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Mississippi 2008 vs 2012: county swing

19 of 82 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 2 changed hands.

Alcorn County: swing R+6.8Calhoun County: swing D+1.9Chickasaw County: swing D+2.3Copiah County: swing D+3.4Franklin County: swing D+2.7Hinds County: swing D+4.5Jasper County: swing EvenJefferson Davis County: swing D+4.2Lauderdale County: swing D+3.9Leake County: swing D+2.0Leflore County: swing D+6.6Monroe County: swing D+1.6Neshoba County: swing D+1.8Noxubee County: swing D+4.1Pontotoc County: swing R+0.8Prentiss County: swing D+1.0Simpson County: swing D+0.5Tippah County: swing R+3.2Washington County: swing D+7.5Amite County: swing R+3.4Benton County: swing D+2.5Bolivar County: swing D+2.6Carroll County: swing R+1.3Claiborne County: swing D+4.6Covington County: swing D+1.4George County: swing R+4.8Hancock County: swing D+1.7Holmes County: swing D+5.1Humphreys County: swing D+7.6Jackson County: swing R+0.7Jones County: swing D+0.7Lamar County: swing D+1.4Greene County: swing R+2.2Marion County: swing D+1.3Montgomery County: swing D+3.3Newton County: swing D+2.0Pearl River County: swing D+1.4Quitman County: swing D+7.9Rankin County: swing D+1.6Smith County: swing D+1.6Tate County: swing D+1.7Tishomingo County: swing R+4.9Tunica County: swing D+6.7Wayne County: swing D+2.8Webster County: swing R+3.5Wilkinson County: swing D+2.6Yazoo County: swing D+7.1Attala County: swing D+2.4Clarke County: swing D+1.7Forrest County: swing D+2.7Grenada County: swing D+4.5Itawamba County: swing R+4.3Kemper County: swing D+3.3Lawrence County: swing R+0.3Lee County: swing D+2.7Lincoln County: swing R+0.5Lowndes County: swing D+2.4Panola County: swing D+2.2Scott County: swing D+3.9Sunflower County: swing D+5.7Union County: swing R+0.5Winston County: swing D+2.5Adams County: swing D+2.3Choctaw County: swing R+4.0Clay County: swing D+2.9Coahoma County: swing D+3.8Issaquena County: swing R+0.2Jefferson County: swing D+3.9Lafayette County: swing R+2.9Harrison County: swing D+0.2Oktibbeha County: swing D+1.8Perry County: swing R+0.7Pike County: swing D+4.7Sharkey County: swing D+4.2Stone County: swing R+1.6Walthall County: swing D+2.0Warren County: swing D+4.6Yalobusha County: swing D+3.1Madison County: swing EvenMarshall County: swing D+1.2Tallahatchie County: swing D+3.4DeSoto County: swing D+5.0
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Alcorn County R+44.4 R+51.2 R+6.8 15,019 14,830
Tishomingo County R+51.7 R+56.6 R+4.9 8,292 7,936
George County R+66.4 R+71.2 R+4.8 9,284 9,856
Itawamba County R+56.7 R+61.0 R+4.3 9,834 9,318
Choctaw County R+28.4 R+32.4 R+4.0 4,105 4,273
Webster County R+50.1 R+53.6 R+3.5 5,439 5,234
Amite County R+11.8 R+15.2 R+3.4 7,626 7,706
Tippah County R+44.8 R+48.0 R+3.2 9,629 9,164
Lafayette County R+12.4 R+15.3 R+2.9 18,396 19,505
Greene County R+51.9 R+54.1 R+2.2 5,766 5,922
Stone County R+43.8 R+45.4 R+1.6 7,192 7,532
Carroll County R+31.3 R+32.6 R+1.3 5,955 5,992
