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Ohio 2000 vs 2012: county swing

28 of 88 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 9 changed hands.

Geauga County: swing D+2.2Hancock County: swing D+12.1Hardin County: swing R+1.9Holmes County: swing R+1.5Licking County: swing D+8.5Madison County: swing D+4.7Miami County: swing R+10.7Noble County: swing R+5.3Pike County: swing D+3.9Sandusky County: swing D+12.7Seneca County: swing D+10.3Union County: swing D+8.7Wayne County: swing D+5.8Wood County: swing D+14.0Allen County: swing D+9.3Brown County: swing R+0.2Clinton County: swing R+0.9Defiance County: swing D+7.4Fayette County: swing D+3.6Meigs County: swing D+2.9Mercer County: swing R+14.9Morrow County: swing D+1.5Muskingum County: swing D+8.0Paulding County: swing D+0.5Pickaway County: swing D+5.1Portage County: swing D+0.4Preble County: swing R+9.9Richland County: swing R+1.3Ross County: swing D+6.4Shelby County: swing R+15.3Stark County: swing D+2.3Tuscarawas County: swing D+0.7Van Wert County: swing R+6.1Washington County: swing R+0.4Williams County: swing D+12.4Wyandot County: swing D+8.2Adams County: swing D+1.3Ashland County: swing D+2.5Auglaize County: swing R+7.3Belmont County: swing R+19.4Butler County: swing D+4.3Carroll County: swing D+1.0Clark County: swing R+1.3Clermont County: swing D+2.4Columbiana County: swing R+9.2Crawford County: swing D+3.9Darke County: swing R+14.0Delaware County: swing D+12.1Erie County: swing D+7.7Franklin County: swing D+21.9Hamilton County: swing D+17.5Highland County: swing R+1.6Huron County: swing D+10.8Jefferson County: swing R+12.1Lawrence County: swing R+10.1Lorain County: swing D+4.9Mahoning County: swing D+3.2Marion County: swing D+6.6Athens County: swing D+21.7Champaign County: swing R+1.0Coshocton County: swing D+9.4Fairfield County: swing D+11.4Guernsey County: swing D+0.7Henry County: swing D+13.1Knox County: swing D+5.5Logan County: swing D+0.9Medina County: swing D+3.2Morgan County: swing D+13.9Perry County: swing D+0.2Putnam County: swing R+0.6Summit County: swing D+5.4Warren County: swing D+2.8Lake County: swing D+4.3Lucas County: swing D+13.0Monroe County: swing R+14.0Montgomery County: swing D+2.5Ottawa County: swing D+6.5Scioto County: swing D+2.2Trumbull County: swing R+0.9Vinton County: swing D+6.2Ashtabula County: swing D+8.0Cuyahoga County: swing D+10.6Fulton County: swing D+12.6Gallia County: swing R+4.6Harrison County: swing R+14.1Hocking County: swing D+10.4Jackson County: swing R+5.9Greene County: swing R+1.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Belmont County flipped D+11.1 R+8.3 R+19.4 30,141 31,564
Shelby County R+29.9 R+45.2 R+15.3 19,670 23,866
Mercer County R+39.7 R+54.6 R+14.9 18,294 21,661
Harrison County R+0.9 R+15.0 R+14.1 7,161 7,141
Darke County R+30.4 R+44.4 R+14.0 23,267 25,401
Monroe County flipped D+6.5 R+7.5 R+14.0 7,115 6,782
Jefferson County flipped D+7.1 R+5.0 R+12.1 34,636 33,069
Miami County R+24.4 R+35.1 R+10.7 42,841 51,936
Lawrence County R+5.0 R+15.1 R+10.1 24,452 25,833
Preble County R+26.4 R+36.3 R+9.9 18,166 20,169
Columbiana County R+2.6 R+11.8 R+9.2 44,427 46,051
Auglaize County R+41.2 R+48.5 R+7.3 19,892 23,405
Van Wert County R+33.9 R+40.0 R+6.1 13,219 13,866
Jackson County R+14.6 R+20.5 R+5.9 12,490 13,381
Noble County R+19.1 R+24.4 R+5.3 5,988 5,872
Gallia County R+20.7 R+25.3 R+4.6 12,776 12,595
Hardin County R+21.2 R+23.1 R+1.9 12,068 12,449
Highland County R+28.5 R+30.1 R+1.6 15,447 17,839
