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Georgia 2008 vs 2012: county swing

106 of 159 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 2 changed hands.

Appling County: swing R+2.7Barrow County: swing R+5.8Bryan County: swing R+0.9Candler County: swing R+3.0Chattooga County: swing R+5.4Clarke County: swing R+2.5Colquitt County: swing R+2.0Crawford County: swing R+3.3Dodge County: swing D+0.1Emanuel County: swing R+2.1Fayette County: swing R+0.6Gilmer County: swing R+11.2Wheeler County: swing D+0.3Whitfield County: swing R+5.0Wilkinson County: swing R+0.4Glascock County: swing R+2.4Gordon County: swing R+7.4Grady County: swing R+2.7Hall County: swing R+5.3Jackson County: swing R+7.0Jones County: swing R+2.9Laurens County: swing R+1.2Lumpkin County: swing R+8.6Marion County: swing D+2.1Miller County: swing D+1.6Newton County: swing D+0.8Peach County: swing D+0.7Polk County: swing R+4.4Randolph County: swing D+1.9Seminole County: swing R+4.0Taliaferro County: swing D+1.8Tift County: swing D+0.3Troup County: swing D+1.1Upson County: swing R+0.8Washington County: swing D+3.3Heard County: swing R+3.5Cobb County: swing R+3.1Coffee County: swing D+0.5Columbia County: swing R+0.4Coweta County: swing R+2.9Crisp County: swing D+4.0Decatur County: swing D+2.5Dooly County: swing D+3.5Dougherty County: swing D+4.1Echols County: swing R+1.8Effingham County: swing R+0.4Evans County: swing D+0.2Floyd County: swing R+3.4Franklin County: swing R+8.0Atkinson County: swing R+0.3Bacon County: swing R+0.9Baldwin County: swing D+0.9Bartow County: swing R+6.4Bleckley County: swing R+2.3Brantley County: swing R+4.0Bulloch County: swing D+0.2Calhoun County: swing R+2.8Charlton County: swing R+0.9Chattahoochee County: swing R+1.5Cherokee County: swing R+6.6Clayton County: swing D+3.7Wilkes County: swing R+3.8Worth County: swing R+1.5Habersham County: swing R+7.5Hancock County: swing R+1.0Hart County: swing R+6.5Irwin County: swing R+0.8Jasper County: swing R+4.5Jenkins County: swing D+1.4Lamar County: swing R+2.6Lanier County: swing D+1.5Lincoln County: swing R+3.2Morgan County: swing R+6.4Muscogee County: swing D+1.6Quitman County: swing D+1.2McIntosh County: swing R+2.6Paulding County: swing R+5.0Lowndes County: swing R+0.6McDuffie County: swing R+0.1Madison County: swing R+7.2Meriwether County: swing R+0.2Mitchell County: swing D+3.1Montgomery County: swing D+1.2Murray County: swing R+7.3Oglethorpe County: swing R+7.6Pierce County: swing R+3.9Pike County: swing R+4.9Pulaski County: swing R+3.5Rabun County: swing R+10.3Rockdale County: swing D+7.0Spalding County: swing R+1.2Stephens County: swing R+6.2Tattnall County: swing R+0.5Taylor County: swing D+2.8Thomas County: swing R+2.6Toombs County: swing R+2.3Towns County: swing R+7.4Twiggs County: swing D+1.6Walker County: swing R+3.3Warren County: swing D+3.8Banks County: swing R+8.3Berrien County: swing R+4.4Brooks County: swing D+7.4Burke County: swing D+2.0Camden County: swing R+4.0Chatham County: swing