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Alabama 2008 vs 2012: county swing

30 of 67 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 2 changed hands.

Autauga County: swing D+1.8Blount County: swing R+4.5Chambers County: swing D+3.3Chilton County: swing R+2.5Colbert County: swing R+0.1Dale County: swing D+2.5Elmore County: swing D+2.2Hale County: swing D+3.8Lawrence County: swing D+1.1Limestone County: swing R+1.6Monroe County: swing D+2.5Pickens County: swing D+1.4Talladega County: swing D+2.5Choctaw County: swing D+2.8Clarke County: swing D+3.4Cleburne County: swing R+5.7Coffee County: swing R+0.3Coosa County: swing D+1.3Dallas County: swing D+5.2Etowah County: swing R+0.1Franklin County: swing R+1.3Geneva County: swing R+0.5Henry County: swing D+0.7Jackson County: swing R+4.8Lee County: swing R+0.2Lowndes County: swing D+3.1Macon County: swing D+0.1Madison County: swing R+3.6Marion County: swing R+5.2Marshall County: swing R+3.5Mobile County: swing R+0.5Montgomery County: swing D+4.9Shelby County: swing R+2.0Sumter County: swing D+4.2Tuscaloosa County: swing R+1.5Wilcox County: swing D+6.5Bibb County: swing R+0.8Bullock County: swing D+4.4Calhoun County: swing D+0.7Baldwin County: swing R+4.1Clay County: swing D+1.8Crenshaw County: swing D+2.4Fayette County: swing R+4.5Jefferson County: swing D+0.9Marengo County: swing D+3.6Morgan County: swing R+0.6St. Clair County: swing R+2.7Washington County: swing R+2.3Barbour County: swing D+4.5Butler County: swing D+5.9Cherokee County: swing R+3.7Conecuh County: swing D+2.2Covington County: swing D+0.1DeKalb County: swing R+3.4Escambia County: swing D+3.0Greene County: swing D+3.0Houston County: swing D+0.6Lamar County: swing D+0.7Lauderdale County: swing R+2.6Perry County: swing D+5.1Randolph County: swing R+0.2Russell County: swing D+4.4Tallapoosa County: swing D+4.2Walker County: swing R+6.4Winston County: swing R+8.9Cullman County: swing R+4.1Pike County: swing D+1.6
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Winston County R+63.3 R+72.2 R+8.9 10,031 9,728
Walker County R+46.4 R+52.8 R+6.4 28,652 28,585
Cleburne County R+62.3 R+68.0 R+5.7 6,492 6,319
Marion County R+56.2 R+61.4 R+5.2 12,355 12,129
Jackson County R+37.0 R+41.8 R+4.8 20,874 20,632
Blount County R+69.5 R+74.0 R+4.5 24,267 24,060
Fayette County R+48.8 R+53.3 R+4.5 7,957 7,958
Baldwin County R+51.5 R+55.6 R+4.1 81,413 85,491
Cullman County R+65.2 R+69.3 R+4.1 35,305 34,555
Cherokee County R+51.2 R+54.9 R+3.7 9,745 9,792
Madison County R+15.0 R+18.6 R+3.6 152,899 155,428
Marshall County R+56.4 R+59.9 R+3.5 33,166 32,644
DeKalb County R+51.2 R+54.6 R+3.4 24,015 23,950
St. Clair County R+63.2 R+65.9 R+2.7 34,088 35,235
Lauderdale County R+28.2 R+30.8 R+2.6 38,104 37,032
Chilton County R+57.8 R+60.3 R+2.5 17,785 17,485
Washington County R+29.4 R+31.7 R+2.3 8,775 8,787
Shelby County R+53.4 R+55.4 R+2.0 90,643 92,742
Limestone County R+41.9 R+43.5 R+1.6 33,551 35,540
Tuscaloosa County R+15.9 R+17.4 R+1.5 78,912 78,772
Franklin County R+39.1 R+40.4 R+1.3 11,693 10,881
Bibb County R+45.8 R+46.6 R+0.8 8,644 8,420
Morgan County R+43.8 R+44.4 R+0.6 50,542 49,459
Geneva County R+62.5 R+63.0 R+0.5 11,657 11,331
Mobile County R+8.7 R+9.2 R+0.5 181,424 175,140
Coffee County R+48.9 R+49.2 R+0.3 20,128 19,821
Lee County R+19.7 R+19.9 R+0.2 54,325 54,496
Randolph County R+39.6 R+39.8 R+0.2 10,384 10,421
Colbert County R+20.2 R+20.3 R+0.1 24,843 23,444
Etowah County R+38.2 R+38.3 R+0.1 44,737 42,624
Covington County R+58.3 R+58.2 D+0.1 15,787 15,439
Macon County D+74.1 D+74.2 D+0.1 10,877 10,396
Houston County R+40.8 R+40.2 D+0.6 41,735 41,984
Calhoun County R+32.5 R+31.8 D+0.7 49,242 46,364
Henry County R+29.7 R+29.0 D+0.7 8,648 8,766
Lamar County R+53.8 R+53.1 D+0.7 7,075 7,176
Jefferson County D+5.1 D+6.0 D+0.9 318,524 304,523
Lawrence County R+28.0 R+26.9 D+1.1 14,680 14,148
Coosa County R+17.5 R+16.2 D+1.3 5,563 5,282
Pickens County R+8.4 R+7.0 D+1.4 10,067 9,621
Pike County R+15.3 R+13.7 D+1.6 13,955 14,123
Autauga County R+47.8 R+46.0 D+1.8 23,641 23,973
Clay County R+47.3 R+45.5 D+1.8 6,819 6,679
Conecuh County flipped R+0.6 D+1.6 D+2.2 6,943 7,025
Elmore County R+50.9 R+48.7 D+2.2 34,315 35,546
Crenshaw County R+37.9 R+35.5 D+2.4 6,291 6,424
Dale County R+44.6 R+42.1 D+2.5 19,320 18,601
Monroe County R+10.2 R+7.7 D+2.5 11,252 10,717
Talladega County R+18.5 R+16.0 D+2.5 34,204 33,416
Choctaw County R+7.4 R+4.6 D+2.8 7,894 7,976
Escambia County R+28.5 R+25.5 D+3.0 14,674 14,894
Greene County D+66.6 D+69.6 D+3.0 5,305 5,343
Lowndes County D+50.0 D+53.1 D+3.1 7,278 7,523
Chambers County R+8.4 R+5.1 D+3.3 14,956 14,629
Clarke County R+11.6 R+8.2 D+3.4 13,435 13,860
Marengo County D+3.6 D+7.2 D+3.6 11,471 11,543
Hale County D+21.7 D+25.5 D+3.8 8,214 8,647
Sumter County D+50.3 D+54.5 D+4.2 7,020 7,030
Tallapoosa County R+36.5 R+32.3 D+4.2 19,311 18,851
Bullock County D+48.4 D+52.8 D+4.4 5,415 5,322
Russell County D+7.3 D+11.7 D+4.4 18,915 18,910
Barbour County flipped R+1.4 D+3.1 D+4.5 11,630 11,517
Montgomery County D+19.3 D+24.2 D+4.9 104,743 102,067
Perry County D+45.1 D+50.2 D+5.1 6,159 6,101
Dallas County D+34.5 D+39.7 D+5.2 20,852 20,964
Butler County R+13.4 R+7.5 D+5.9 9,709 9,502
Wilcox County D+42.2 D+48.7 D+6.5 6,494 6,555

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