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Arkansas 2008 vs 2012: county swing

59 of 75 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 0 changed hands.

Van Buren County: swing R+7.7White County: swing R+6.6Arkansas County: swing D+0.3Boone County: swing R+8.4Clark County: swing R+2.5Conway County: swing R+0.6Drew County: swing D+0.2Garland County: swing R+5.0Howard County: swing R+6.8Johnson County: swing R+4.8Lonoke County: swing R+3.3Montgomery County: swing R+7.4Newton County: swing R+5.8Poinsett County: swing R+7.0St. Francis County: swing D+1.9Searcy County: swing R+5.2Washington County: swing R+3.1Woodruff County: swing R+3.2Carroll County: swing R+5.7Chicot County: swing D+4.7Cleveland County: swing R+1.0Columbia County: swing D+0.5Crawford County: swing R+3.9Faulkner County: swing R+6.3Franklin County: swing R+5.2Grant County: swing R+0.9Hot Spring County: swing R+4.6Jackson County: swing R+1.9Lafayette County: swing D+0.6Little River County: swing R+7.3Logan County: swing R+3.1Madison County: swing R+4.0Marion County: swing R+8.9Miller County: swing R+6.3Mississippi County: swing D+1.2Nevada County: swing R+4.1Ouachita County: swing D+2.3Polk County: swing R+11.2Pope County: swing R+3.8Randolph County: swing R+9.6Sevier County: swing R+8.3Stone County: swing R+8.8Ashley County: swing D+2.9Calhoun County: swing R+2.0Yell County: swing R+9.0Bradley County: swing R+4.3Cleburne County: swing R+7.9Cross County: swing R+4.4Dallas County: swing R+1.9Greene County: swing R+7.2Izard County: swing R+11.9Lincoln County: swing R+2.6Pike County: swing R+11.4Prairie County: swing R+5.8Sharp County: swing R+10.0Monroe County: swing D+4.0Saline County: swing R+1.7Sebastian County: swing R+2.4Union County: swing EvenClay County: swing R+14.8Craighead County: swing R+6.5Crittenden County: swing D+0.2Desha County: swing D+0.2Hempstead County: swing R+7.1Independence County: swing R+6.8Jefferson County: swing D+2.7Lawrence County: swing R+10.6Lee County: swing D+2.6Baxter County: swing R+12.5Benton County: swing R+3.8Perry County: swing R+2.9Phillips County: swing D+3.8Pulaski County: swing R+0.2Fulton County: swing R+14.2Scott County: swing R+4.2
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Clay County R+14.3 R+29.1 R+14.8 5,511 5,110
Fulton County R+18.9 R+33.1 R+14.2 4,676 4,522
Baxter County R+31.6 R+44.1 R+12.5 19,981 19,339
Izard County R+26.9 R+38.8 R+11.9 5,218 5,278
Pike County R+41.3 R+52.7 R+11.4 3,966 3,788
Polk County R+45.8 R+57.0 R+11.2 7,681 7,726
Lawrence County R+20.9 R+31.5 R+10.6 5,830 5,540
Sharp County R+28.9 R+38.9 R+10.0 7,252 7,283
Randolph County R+18.1 R+27.7 R+9.6 6,319 5,956
Yell County R+29.9 R+38.9 R+9.0 6,036 5,974
Marion County R+29.9 R+38.8 R+8.9 7,162 7,051
Stone County R+36.4 R+45.2 R+8.8 5,324 5,354
Boone County R+39.6 R+48.0 R+8.4 15,474 15,391
Sevier County R+40.0 R+48.3 R+8.3 4,580 4,330
Cleburne County R+44.2 R+52.1 R+7.9 11,338 11,647