R+2.4Clay County: swing D+1.0Baker County: swing R+0.4Bibb County: swing D+2.0Butts County: swing R+3.9Catoosa County: swing R+2.9Clinch County: swing R+4.6Cook County: swing R+2.4Dawson County: swing R+8.1Early County: swing D+5.9Forsyth County: swing R+4.7Webster County: swing D+4.9White County: swing R+8.1Wilcox County: swing D+5.7Dade County: swing R+2.7DeKalb County: swing R+1.9Douglas County: swing D+2.2Elbert County: swing R+2.6Fannin County: swing R+9.1Fulton County: swing R+5.2Glynn County: swing R+3.6Greene County: swing R+7.4Haralson County: swing R+6.5Houston County: swing R+0.4Jefferson County: swing D+2.2Long County: swing D+1.3Macon County: swing D+4.0Monroe County: swing R+5.7Oconee County: swing R+6.2Pickens County: swing R+9.7Putnam County: swing R+4.4Schley County: swing R+3.6Stewart County: swing D+3.0Telfair County: swing R+1.4Treutlen County: swing D+3.2Walton County: swing R+3.4Gwinnett County: swing D+1.0Harris County: swing R+2.2Henry County: swing D+4.2Jeff Davis County: swing R+3.4Johnson County: swing D+3.6Lee County: swing R+0.1Liberty County: swing D+1.9Turner County: swing D+4.2Union County: swing R+7.9Ware County: swing D+0.6Wayne County: swing R+3.4Ben Hill County: swing R+1.1Carroll County: swing R+4.7Richmond County: swing D+1.9Screven County: swing R+2.3Sumter County: swing D+2.3Talbot County: swing D+1.7Terrell County: swing D+2.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Gilmer County R+52.0 R+63.2 R+11.2 11,149 11,018
Rabun County R+45.9 R+56.2 R+10.3 7,599 7,463
Pickens County R+57.9 R+67.6 R+9.7 12,786 12,680
Fannin County R+49.1 R+58.2 R+9.1 10,584 10,017
Lumpkin County R+51.9 R+60.5 R+8.6 11,075 10,905
Banks County R+65.5 R+73.8 R+8.3 6,241 6,195
Dawson County R+66.2 R+74.3 R+8.1 9,974 10,244
White County R+58.5 R+66.6 R+8.1 10,761 10,488
Franklin County R+51.5 R+59.5 R+8.0 8,073 7,762
Union County R+52.0 R+59.9 R+7.9 10,634 11,079
Oglethorpe County R+29.7 R+37.3 R+7.6 6,447 6,273
Habersham County R+59.9 R+67.4 R+7.5 14,808 14,641
Gordon County R+50.3 R+57.7 R+7.4 17,607 16,897
Greene County R+15.0 R+22.4 R+7.4 7,919 8,323
Towns County R+50.6 R+58.0 R+7.4 5,739 6,211
Murray County R+45.3 R+52.6 R+7.3 11,382 11,217
Madison County R+46.3 R+53.5 R+7.2 11,365 11,104
Jackson County R+55.8 R+62.8 R+7.0 22,960 23,704
Cherokee County R+51.1 R+57.7 R+6.6 93,772 98,220
Haralson County R+57.7 R+64.2 R+6.5 11,097 10,376
Hart County R+31.8 R+38.3 R+6.5 10,002 9,511
Bartow County R+45.2 R+51.6 R+6.4 36,093 35,802
Morgan County R+31.6 R+38.0 R+6.4 9,151 9,027
Oconee County R+42.5 R+48.7 R+6.2 17,132 17,817
Stephens County R+47.4 R+53.6 R+6.2 10,517 9,498
Barrow County R+44.6 R+50.4 R+5.8 24,582 25,199
Monroe County R+31.6 R+37.3 R+5.7 12,131 12,277
Chattooga County R+35.8 R+41.2 R+5.4 8,307 7,822
Hall County R+50.9 R+56.2 R+5.3 59,928 61,364
Fulton County D+35.0 D+29.8 R+5.2 405,628 397,413
Paulding County R+38.6 R+43.6 R+5.0 56,985 57,399
Whitfield County R+40.0 R+45.0 R+5.0 27,677 26,876
Pike County R+60.6 R+65.5 R+4.9 8,203 8,109
