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Tennessee 2004 vs 2008: county swing

84 of 95 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 11 changed hands.

Benton County: swing R+26.2Bledsoe County: swing R+15.2Campbell County: swing R+25.0Clay County: swing R+15.1Coffee County: swing R+11.8Dyer County: swing R+14.8Grainger County: swing R+12.0Hardeman County: swing R+3.2Hickman County: swing R+13.2Knox County: swing D+2.1Loudon County: swing R+2.0Marshall County: swing R+11.1Morgan County: swing R+20.1Polk County: swing R+15.0Scott County: swing R+28.7Union County: swing R+17.0Washington County: swing R+0.6White County: swing R+16.5Wilson County: swing R+5.8Bradley County: swing R+3.4Carroll County: swing R+16.7Cheatham County: swing R+7.7Claiborne County: swing R+16.5Crockett County: swing R+19.9Cumberland County: swing R+8.2DeKalb County: swing R+14.3Fayette County: swing R+5.2Fentress County: swing R+15.2Greene County: swing R+4.5Grundy County: swing R+26.6Hamilton County: swing D+3.8Hancock County: swing R+5.4Hardin County: swing R+20.0Henderson County: swing R+11.9Houston County: swing R+17.1Jackson County: swing R+18.3Lake County: swing D+5.1Lewis County: swing R+11.3McMinn County: swing R+5.8McNairy County: swing R+21.5Macon County: swing R+15.9Maury County: swing R+4.3Montgomery County: swing D+9.5Perry County: swing R+10.8Pickett County: swing R+13.5Putnam County: swing R+7.7Anderson County: swing R+8.5Bedford County: swing R+10.9Rhea County: swing R+13.4Robertson County: swing R+9.6Rutherford County: swing D+5.2Sevier County: swing R+4.4Stewart County: swing R+12.1Tipton County: swing R+5.1Van Buren County: swing R+24.0Warren County: swing R+16.4Blount County: swing R+2.1Carter County: swing R+5.1Davidson County: swing D+10.7Franklin County: swing R+14.8Hamblen County: swing R+5.6Haywood County: swing D+5.1Humphreys County: swing R+18.7Lawrence County: swing R+13.6Madison County: swing D+5.6Moore County: swing R+17.3Overton County: swing R+20.1Roane County: swing R+11.6Smith County: swing R+24.0Sumner County: swing R+4.7Weakley County: swing R+14.6Williamson County: swing D+5.3Chester County: swing R+13.0Decatur County: swing R+26.1Dickson County: swing R+11.2Gibson County: swing R+18.0Giles County: swing R+11.8Cocke County: swing R+9.5Hawkins County: swing R+8.4Henry County: swing R+17.4Jefferson County: swing R+7.0Johnson County: swing D+1.4Lauderdale County: swing R+10.0Lincoln County: swing R+15.9Marion County: swing R+16.9Meigs County: swing R+11.7Monroe County: swing R+7.8Obion County: swing R+17.0Sequatchie County: swing R+15.5Shelby County: swing D+11.9Sullivan County: swing R+4.8Unicoi County: swing R+4.6Wayne County: swing R+15.0Trousdale County: swing R+23.4Cannon County: swing R+16.4
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20042008SwingVotes 2004Votes 2008
Scott County R+18.6 R+47.3 R+28.7 7,626 6,783
Grundy County flipped D+13.9 R+12.7 R+26.6 4,923 4,632
Benton County flipped D+10.0 R+16.2 R+26.2 7,090 6,479
Decatur County R+6.1 R+32.2 R+26.1 4,879 4,763
Campbell County R+12.0 R+37.0 R+25.0 14,118 12,628
Smith County flipped D+3.8 R+20.2 R+24.0 7,821 7,741
Van Buren County flipped D+3.8 R+20.2 R+24.0 2,346 2,206
Trousdale County flipped D+16.8 R+6.6 R+23.4 3,190 3,239
McNairy County R+17.0 R+38.5 R+21.5 9,924 10,422
Morgan County R+20.1 R+40.2 R+20.1 7,360 6,822
Overton County flipped D+6.8 R+13.3 R+20.1 8,510 8,092
Hardin County R+22.7 R+42.7 R+20.0 9,954 10,035
Crockett County R+13.7 R+33.6 R+19.9 5,715 6,037
Humphreys County flipped D+15.8 R+2.9 R+18.7 7,793 7,580
Jackson County D+19.2 D+0.9 R+18.3 5,052 4,501
Gibson County R+10.8 R+28.8 R+18.0 19,219 21,253
Henry County R+5.0 R+22.4 R+17.4 12,170 13,545
Moore County R+21.0 R+38.3 R+17.3 2,773 2,952
