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Florida 2008 vs 2012: county swing

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

Marion County: swing R+4.7Monroe County: swing R+4.4Orange County: swing R+0.3St. Lucie County: swing R+4.4Sumter County: swing R+7.8Union County: swing D+0.8Alachua County: swing R+4.2Calhoun County: swing R+3.6Columbia County: swing R+2.8Gadsden County: swing D+1.7Highlands County: swing R+5.0Holmes County: swing R+3.2Leon County: swing R+0.5Nassau County: swing R+4.7Okaloosa County: swing R+4.4Osceola County: swing D+4.8Palm Beach County: swing R+5.9Pasco County: swing R+3.1Putnam County: swing R+5.2St. Johns County: swing R+6.1Santa Rosa County: swing R+4.7Sarasota County: swing R+7.4Seminole County: swing R+3.7Volusia County: swing R+6.9Walton County: swing R+6.2Baker County: swing R+1.2Bay County: swing R+2.9Broward County: swing D+0.2Charlotte County: swing R+7.0Lee County: swing R+6.2Madison County: swing R+0.3Manatee County: swing R+5.5Citrus County: swing R+5.8Dixie County: swing R+1.9Duval County: swing R+1.7Gilchrist County: swing R+4.2Glades County: swing D+1.5Gulf County: swing R+2.7Hardee County: swing R+1.2Hendry County: swing D+1.2Hernando County: swing R+5.0Indian River County: swing R+7.5Jackson County: swing R+1.0Lake County: swing R+3.5Wakulla County: swing R+3.3Martin County: swing R+9.3Okeechobee County: swing R+0.9Polk County: swing R+0.7Suwannee County: swing R+1.8Washington County: swing D+0.3Bradford County: swing R+1.7Clay County: swing R+2.9DeSoto County: swing R+2.0Flagler County: swing R+9.0Hamilton County: swing R+2.2Lafayette County: swing D+2.4Liberty County: swing D+2.7Miami-Dade County: swing D+7.6Pinellas County: swing R+2.7Taylor County: swing D+0.8Franklin County: swing R+3.6Hillsborough County: swing R+0.6Jefferson County: swing R+2.0Brevard County: swing R+2.3Levy County: swing R+5.2Collier County: swing R+7.5Escambia County: swing R+1.2
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Martin County R+13.6 R+22.9 R+9.3 78,294 78,873
Flagler County flipped D+1.6 R+7.4 R+9.0 49,031 50,595
Sumter County R+27.1 R+34.9 R+7.8 48,868 60,479
Collier County R+22.5 R+30.0 R+7.5 141,988 149,112
Indian River County R+14.8 R+22.3 R+7.5 70,591 71,464
Sarasota County R+0.1 R+7.5 R+7.4 207,353 207,480
Charlotte County R+7.3 R+14.3 R+7.0 85,158 84,682
Volusia County flipped D+5.7 R+1.2 R+6.9 243,824 234,536
Lee County R+10.3 R+16.5 R+6.2 269,276 266,166
Walton County R+45.8 R+52.0 R+6.2 27,046 28,494
St. Johns County R+31.6 R+37.7 R+6.1 105,844 114,795
Palm Beach County D+22.9 D+17.0 R+5.9 590,500 600,721
Citrus County R+16.1 R+21.9 R+5.8 76,158 73,935
Manatee County R+7.0 R+12.5 R+5.5 151,994 153,491
Levy County R+27.0 R+32.2 R+5.2 18,725 18,399
Putnam County R+19.3 R+24.5 R+5.2 33,171 31,324
Hernando County R+3.5 R+8.5 R+5.0 87,901 83,667
Highlands County R+18.1 R+23.1 R+5.0 44,783 42,444
Marion County R+11.6 R+16.3 R+4.7 162,022 161,385
Nassau County R+43.8 R+48.5 R+4.7 38,304 40,528
Santa Rosa County R+47.9 R+52.6 R+4.7 76,185 76,846
Monroe County D+4.9 D+0.5 R+4.4 40,272 39,057
Okaloosa County R+44.9 R+49.3 R+4.4 95,529 94,798
St. Lucie County D+12.2 D+7.8 R+4.4 120,579 123,027
Alachua County D+21.6 D+17.4 R+4.2 125,519 120,418
Gilchrist County R+46.8 R+51.0 R+4.2 7,819 7,909
Seminole County R+2.8 R+6.5 R+3.7 205,895 208,620
Calhoun County R+40.4 R+44.0 R+3.6 6,244 6,152
Franklin County R+27.9 R+31.5 R+3.6 6,029 5,474
Lake County R+13.6 R+17.1 R+3.5 146,926 150,811
Wakulla County R+24.8 R+28.1 R+3.3 14,376 14,660
Holmes County R+65.1 R+68.3 R+3.2 8,589 8,274
Pasco County R+3.5 R+6.6 R+3.1 214,866 213,573
Bay County R+40.7 R+43.6 R+2.9 81,127 79,861
Clay County R+42.9 R+45.8 R+2.9 94,577 96,589
Columbia County R+33.8 R+36.6 R+2.8 28,128 27,163
Gulf County R+39.3 R+42.0 R+2.7 7,205 7,108
Pinellas County D+8.3 D+5.6 R+2.7 463,282 457,702
Brevard County R+10.4 R+12.7 R+2.3 287,859 285,559
Hamilton County R+14.6 R+16.8 R+2.2 5,587 5,407
DeSoto County R+12.3 R+14.3 R+2.0 10,131 9,865
Jefferson County D+3.7 D+1.7 R+2.0 7,957 7,808
Dixie County R+45.0 R+46.9 R+1.9 7,264 6,941
Suwannee County R+43.2 R+45.0 R+1.8 17,662 17,629
Bradford County R+40.3 R+42.0 R+1.7 11,676 11,635
Duval County R+1.9 R+3.6 R+1.7 415,761 411,848
Baker County R+57.4 R+58.6 R+1.2 11,059 11,368
Escambia County R+19.3 R+20.5 R+1.2 154,447 148,502
Hardee County R+29.7 R+30.9 R+1.2 7,412 7,226
Jackson County R+28.0 R+29.0 R+1.0 21,565 20,941
Okeechobee County R+19.2 R+20.1 R+0.9 12,786 12,324
Polk County R+6.1 R+6.8 R+0.7 244,833 248,683
Hillsborough County D+7.2 D+6.6 R+0.6 513,312 542,102
Leon County D+24.2 D+23.7 R+0.5 148,608 148,353
Madison County R+3.1 R+3.4 R+0.3 8,907 8,715
Orange County D+18.6 D+18.3 R+0.3 462,711 466,359
Broward County D+34.7 D+34.9 D+0.2 733,899 756,422
Washington County R+47.8 R+47.5 D+0.3 11,131 10,999
Taylor County R+39.0 R+38.2 D+0.8 9,366 9,120
Union County R+49.8 R+49.0 D+0.8 5,285 5,393
Hendry County R+7.2 R+6.0 D+1.2 10,879 10,185
Glades County R+20.1 R+18.6 D+1.5 4,261 3,989
Gadsden County D+38.9 D+40.6 D+1.7 22,510 22,499
Lafayette County R+60.7 R+58.3 D+2.4 3,359 3,399
Liberty County R+44.1 R+41.4 D+2.7 3,278 3,284
Osceola County D+19.8 D+24.6 D+4.8 100,670 108,698
Miami-Dade County D+16.1 D+23.7 D+7.6 863,486 878,314

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