Carroll County R+32.9 R+37.6 R+4.7 43,498 41,549
Forsyth County R+58.1 R+62.8 R+4.7 75,376 81,731
Clinch County R+25.5 R+30.1 R+4.6 2,696 2,472
Jasper County R+33.5 R+38.0 R+4.5 5,904 6,031
Berrien County R+53.2 R+57.6 R+4.4 6,449 6,201
Polk County R+41.1 R+45.5 R+4.4 14,113 13,608
Putnam County R+31.3 R+35.7 R+4.4 9,132 9,222
Brantley County R+63.1 R+67.1 R+4.0 6,277 6,002
Camden County R+23.6 R+27.6 R+4.0 17,084 17,983
Seminole County R+16.4 R+20.4 R+4.0 3,996 3,769
Butts County R+31.7 R+35.6 R+3.9 9,091 9,381
Pierce County R+62.5 R+66.4 R+3.9 6,791 6,846
Wilkes County R+7.7 R+11.5 R+3.8 5,052 4,761
Glynn County R+23.4 R+27.0 R+3.6 33,341 33,133
Schley County R+44.4 R+48.0 R+3.6 1,738 1,748
Heard County R+49.5 R+53.0 R+3.5 4,225 4,172
Pulaski County R+29.8 R+33.3 R+3.5 3,953 3,682
Floyd County R+36.4 R+39.8 R+3.4 34,213 32,829
Jeff Davis County R+47.6 R+51.0 R+3.4 5,278 5,336
Walton County R+52.1 R+55.5 R+3.4 36,026 37,612
Wayne County R+44.9 R+48.3 R+3.4 10,560 10,269
Crawford County R+29.1 R+32.4 R+3.3 5,240 5,133
Walker County R+46.8 R+50.1 R+3.3 23,542 21,896
Lincoln County R+24.4 R+27.6 R+3.2 4,416 4,426
Cobb County R+9.4 R+12.5 R+3.1 315,444 310,116
Candler County R+30.6 R+33.6 R+3.0 3,518 3,528
Catoosa County R+49.8 R+52.7 R+2.9 24,496 23,678
Coweta County R+41.2 R+44.1 R+2.9 53,549 55,555
Jones County R+25.8 R+28.7 R+2.9 12,438 12,105
Calhoun County D+21.7 D+18.9 R+2.8 2,211 2,188
Appling County R+46.3 R+49.0 R+2.7 6,996 7,086
Dade County R+48.2 R+50.9 R+2.7 6,408 6,020
Grady County R+23.9 R+26.6 R+2.7 9,365 9,396
Elbert County R+18.0 R+20.6 R+2.6 8,317 8,143
Lamar County R+27.6 R+30.2 R+2.6 7,688 7,592
McIntosh County R+6.0 R+8.6 R+2.6 6,236 6,341
Thomas County R+15.9 R+18.5 R+2.6 18,459 18,953
Clarke County D+31.3 D+28.8 R+2.5 45,510 40,368
Chatham County D+14.4 D+12.0 R+2.4 110,238 108,628
Cook County R+28.9 R+31.3 R+2.4 5,903 6,031
Glascock County R+69.5 R+71.9 R+2.4 1,428 1,333
Bleckley County R+44.9 R+47.2 R+2.3 5,071 4,907
Screven County R+6.1 R+8.4 R+2.3 6,481 6,100
Toombs County R+38.1 R+40.4 R+2.3 9,688 9,344
Harris County R+43.3 R+45.5 R+2.2 14,908 15,488
Emanuel County R+24.8 R+26.9 R+2.1 8,242 8,083
Colquitt County R+37.6 R+39.6 R+2.0 13,435 13,328
DeKalb County D+58.7 D+56.8 R+1.9 322,301 306,265
Echols County R+65.7 R+67.5 R+1.8 1,187 1,102
Chattahoochee County flipped D+1.1 R+0.4 R+1.5 1,653 1,490
Worth County R+38.7 R+40.2 R+1.5 8,370 8,419
Telfair County R+14.2 R+15.6 R+1.4 4,374 4,336
Laurens County R+21.5 R+22.7 R+1.2 19,937 19,604
Spalding County R+18.7 R+19.9 R+1.2 25,255 25,088
Ben Hill County R+13.7 R+14.8 R+1.1 6,036 5,956
Hancock County D+63.1 D+62.1 R+1.0 4,344 4,088
Bacon County R+57.7 R+58.6 R+0.9 3,938 3,931
Bryan County R+42.6 R+43.5 R+0.9 12,845 13,453
Charlton County R+34.4 R+35.3 R+0.9 3,685 3,764
Irwin County R+36.8 R+37.6 R+0.8 3,828 3,709
Upson County R+28.2 R+29.0 R+0.8 11,421 11,263
Fayette County R+30.7 R+31.3 R+0.6 59,321 58,568
Lowndes County R+9.3 R+9.9 R+0.6 39,240 39,137
