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Florida 2004 vs 2008: county swing

26 of 67 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 4 changed hands.

Marion County: swing D+5.6Monroe County: swing D+4.4Orange County: swing D+18.4St. Lucie County: swing D+8.0Sumter County: swing R+1.3Union County: swing R+4.0Alachua County: swing D+8.4Calhoun County: swing R+12.5Columbia County: swing D+1.2Gadsden County: swing R+1.0Highlands County: swing D+7.3Holmes County: swing R+9.6Leon County: swing D+0.5Nassau County: swing D+2.6Okaloosa County: swing D+11.1Osceola County: swing D+25.3Palm Beach County: swing D+1.6Pasco County: swing D+6.2Putnam County: swing R+0.3St. Johns County: swing D+6.4Santa Rosa County: swing D+7.6Sarasota County: swing D+8.2Seminole County: swing D+14.0Volusia County: swing D+4.1Walton County: swing D+1.5Baker County: swing R+1.6Bay County: swing D+2.4Broward County: swing D+5.1Charlotte County: swing D+5.5Lee County: swing D+10.6Madison County: swing R+1.4Manatee County: swing D+6.9Citrus County: swing R+1.3Dixie County: swing R+6.6Duval County: swing D+14.3Gilchrist County: swing R+5.2Glades County: swing R+2.8Gulf County: swing R+6.4Hardee County: swing D+10.4Hendry County: swing D+11.2Hernando County: swing D+3.2Indian River County: swing D+6.3Jackson County: swing R+4.9Lake County: swing D+7.5Wakulla County: swing R+8.8Martin County: swing D+1.8Okeechobee County: swing R+4.3Polk County: swing D+11.7Suwannee County: swing R+1.2Washington County: swing R+4.8Bradford County: swing R+0.6Clay County: swing D+10.0DeSoto County: swing D+4.7Flagler County: swing D+4.3Hamilton County: swing R+4.1Lafayette County: swing R+12.1Liberty County: swing R+15.7Miami-Dade County: swing D+9.8Pinellas County: swing D+8.4Taylor County: swing R+10.8Franklin County: swing R+9.9Hillsborough County: swing D+14.0Jefferson County: swing R+7.5Brevard County: swing D+5.7Levy County: swing R+1.0Collier County: swing D+8.4Escambia County: swing D+12.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20042008SwingVotes 2004Votes 2008
Liberty County R+28.4 R+44.1 R+15.7 3,021 3,278
Calhoun County R+27.9 R+40.4 R+12.5 5,963 6,244
Lafayette County R+48.6 R+60.7 R+12.1 3,325 3,359
Taylor County R+28.2 R+39.0 R+10.8 8,581 9,366
Franklin County R+18.0 R+27.9 R+9.9 5,931 6,029
Holmes County R+55.5 R+65.1 R+9.6 8,300 8,589
Wakulla County R+16.0 R+24.8 R+8.8 11,763 14,376
Jefferson County D+11.2 D+3.7 R+7.5 7,478 7,957
Dixie County R+38.4 R+45.0 R+6.6 6,442 7,264
Gulf County R+32.9 R+39.3 R+6.4 7,277 7,205
Gilchrist County R+41.6 R+46.8 R+5.2 7,015 7,819
Jackson County R+23.1 R+28.0 R+4.9 19,807 21,565
Washington County R+43.0 R+47.8 R+4.8 10,366 11,131
Okeechobee County R+14.9 R+19.2 R+4.3 12,190 12,786
Hamilton County R+10.5 R+14.6 R+4.1 5,079 5,587
Union County R+45.8 R+49.8 R+4.0 4,675 5,285
Glades County R+17.3 R+20.1 R+2.8 4,188 4,261
Baker County R+55.8 R+57.4 R+1.6 9,955 11,059
Madison County R+1.7 R+3.1 R+1.4 8,304 8,907
Citrus County R+14.8 R+16.1 R+1.3 69,467 76,158
Sumter County R+25.8 R+27.1 R+1.3 31,842 48,868
Suwannee County R+42.0 R+43.2 R+1.2 15,802 17,662
Gadsden County D+39.9 D+38.9 R+1.0 20,984 22,510
Levy County R+26.0 R+27.0 R+1.0 16,652 18,725
Bradford County R+39.7 R+40.3 R+0.6 10,855 11,676
Putnam County R+19.0 R+19.3 R+0.3 30,973 33,171
Leon County D+23.7 D+24.2 D+0.5 136,379 148,608
Columbia County R+35.0 R+33.8 D+1.2 24,991 28,128
Walton County R+47.3 R+45.8 D+1.5 23,976 27,046
Palm Beach County D+21.3 D+22.9 D+1.6 544,622 590,500
Martin County R+15.4 R+13.6 D+1.8 72,453 78,294
Bay County R+43.1 R+40.7 D+2.4 75,024 81,127
Nassau County R+46.4 R+43.8 D+2.6 32,743 38,304
Hernando County R+6.7 R+3.5 D+3.2 80,547 87,901
Volusia County D+1.6 D+5.7 D+4.1 228,939 243,824
Flagler County flipped R+2.7 D+1.6 D+4.3 38,480 49,031
Monroe County D+0.5 D+4.9 D+4.4 39,535 40,272
DeSoto County R+17.0 R+12.3 D+4.7 9,510 10,131
Broward County D+29.6 D+34.7 D+5.1 706,872 733,899
Charlotte County R+12.8 R+7.3 D+5.5 79,786 85,158
Marion County R+17.2 R+11.6 D+5.6 139,677 162,022
Brevard County R+16.1 R+10.4 D+5.7 265,462 287,859
Pasco County R+9.7 R+3.5 D+6.2 190,916 214,866
Indian River County R+21.1 R+14.8 D+6.3 61,414 70,591
St. Johns County R+38.0 R+31.6 D+6.4 86,290 105,844
Manatee County R+13.9 R+7.0 D+6.9 143,621 151,994
Highlands County R+25.4 R+18.1 D+7.3 41,496 44,783
Lake County R+21.1 R+13.6 D+7.5 123,950 146,926
Santa Rosa County R+55.5 R+47.9 D+7.6 67,307 76,185
St. Lucie County D+4.2 D+12.2 D+8.0 100,063 120,579
Sarasota County R+8.3 R+0.1 D+8.2 195,652 207,353
Alachua County D+13.2 D+21.6 D+8.4 111,328 125,519
Collier County R+30.9 R+22.5 D+8.4 128,683 141,988
Pinellas County flipped R+0.1 D+8.3 D+8.4 455,357 463,282
Miami-Dade County D+6.3 D+16.1 D+9.8 774,726 863,486
Clay County R+52.9 R+42.9 D+10.0 81,495 94,577
Hardee County R+40.1 R+29.7 D+10.4 7,249 7,412
Lee County R+20.9 R+10.3 D+10.6 240,667 269,276
Okaloosa County R+56.0 R+44.9 D+11.1 89,756 95,529
Hendry County R+18.4 R+7.2 D+11.2 9,775 10,879
Polk County R+17.8 R+6.1 D+11.7 210,830 244,833
Escambia County R+31.6 R+19.3 D+12.3 143,278 154,447
Hillsborough County flipped R+6.8 D+7.2 D+14.0 463,222 513,312
Seminole County R+16.8 R+2.8 D+14.0 186,195 205,895
Duval County R+16.2 R+1.9 D+14.3 381,061 415,761
Orange County D+0.2 D+18.6 D+18.4 388,044 462,711
Osceola County flipped R+5.5 D+19.8 D+25.3 82,204 100,670

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