Holmes County R+51.3 R+52.8 R+1.5 9,145 11,536
Clark County flipped D+0.5 R+0.8 R+1.3 57,559 64,144
Greene County R+19.8 R+21.1 R+1.3 65,204 83,490
Richland County R+18.1 R+19.4 R+1.3 52,779 57,715
Champaign County R+20.8 R+21.8 R+1.0 15,680 18,421
Clinton County R+33.4 R+34.3 R+0.9 15,070 18,144
Trumbull County D+23.9 D+23.0 R+0.9 96,239 101,719
Putnam County R+50.6 R+51.2 R+0.6 17,344 18,372
Washington County R+18.7 R+19.1 R+0.4 26,515 29,499
Brown County R+24.6 R+24.8 R+0.2 16,429 19,392
Perry County R+4.2 R+4.0 D+0.2 12,828 14,984
Portage County D+5.1 D+5.5 D+0.4 62,899 76,239
Paulding County R+20.4 R+19.9 D+0.5 8,946 9,128
Guernsey County R+9.9 R+9.2 D+0.7 15,430 16,814
Tuscarawas County R+9.9 R+9.2 D+0.7 37,118 41,613
Logan County R+32.0 R+31.1 D+0.9 18,455 21,137
Carroll County R+14.4 R+13.4 D+1.0 12,261 13,262
Adams County R+27.3 R+26.0 D+1.3 10,235 11,089
Morrow County R+25.8 R+24.3 D+1.5 12,839 16,184
Geauga County R+23.7 R+21.5 D+2.2 42,600 50,997
Scioto County R+3.5 R+1.3 D+2.2 29,945 31,161
Stark County flipped R+1.8 D+0.5 D+2.3 159,844 181,477
Clermont County R+37.5 R+35.1 D+2.4 69,877 96,273
Ashland County R+32.3 R+29.8 D+2.5 21,258 24,330
Montgomery County D+2.1 D+4.6 D+2.5 230,987 266,278
Warren County R+42.2 R+39.4 D+2.8 69,078 111,004
Meigs County R+21.2 R+18.3 D+2.9 9,795 10,218
Mahoning County D+25.1 D+28.3 D+3.2 114,119 121,310
Medina County R+16.0 R+12.8 D+3.2 66,883 90,783
Fayette County R+25.1 R+21.5 D+3.6 9,278 11,020
Crawford County R+25.8 R+21.9 D+3.9 19,176 19,803
Pike County R+3.9 Even D+3.9 10,560 11,581
Butler County R+29.4 R+25.1 D+4.3 136,737 170,191
Lake County R+5.2 R+0.9 D+4.3 102,564 118,404
Madison County R+24.6 R+19.9 D+4.7 14,667 17,517
Lorain County D+10.5 D+15.4 D+4.9 112,180 143,253
Pickaway County R+23.2 R+18.1 D+5.1 17,740 24,123
Summit County D+10.3 D+15.7 D+5.4 224,839 267,711
Knox County R+29.4 R+23.9 D+5.5 21,260 28,388
Wayne County R+26.2 R+20.4 D+5.8 42,436 51,064
Vinton County R+13.8 R+7.6 D+6.2 4,946 5,467
Ross County R+7.9 R+1.5 D+6.4 26,016 30,083
Ottawa County flipped R+2.2 D+4.3 D+6.5 19,968 22,456
Marion County R+13.1 R+6.5 D+6.6 24,815 27,352
Defiance County R+20.7 R+13.3 D+7.4 16,242 18,288
Erie County D+4.6 D+12.3 D+7.7 35,015 39,405
Ashtabula County D+4.8 D+12.8 D+8.0 39,472 43,064
Muskingum County R+14.1 R+6.1 D+8.0 32,624 37,085
Wyandot County R+27.6 R+19.4 D+8.2 9,827 10,572
Licking County R+22.4 R+13.9 D+8.5 62,466 81,390
Union County R+38.0 R+29.3 D+8.7 17,024 25,567
Allen County R+33.4 R+24.1 D+9.3 43,795 48,235
Coshocton County R+18.6 R+9.2 D+9.4 14,268 15,739
Seneca County R+17.8 R+7.5 D+10.3 24,351 25,262
Hocking County R+11.4 R+1.0 D+10.4 10,756 12,728
Cuyahoga County D+29.2 D+39.8 D+10.6 574,782 644,281
Huron County R+19.2 R+8.4 D+10.8 21,360 24,663
Fairfield County R+26.8 R+15.4 D+11.4 54,094 72,068
Delaware County R+35.2 R+23.1 D+12.1 55,403 98,761
Hancock County R+39.8 R+27.7 D+12.1 30,617 35,694
Williams County R+28.1 R+15.7 D+12.4 15,919 17,706
Fulton County R+25.1 R+12.5 D+12.6 18,896 21,268
Sandusky County flipped R+9.9 D+2.8 D+12.7 25,744 28,994
Lucas County D+18.7 D+31.7 D+13.0 187,350 210,218
Henry County R+31.4 R+18.3 D+13.1 13,252 14,236
Morgan County R+19.9 R+6.0 D+13.9 5,993 6,129
Wood County flipped R+9.2 D+4.8 D+14.0 52,194 63,948
Hamilton County flipped R+11.2 D+6.3 D+17.5 377,899 418,894
Athens County D+13.6 D+35.3 D+21.7 25,447 27,638
Franklin County D+1.0 D+22.9 D+21.9 414,074 570,983

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