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Arkansas 2004 vs 2008: county swing

70 of 75 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 12 changed hands.

Van Buren County: swing R+22.5White County: swing R+17.4Arkansas County: swing R+12.8Boone County: swing R+4.7Clark County: swing R+13.1Conway County: swing R+18.5Drew County: swing R+14.1Garland County: swing R+15.8Howard County: swing R+13.4Johnson County: swing R+14.5Lonoke County: swing R+15.9Montgomery County: swing R+13.9Newton County: swing R+6.5Poinsett County: swing R+33.9St. Francis County: swing R+3.0Searcy County: swing R+15.9Washington County: swing R+0.5Woodruff County: swing R+24.1Carroll County: swing D+1.2Chicot County: swing R+8.9Cleveland County: swing R+27.9Columbia County: swing R+7.8Crawford County: swing R+13.6Faulkner County: swing R+6.3Franklin County: swing R+23.1Grant County: swing R+26.1Hot Spring County: swing R+23.9Jackson County: swing R+30.7Lafayette County: swing R+17.9Little River County: swing R+31.0Logan County: swing R+18.7Madison County: swing R+6.1Marion County: swing R+7.7Miller County: swing R+17.7Mississippi County: swing R+12.6Nevada County: swing R+14.4Ouachita County: swing R+9.4Polk County: swing R+10.9Pope County: swing R+12.2Randolph County: swing R+21.9Sevier County: swing R+29.5Stone County: swing R+19.5Ashley County: swing R+20.1Calhoun County: swing R+17.4Yell County: swing R+18.4Bradley County: swing R+19.0Cleburne County: swing R+24.7Cross County: swing R+15.1Dallas County: swing R+7.8Greene County: swing R+24.7Izard County: swing R+22.4Lincoln County: swing R+23.7Pike County: swing R+20.4Prairie County: swing R+21.8Sharp County: swing R+17.8Monroe County: swing R+16.7Saline County: swing R+13.8Sebastian County: swing R+10.2Union County: swing R+7.0Clay County: swing R+22.5Craighead County: swing R+17.3Crittenden County: swing D+5.9Desha County: swing R+12.0Hempstead County: swing R+22.3Independence County: swing R+21.8Jefferson County: swing R+4.7Lawrence County: swing R+29.9Lee County: swing R+4.4Baxter County: swing R+10.0Benton County: swing D+1.4Perry County: swing R+20.9Phillips County: swing D+1.0Pulaski County: swing D+1.7Fulton County: swing R+15.8Scott County: swing R+17.7
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20042008SwingVotes 2004Votes 2008
Poinsett County flipped D+6.7 R+27.2 R+33.9 7,723 7,928
Little River County flipped D+2.0 R+29.0 R+31.0 5,294 5,152
Jackson County flipped D+14.3 R+16.4 R+30.7 6,219 5,582
Lawrence County flipped D+9.0 R+20.9 R+29.9 6,615 5,830
Sevier County R+10.5 R+40.0 R+29.5 4,601 4,580
Cleveland County R+16.0 R+43.9 R+27.9 3,496 3,505
Grant County R+24.8 R+50.9 R+26.1 6,770 6,793
Cleburne County R+19.5 R+44.2 R+24.7 11,835 11,338
Greene County R+4.9 R+29.6 R+24.7 13,947 13,612
Woodruff County D+31.5 D+7.4 R+24.1 3,026 2,761
Hot Spring County R+0.5 R+24.4 R+23.9 12,068 11,955
Lincoln County flipped D+5.5 R+18.2 R+23.7 4,109 4,406
Franklin County R+16.1 R+39.2 R+23.1 7,289 6,475
Clay County flipped D+8.2 R+14.3 R+22.5 6,096 5,511