Van Buren County R+31.7 R+39.4 R+7.7 6,703 6,430
Montgomery County R+35.2 R+42.6 R+7.4 3,622 3,404
Little River County R+29.0 R+36.3 R+7.3 5,152 5,051
Greene County R+29.6 R+36.8 R+7.2 13,612 13,761
Hempstead County R+19.1 R+26.2 R+7.1 7,349 6,921
Poinsett County R+27.2 R+34.2 R+7.0 7,928 7,560
Howard County R+25.0 R+31.8 R+6.8 4,846 4,462
Independence County R+37.1 R+43.9 R+6.8 12,299 12,397
White County R+47.2 R+53.8 R+6.6 26,955 26,514
Craighead County R+24.5 R+31.0 R+6.5 30,968 31,700
Faulkner County R+25.3 R+31.6 R+6.3 41,179 41,460
Miller County R+33.5 R+39.8 R+6.3 15,063 15,329
Newton County R+35.6 R+41.4 R+5.8 3,960 3,661
Prairie County R+34.7 R+40.5 R+5.8 3,381 3,141
Carroll County R+18.1 R+23.8 R+5.7 10,579 10,183
Franklin County R+39.2 R+44.4 R+5.2 6,475 6,540
Searcy County R+45.9 R+51.1 R+5.2 3,847 3,694
Garland County R+25.0 R+30.0 R+5.0 43,719 40,728
Johnson County R+23.1 R+27.9 R+4.8 8,180 8,098
Hot Spring County R+24.4 R+29.0 R+4.6 11,955 11,260
Cross County R+25.4 R+29.8 R+4.4 7,130 6,681
Bradley County R+14.4 R+18.7 R+4.3 4,041 3,652
Scott County R+43.5 R+47.7 R+4.2 3,995 3,640
Nevada County R+16.1 R+20.2 R+4.1 3,635 3,384
Madison County R+28.9 R+32.9 R+4.0 6,328 6,568
Crawford County R+46.0 R+49.9 R+3.9 20,532 20,591
Benton County R+36.5 R+40.3 R+3.8 76,073 79,257
Pope County R+43.3 R+47.1 R+3.8 22,079 20,439
Lonoke County R+47.5 R+50.8 R+3.3 23,741 24,114
Woodruff County D+7.4 D+4.2 R+3.2 2,761 2,685
Logan County R+38.8 R+41.9 R+3.1 7,907 7,331
Washington County R+13.1 R+16.2 R+3.1 68,380 70,460
Perry County R+32.5 R+35.4 R+2.9 4,279 3,938
Lincoln County R+18.2 R+20.8 R+2.6 4,406 3,726
Clark County R+3.8 R+6.3 R+2.5 9,094 8,409
Sebastian County R+34.7 R+37.1 R+2.4 43,212 43,362
Calhoun County R+34.7 R+36.7 R+2.0 2,217 2,174
Dallas County R+8.7 R+10.6 R+1.9 3,318 3,084
Jackson County R+16.4 R+18.3 R+1.9 5,582 5,347
Saline County R+41.0 R+42.7 R+1.7 44,653 47,062
Cleveland County R+43.9 R+44.9 R+1.0 3,505 3,266
Grant County R+50.9 R+51.8 R+0.9 6,793 6,479
Conway County R+18.9 R+19.5 R+0.6 8,138 7,730
Pulaski County D+11.6 D+11.4 R+0.2 161,343 159,381
Union County R+26.2 R+26.2 Even 17,179 17,177
Crittenden County D+14.7 D+14.9 D+0.2 18,255 16,716
Desha County D+12.2 D+12.4 D+0.2 4,678 4,420
Drew County R+19.1 R+18.9 D+0.2 6,610 6,633
Arkansas County R+22.5 R+22.2 D+0.3 6,978 6,494
Columbia County R+24.1 R+23.6 D+0.5 9,558 9,455
Lafayette County R+19.1 R+18.5 D+0.6 2,902 2,929
Mississippi County R+2.2 R+1.0 D+1.2 14,010 13,375
St. Francis County D+16.5 D+18.4 D+1.9 9,505 8,362
Ouachita County R+10.9 R+8.6 D+2.3 9,960 10,315
Lee County D+21.5 D+24.1 D+2.6 3,763 3,424
Jefferson County D+26.3 D+29.0 D+2.7 29,689 27,383
Ashley County R+28.2 R+25.3 D+2.9 8,642 7,921
Phillips County D+29.0 D+32.8 D+3.8 8,969 7,930
Monroe County R+4.1 R+0.1 D+4.0 3,449 3,230
Chicot County D+17.7 D+22.4 D+4.7 5,208 4,361

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