+34.3 R+15.0 D+19.3 25,970 32,777
Kemper County D+9.3 D+28.7 D+19.4 4,261 5,052
Sharkey County D+21.8 D+41.3 D+19.5 2,903 2,532
Lowndes County R+20.1 R+0.5 D+19.6 19,230 27,158
Warren County flipped R+18.3 D+1.5 D+19.8 18,623 21,391
Noxubee County D+37.4 D+57.3 D+19.9 4,954 6,264
Holmes County D+47.3 D+68.6 D+21.3 7,422 9,288
Washington County D+16.6 D+42.2 D+25.6 18,328 19,715
Leflore County D+15.8 D+43.3 D+27.5 11,276 12,773
Coahoma County D+20.6 D+48.2 D+27.6 9,553 10,549
Tunica County D+31.5 D+59.1 D+27.6 2,366 4,382
Sunflower County D+19.2 D+46.9 D+27.7 8,415 11,228
Hinds County D+10.3 D+43.6 D+33.3 87,770 106,491
Humphreys County D+16.7 D+50.1 D+33.4 3,944 5,212

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