Houston County D+19.2 D+2.1 R+17.1 3,593 3,354
Obion County R+17.1 R+34.1 R+17.0 13,535 13,392
Union County R+24.2 R+41.2 R+17.0 6,710 6,399
Marion County R+2.7 R+19.6 R+16.9 11,492 11,437
Carroll County R+13.1 R+29.8 R+16.7 11,755 11,646
Claiborne County R+22.9 R+39.4 R+16.5 10,538 10,420
White County R+11.8 R+28.3 R+16.5 9,494 9,647
Cannon County R+7.6 R+24.0 R+16.4 5,467 5,457
Warren County R+4.8 R+21.2 R+16.4 14,394 14,400
Lincoln County R+26.3 R+42.2 R+15.9 12,455 13,130
Macon County R+26.0 R+41.9 R+15.9 7,434 7,360
Sequatchie County R+19.3 R+34.8 R+15.5 4,982 5,437
Bledsoe County R+19.3 R+34.5 R+15.2 4,800 4,784
Fentress County R+28.7 R+43.9 R+15.2 6,700 6,739
Clay County flipped D+0.8 R+14.3 R+15.1 3,352 2,994
Polk County R+17.9 R+32.9 R+15.0 6,699 6,501
Wayne County R+34.2 R+49.2 R+15.0 5,983 5,527
Dyer County R+22.9 R+37.7 R+14.8 13,809 14,450
Franklin County R+7.8 R+22.6 R+14.8 17,070 17,432
Weakley County R+16.5 R+31.1 R+14.6 13,491 13,690
DeKalb County R+3.4 R+17.7 R+14.3 7,173 7,065
Lawrence County R+20.2 R+33.8 R+13.6 16,651 16,020
Pickett County R+21.4 R+34.9 R+13.5 2,645 2,671
Rhea County R+32.8 R+46.2 R+13.4 11,037 11,106
Hickman County R+1.2 R+14.4 R+13.2 8,671 8,498
Chester County R+30.2 R+43.2 R+13.0 6,297 6,459
Stewart County flipped D+3.3 R+8.8 R+12.1 5,583 5,507
Grainger County R+31.1 R+43.1 R+12.0 7,525 7,503
Henderson County R+31.0 R+42.9 R+11.9 10,096 10,834
Coffee County R+17.6 R+29.4 R+11.8 20,154 20,790
Giles County R+7.7 R+19.5 R+11.8 11,536 11,689
Meigs County R+21.9 R+33.6 R+11.7 4,131 4,237
Roane County R+24.7 R+36.3 R+11.6 23,264 23,276
Lewis County R+12.4 R+23.7 R+11.3 5,053 4,834
Dickson County R+10.1 R+21.3 R+11.2 19,283 19,519
Marshall County R+10.4 R+21.5 R+11.1 10,615 11,289
Bedford County R+22.6 R+33.5 R+10.9 13,696 15,507
Perry County flipped D+1.9 R+8.9 R+10.8 3,148 3,000
Lauderdale County flipped D+3.5 R+6.5 R+10.0 8,681 9,338
Robertson County R+21.5 R+31.1 R+9.6 25,319 27,614
Cocke County R+35.4 R+44.9 R+9.5 12,301 12,481
Anderson County R+17.7 R+26.2 R+8.5 31,682 31,570
Hawkins County R+33.5 R+41.9 R+8.4 20,230 21,040
Cumberland County R+28.9 R+37.1 R+8.2 23,634 25,712
Monroe County R+30.6 R+38.4 R+7.8 15,553 16,777
Cheatham County R+23.9 R+31.6 R+7.7 15,697 16,428
Putnam County R+19.2 R+26.9 R+7.7 26,407 27,316
Jefferson County R+35.7 R+42.7 R+7.0 17,207 18,532
McMinn County R+33.8 R+39.6 R+5.8 17,999 18,789
Wilson County R+30.7 R+36.5 R+5.8 44,403 51,159
Hamblen County R+32.8 R+38.4 R+5.6 22,302 22,669
Hancock County R+38.5 R+43.9 R+5.4 2,550 2,241
Fayette County R+22.2 R+27.4 R+5.2 14,731 19,254
Carter County R+42.0 R+47.1 R+5.1 22,302 21,769
Tipton County R+31.4 R+36.5 R+5.1 21,677 25,316
Sullivan County R+36.5 R+41.3 R+4.8 62,598 63,997
Sumner County R+30.2 R+34.9 R+4.7 61,909 67,228
Unicoi County R+35.6 R+40.2 R+4.6 7,457 7,223
Greene County R+36.2 R+40.7 R+4.5 24,172 24,670
Sevier County R+43.7 R+48.1 R+4.4 30,944 33,941
Maury County R+17.1 R+21.4 R+4.3 30,026 33,767
Bradley County R+46.3 R+49.7 R+3.4 35,623 38,191
Hardeman County D+9.4 D+6.2 R+3.2 10,462 11,237
Blount County R+37.3 R+39.4 R+2.1 48,710 51,645
Loudon County R+42.0 R+44.0 R+2.0 19,862 22,184
Washington County R+32.9 R+33.5 R+0.6 44,984 48,982
Johnson County R+43.6 R+42.2 D+1.4 6,476 6,591
Knox County R+25.1 R+23.0 D+2.1 178,175 186,086
Hamilton County R+15.6 R+11.8 D+3.8 136,863 147,520
Haywood County D+16.2 D+21.3 D+5.1 7,548 8,121
Lake County R+11.8 R+6.7 D+5.1 2,370 2,238
Rutherford County R+24.3 R+19.1 D+5.2 84,390 101,737
Williamson County R+44.8 R+39.5 D+5.3 79,577 93,646
Madison County R+12.6 R+7.0 D+5.6 38,665 43,846
Montgomery County R+17.4 R+7.9 D+9.5 48,975 56,518
Davidson County D+10.3 D+21.0 D+10.7 241,675 264,486
Shelby County D+15.5 D+27.4 D+11.9 375,584 404,555

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