Tattnall County R+41.6 R+42.1 R+0.5 6,714 6,667
Baker County D+1.0 D+0.6 R+0.4 1,687 1,589
Columbia County R+42.6 R+43.0 R+0.4 55,351 58,923
Effingham County R+50.7 R+51.1 R+0.4 20,316 20,816
Houston County R+20.2 R+20.6 R+0.4 55,931 58,056
Wilkinson County R+1.1 R+1.5 R+0.4 4,673 4,450
Atkinson County R+34.5 R+34.8 R+0.3 2,904 2,902
Meriwether County R+5.4 R+5.6 R+0.2 9,504 9,264
Lee County R+52.1 R+52.2 R+0.1 13,087 13,628
McDuffie County R+14.8 R+14.9 R+0.1 9,544 9,592
Dodge County R+35.9 R+35.8 D+0.1 8,212 7,733
Bulloch County R+19.2 R+19.0 D+0.2 23,920 24,085
Evans County R+28.3 R+28.1 D+0.2 3,855 3,563
Tift County R+32.8 R+32.5 D+0.3 14,257 13,927
Wheeler County R+27.8 R+27.5 D+0.3 2,210 2,160
Coffee County R+29.5 R+29.0 D+0.5 13,747 14,454
Ware County R+34.4 R+33.8 D+0.6 12,416 11,939
Peach County D+6.8 D+7.5 D+0.7 11,165 11,516
Newton County D+1.2 D+2.0 D+0.8 41,435 43,234
Baldwin County D+4.6 D+5.5 D+0.9 16,537 16,238
Clay County D+22.2 D+23.2 D+1.0 1,440 1,402
Gwinnett County R+10.2 R+9.2 D+1.0 290,147 296,728
Troup County R+18.9 R+17.8 D+1.1 26,028 25,986
Montgomery County R+41.1 R+39.9 D+1.2 3,590 3,832
Quitman County D+7.9 D+9.1 D+1.2 1,114 1,128
Long County R+24.1 R+22.8 D+1.3 3,450 3,802
Jenkins County R+13.2 R+11.8 D+1.4 3,440 3,390
Lanier County R+25.2 R+23.7 D+1.5 2,873 2,972
Miller County R+39.5 R+37.9 D+1.6 2,738 2,775
Muscogee County D+19.7 D+21.3 D+1.6 74,065 70,603
Twiggs County D+7.0 D+8.6 D+1.6 4,519 4,202
Talbot County D+28.8 D+30.5 D+1.7 3,700 3,491
Taliaferro County D+30.7 D+32.5 D+1.8 990 963
Liberty County D+28.4 D+30.3 D+1.9 16,376 16,170
Randolph County D+14.4 D+16.3 D+1.9 3,215 3,058
Richmond County D+31.9 D+33.8 D+1.9 79,333 79,020
Bibb County D+18.0 D+20.0 D+2.0 66,368 64,718
Burke County D+9.3 D+11.3 D+2.0 9,626 9,779
Marion County R+12.3 R+10.2 D+2.1 3,188 3,170
Douglas County D+1.8 D+4.0 D+2.2 55,083 55,267
Jefferson County D+15.1 D+17.3 D+2.2 7,234 7,298
Sumter County D+6.1 D+8.4 D+2.3 12,235 11,831
Terrell County D+13.8 D+16.1 D+2.3 4,416 4,398
Decatur County R+14.2 R+11.7 D+2.5 10,374 10,485
Taylor County R+13.5 R+10.7 D+2.8 3,583 3,538
Stewart County D+24.8 D+27.8 D+3.0 2,105 2,076
Mitchell County R+4.0 R+0.9 D+3.1 8,120 8,275
Treutlen County R+24.2 R+21.0 D+3.2 2,954 2,750
Washington County D+4.4 D+7.7 D+3.3 8,863 8,808
Dooly County D+3.5 D+7.0 D+3.5 4,160 4,298
Johnson County R+33.7 R+30.1 D+3.6 3,647 3,772
Clayton County D+66.4 D+70.1 D+3.7 99,438 96,067
Warren County D+17.5 D+21.3 D+3.8 2,660 2,526
Crisp County R+17.7 R+13.7 D+4.0 7,550 7,396
Macon County D+30.9 D+34.9 D+4.0 4,984 4,781
Dougherty County D+35.0 D+39.1 D+4.1 38,846 37,919
Henry County R+7.5 R+3.3 D+4.2 88,229 91,378
Turner County R+18.8 R+14.6 D+4.2 3,553 3,559
Webster County R+6.5 R+1.6 D+4.9 1,111 1,187
Wilcox County R+37.4 R+31.7 D+5.7 3,163 3,129
Early County flipped R+2.0 D+3.9 D+5.9 5,335 5,353
Rockdale County D+9.5 D+16.5 D+7.0 37,706 38,085
Brooks County R+13.6 R+6.2 D+7.4 6,201 6,742

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