Van Buren County R+9.2 R+31.7 R+22.5 7,374 6,703
Izard County R+4.5 R+26.9 R+22.4 5,493 5,218
Hempstead County flipped D+3.2 R+19.1 R+22.3 7,452 7,349
Randolph County flipped D+3.8 R+18.1 R+21.9 6,667 6,319
Independence County R+15.3 R+37.1 R+21.8 13,011 12,299
Prairie County R+12.9 R+34.7 R+21.8 3,624 3,381
Perry County R+11.6 R+32.5 R+20.9 4,431 4,279
Pike County R+20.9 R+41.3 R+20.4 3,367 3,966
Ashley County R+8.1 R+28.2 R+20.1 8,512 8,642
Stone County R+16.9 R+36.4 R+19.5 5,549 5,324
Bradley County flipped D+4.6 R+14.4 R+19.0 4,249 4,041
Logan County R+20.1 R+38.8 R+18.7 8,551 7,907
Conway County R+0.4 R+18.9 R+18.5 8,649 8,138
Yell County R+11.5 R+29.9 R+18.4 6,659 6,036
Lafayette County R+1.2 R+19.1 R+17.9 3,191 2,902
Sharp County R+11.1 R+28.9 R+17.8 7,470 7,252
Miller County R+15.8 R+33.5 R+17.7 14,678 15,063
Scott County R+25.8 R+43.5 R+17.7 4,038 3,995
Calhoun County R+17.3 R+34.7 R+17.4 2,303 2,217
White County R+29.8 R+47.2 R+17.4 26,425 26,955
Craighead County R+7.2 R+24.5 R+17.3 29,801 30,968
Monroe County flipped D+12.6 R+4.1 R+16.7 3,667 3,449
Lonoke County R+31.6 R+47.5 R+15.9 22,030 23,741
Searcy County R+30.0 R+45.9 R+15.9 3,992 3,847
Fulton County R+3.1 R+18.9 R+15.8 4,955 4,676
Garland County R+9.2 R+25.0 R+15.8 40,154 43,719
Cross County R+10.3 R+25.4 R+15.1 7,074 7,130
Johnson County R+8.6 R+23.1 R+14.5 8,044 8,180
Nevada County R+1.7 R+16.1 R+14.4 3,477 3,635
Drew County R+5.0 R+19.1 R+14.1 6,249 6,610
Montgomery County R+21.3 R+35.2 R+13.9 3,958 3,622
Saline County R+27.2 R+41.0 R+13.8 39,376 44,653
Crawford County R+32.4 R+46.0 R+13.6 20,401 20,532
Howard County R+11.6 R+25.0 R+13.4 4,943 4,846
Clark County flipped D+9.3 R+3.8 R+13.1 9,189 9,094
Arkansas County R+9.7 R+22.5 R+12.8 6,946 6,978
Mississippi County flipped D+10.4 R+2.2 R+12.6 14,153 14,010
Pope County R+31.1 R+43.3 R+12.2 20,902 22,079
Desha County D+24.2 D+12.2 R+12.0 4,647 4,678
Polk County R+34.9 R+45.8 R+10.9 7,799 7,681
Sebastian County R+24.5 R+34.7 R+10.2 44,211 43,212
Baxter County R+21.6 R+31.6 R+10.0 18,530 19,981
Ouachita County R+1.5 R+10.9 R+9.4 10,650 9,960
Chicot County D+26.6 D+17.7 R+8.9 4,757 5,208
Columbia County R+16.3 R+24.1 R+7.8 9,909 9,558
Dallas County R+0.9 R+8.7 R+7.8 3,383 3,318
Marion County R+22.2 R+29.9 R+7.7 6,867 7,162
Union County R+19.2 R+26.2 R+7.0 17,832 17,179
Newton County R+29.1 R+35.6 R+6.5 4,378 3,960
Faulkner County R+19.0 R+25.3 R+6.3 36,686 41,179
Madison County R+22.8 R+28.9 R+6.1 6,384 6,328
Boone County R+34.9 R+39.6 R+4.7 14,777 15,474
Jefferson County D+31.0 D+26.3 R+4.7 30,493 29,689
Lee County D+25.9 D+21.5 R+4.4 4,080 3,763
St. Francis County D+19.5 D+16.5 R+3.0 9,588 9,505
Washington County R+12.6 R+13.1 R+0.5 64,103 68,380
Phillips County D+28.0 D+29.0 D+1.0 8,868 8,969
Carroll County R+19.3 R+18.1 D+1.2 10,481 10,579
Benton County R+37.9 R+36.5 D+1.4 68,121 76,073
Pulaski County D+9.9 D+11.6 D+1.7 151,758 161,343
Crittenden County D+8.8 D+14.7 D+5.9 15,300 18,255

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