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Tennessee 2000 vs 2012: county swing

92 of 95 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 32 changed hands.

Benton County: swing R+44.7Bledsoe County: swing R+25.3Campbell County: swing R+49.3Clay County: swing R+38.7Coffee County: swing R+36.8Dyer County: swing R+37.4Grainger County: swing R+30.0Hardeman County: swing R+8.0Hickman County: swing R+45.4Knox County: swing R+12.0Loudon County: swing R+26.2Marshall County: swing R+39.6Morgan County: swing R+41.7Polk County: swing R+31.2Scott County: swing R+45.7Union County: swing R+37.1Washington County: swing R+17.9White County: swing R+45.1Wilson County: swing R+35.2Bradley County: swing R+15.3Carroll County: swing R+32.5Cheatham County: swing R+34.6Claiborne County: swing R+37.8Crockett County: swing R+38.9Cumberland County: swing R+31.5DeKalb County: swing R+52.2Fayette County: swing R+18.8Fentress County: swing R+38.6Greene County: swing R+23.9Grundy County: swing R+51.4Hamilton County: swing R+2.6Hancock County: swing R+20.0Hardin County: swing R+37.7Henderson County: swing R+25.1Houston County: swing R+40.6Jackson County: swing R+55.8Lake County: swing R+42.0Lewis County: swing R+41.1McMinn County: swing R+22.7McNairy County: swing R+34.6Macon County: swing R+48.9Maury County: swing R+23.5Montgomery County: swing R+8.2Perry County: swing R+39.4Pickett County: swing R+25.5Putnam County: swing R+35.1Anderson County: swing R+26.0Bedford County: swing R+42.2Rhea County: swing R+26.6Robertson County: swing R+38.4Rutherford County: swing R+15.0Sevier County: swing R+21.2Stewart County: swing R+39.3Tipton County: swing R+16.9Van Buren County: swing R+41.5Warren County: swing R+38.9Blount County: swing R+19.6Carter County: swing R+23.8Davidson County: swing D+1.0Franklin County: swing R+37.5Hamblen County: swing R+24.8Haywood County: swing D+0.7Humphreys County: swing R+40.8Lawrence County: swing R+36.3Madison County: swing R+2.8Moore County: swing R+46.4Overton County: swing R+47.4Roane County: swing R+33.0Smith County: swing R+62.6Sumner County: swing R+31.1Weakley County: swing R+36.3Williamson County: swing R+12.0Chester County: swing R+25.2Decatur County: swing R+42.2Dickson County: swing R+36.9Gibson County: swing R+34.3Giles County: swing R+40.6Cocke County: swing R+26.8Hawkins County: swing R+27.5Henry County: swing R+31.4Jefferson County: swing R+25.8Johnson County: swing R+16.4Lauderdale County: swing R+18.6Lincoln County: swing R+45.6Marion County: swing R+30.0Meigs County: swing R+32.6Monroe County: swing R+28.2Obion County: swing R+43.8Sequatchie County: swing R+26.5Shelby County: swing D+11.6Sullivan County: swing R+25.3Unicoi County: swing R+25.1Wayne County: swing R+27.8Trousdale County: swing R+47.3Cannon County: swing R+51.5
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002012SwingVotes 2000Votes 2012
Smith County flipped D+34.1 R+28.5 R+62.6 7,348 7,087
Jackson County flipped D+40.4 R+15.4 R+55.8 4,754 4,184
DeKalb County flipped D+21.6 R+30.6 R+52.2 6,265 6,422
Cannon County flipped D+16.4 R+35.1 R+51.5 4,697 4,973
Grundy County flipped D+30.8 R+20.6 R+51.4 4,596 4,237
Campbell County flipped D+5.7 R+43.6 R+49.3 12,421 12,101
Macon County R+4.8 R+53.7 R+48.9 6,491 6,905
Overton County flipped D+21.7 R+25.7 R+47.4 7,496 7,664
Trousdale County flipped D+34.5 R+12.8 R+47.3 2,945 2,905
Moore County R+1.7 R+48.1 R+46.4 2,301 2,799
Scott County R+9.2 R+54.9 R+45.7 6,615 6,668
Lincoln County R+3.5 R+49.1 R+45.6 10,659 13,268
Hickman County flipped D+18.3 R+27.1 R+45.4 7,264 7,602
White County flipped D+7.9 R+37.2 R+45.1 7,775 9,140
Benton County flipped D+19.2 R+25.5 R+44.7 6,311 6,226
Obion County R+0.9 R+44.7 R+43.8 12,440 12,297
Bedford County flipped D+1.9 R+40.3 R+42.2 12,207 14,445
Decatur County flipped D+5.3 R+36.9 R+42.2 4,370 4,251
Lake County flipped D+28.7 R+13.3 R+42.0 2,224 2,087
Morgan County R+3.6 R+45.3 R+41.7 6,162 6,504
Van Buren County flipped D+19.2 R+22.3 R+41.5 2,131 2,300
Lewis County flipped D+5.5 R+35.6 R+41.1 4,420 4,694
Humphreys County flipped D+27.2 R+13.6 R+40.8 6,681 6,863
Giles County flipped D+11.4 R+29.2 R+40.6 10,066 10,799
Houston County flipped D+34.7 R+5.9 R+40.6 3,127 3,027
Marshall County flipped D+10.7 R+28.9 R+39.6 9,359 10,741
Perry County flipped D+17.0 R+22.4 R+39.4 2,866 2,621
Stewart County flipped D+21.8 R+17.5 R+39.3 4,782 5,115
Crockett County flipped D+0.5 R+38.4 R+38.9 5,440 5,498
Warren County flipped D+13.9 R+25.0 R+38.9 13,131 13,015
Clay County flipped D+13.5 R+25.2 R+38.7 3,442 2,820
Fentress County R+14.8 R+53.4 R+38.6 6,029 6,895
Robertson County flipped D+2.8 R+35.6 R+38.4 20,164 26,289
Claiborne County R+13.1 R+50.9 R+37.8 9,000 10,178
Hardin County R+13.9 R+51.6 R+37.7 8,782 10,495
Franklin County flipped D+8.6 R+28.9 R+37.5 14,691 16,119
Dyer County R+7.3 R+44.7 R+37.4 11,841 13,800
Union County R+11.0 R+48.1 R+37.1 5,821 5,828
Dickson County flipped D+8.5 R+28.4 R+36.9 15,556 17,835
Coffee County R+0.3 R+37.1 R+36.8 17,788 19,259
Lawrence County R+6.7 R+43.0 R+36.3 14,470 15,219
Weakley County R+4.6 R+40.9 R+36.3 11,844 12,337
Wilson County R+6.4 R+41.6 R+35.2 35,916 51,499
Putnam County R+2.0 R+37.1 R+35.1 22,438 25,500
Cheatham County R+2.3 R+36.9 R+34.6 12,616 15,182
McNairy County R+10.0 R+44.6 R+34.6 8,989 9,802
Gibson County flipped D+2.2 R+32.1 R+34.3 17,137 19,667
Roane County R+8.3 R+41.3 R+33.0 21,326 21,090
Meigs County R+7.1 R+39.7 R+32.6 3,390 3,964
Carroll County R+2.1 R+34.6 R+32.5 10,827 10,851
Cumberland County R+17.6 R+49.1 R+31.5 19,017 25,247
Henry County flipped D+1.2 R+30.2 R+31.4 12,309 12,739
Polk County R+6.0 R+37.2 R+31.2 5,594 6,059
Sumner County R+10.9 R+42.0 R+31.1 50,477 65,366
Grainger County R+22.4 R+52.4 R+30.0 6,194 7,252
Marion County flipped D+7.7 R+22.3 R+30.0 10,250 10,409
Monroe County R+16.8 R+45.0 R+28.2 13,003 16,338
Wayne County R+28.5 R+56.3 R+27.8 5,306 5,486
Hawkins County R+19.4 R+46.9 R+27.5 17,098 19,797
Cocke County R+22.6 R+49.4 R+26.8 10,239 11,454
Rhea County R+22.3 R+48.9 R+26.6 9,772 10,590
Sequatchie County R+13.4 R+39.9 R+26.5 3,887 5,142
Loudon County R+26.6 R+52.8 R+26.2 16,406 22,073
Anderson County R+3.9 R+29.9 R+26.0 28,779 29,659
Jefferson County R+24.4 R+50.2 R+25.8 14,087 17,559
Pickett County R+15.3 R+40.8 R+25.5 2,239 2,453
Bledsoe County R+14.9 R+40.2 R+25.3 4,196 4,359
Sullivan County R+21.8 R+47.1 R+25.3 55,727 59,887
Chester County R+22.6 R+47.8 R+25.2 5,728 6,410
Henderson County R+23.7 R+48.8 R+25.1 8,399 10,055
Unicoi County R+18.9 R+44.0 R+25.1 6,429 7,086
Hamblen County R+21.6 R+46.4 R+24.8 19,699 20,032
Greene County R+22.2 R+46.1 R+23.9 20,816 23,887
Carter County R+28.2 R+52.0 R+23.8 19,102 20,617
Maury County R+3.4 R+26.9 R+23.5 23,400 33,006
McMinn County R+24.2 R+46.9 R+22.7 16,600 17,834
Sevier County R+33.6 R+54.8 R+21.2 25,365 33,864
Hancock County R+31.4 R+51.4 R+20.0 2,075 2,046
Blount County R+26.1 R+45.7 R+19.6 40,662 49,234
Fayette County R+11.8 R+30.6 R+18.8 11,529 19,574
Lauderdale County flipped D+11.7 R+6.9 R+18.6 7,618 8,689
Washington County R+20.6 R+38.5 R+17.9 37,942 48,032
Tipton County R+22.7 R+39.6 R+16.9 16,552 24,081
Johnson County R+34.1 R+50.5 R+16.4 5,657 6,194
Bradley County R+38.7 R+54.0 R+15.3 29,443 35,963
Rutherford County R+9.8 R+24.8 R+15.0 62,182 98,848
Knox County R+17.2 R+29.2 R+12.0 150,586 172,507
Williamson County R+34.5 R+46.5 R+12.0 58,429 96,225
Montgomery County R+2.1 R+10.3 R+8.2 39,044 55,584
Hardeman County D+13.9 D+5.9 R+8.0 8,803 10,439
Madison County R+6.1 R+8.9 R+2.8 33,930 40,702
Hamilton County R+12.3 R+14.9 R+2.6 120,379 141,181
Haywood County D+20.6 D+21.3 D+0.7 6,478 7,569
Davidson County D+17.5 D+18.5 D+1.0 208,588 244,873
Shelby County D+14.4 D+26.0 D+11.6 336,755 371,109

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