Pontotoc County R+52.7 R+53.5 R+0.8 12,791 12,411
Jackson County R+33.7 R+34.4 R+0.7 54,063 53,655
Perry County R+44.9 R+45.6 R+0.7 5,640 5,722
Lincoln County R+32.2 R+32.7 R+0.5 16,353 16,414
Union County R+50.2 R+50.7 R+0.5 12,109 11,365
Lawrence County R+25.5 R+25.8 R+0.3 6,979 6,698
Issaquena County D+22.7 D+22.5 R+0.2 946 787
Jasper County D+9.7 D+9.7 Even 9,187 9,340
Madison County R+15.7 R+15.7 Even 47,177 49,571
Harrison County R+26.0 R+25.8 D+0.2 61,684 63,328
Simpson County R+22.5 R+22.0 D+0.5 12,545 12,249
Jones County R+38.8 R+38.1 D+0.7 29,161 30,159
Prentiss County R+43.4 R+42.4 D+1.0 10,795 10,033
Marshall County D+18.3 D+19.5 D+1.2 16,445 16,240
Marion County R+31.5 R+30.2 D+1.3 12,979 12,729
Covington County R+17.7 R+16.3 D+1.4 9,423 9,348
Lamar County R+56.0 R+54.6 D+1.4 23,806 24,889
Pearl River County R+60.8 R+59.4 D+1.4 22,326 22,224
Monroe County R+17.4 R+15.8 D+1.6 17,422 16,918
Rankin County R+53.7 R+52.1 D+1.6 62,861 64,145
Smith County R+51.9 R+50.3 D+1.6 8,277 8,099
Clarke County R+25.2 R+23.5 D+1.7 8,372 8,253
Hancock County R+54.4 R+52.7 D+1.7 17,007 17,167
Tate County R+21.0 R+19.3 D+1.7 12,731 12,406
Neshoba County R+44.9 R+43.1 D+1.8 11,352 11,015
Oktibbeha County Even D+1.8 D+1.8 18,792 18,117
Calhoun County R+27.7 R+25.8 D+1.9 7,011 7,068
Leake County R+10.7 R+8.7 D+2.0 9,330 8,983
Newton County R+33.5 R+31.5 D+2.0 9,735 9,777
Walthall County R+10.3 R+8.3 D+2.0 7,749 7,551
Panola County D+6.5 D+8.7 D+2.2 16,415 16,826
Adams County D+15.7 D+18.0 D+2.3 15,696 15,447
Chickasaw County D+2.2 D+4.5 D+2.3 9,020 8,503
Attala County R+15.6 R+13.2 D+2.4 9,162 9,092
Lowndes County R+2.9 R+0.5 D+2.4 27,387 27,158
Benton County flipped R+2.3 D+0.2 D+2.5 4,606 4,116
Winston County R+8.2 R+5.7 D+2.5 10,190 9,829
Bolivar County D+35.5 D+38.1 D+2.6 15,332 15,428
Wilkinson County D+38.5 D+41.1 D+2.6 5,122 4,853
Forrest County R+13.6 R+10.9 D+2.7 27,083 30,236
Franklin County R+25.2 R+22.5 D+2.7 4,667 4,493
Lee County R+30.6 R+27.9 D+2.7 34,841 35,306
Wayne County R+21.8 R+19.0 D+2.8 9,996 10,332
Clay County D+18.9 D+21.8 D+2.9 11,056 11,072
Yalobusha County R+7.0 R+3.9 D+3.1 6,801 6,354
Kemper County D+25.4 D+28.7 D+3.3 5,209 5,052
Montgomery County R+8.1 R+4.8 D+3.3 5,699 5,645
Copiah County D+7.0 D+10.4 D+3.4 14,464 14,123
Tallahatchie County D+19.1 D+22.5 D+3.4 6,923 6,503
Coahoma County D+44.4 D+48.2 D+3.8 10,551 10,549
Jefferson County D+74.6 D+78.5 D+3.9 4,470 4,433
Lauderdale County R+18.9 R+15.0 D+3.9 33,039 32,777
Scott County R+13.4 R+9.5 D+3.9 11,641 11,202
Noxubee County D+53.2 D+57.3 D+4.1 6,580 6,264
Jefferson Davis County D+21.5 D+25.7 D+4.2 7,350 6,864
Sharkey County D+37.1 D+41.3 D+4.2 2,790 2,532
Grenada County R+10.6 R+6.1 D+4.5 11,304 11,335
Hinds County D+39.1 D+43.6 D+4.5 108,662 106,491
Claiborne County D+72.2 D+76.8 D+4.6 5,449 5,484
Warren County flipped R+3.1 D+1.5 D+4.6 21,709 21,391
Pike County D+3.5 D+8.2 D+4.7 17,992 17,974
DeSoto County R+38.4 R+33.4 D+5.0 64,109 65,794
Holmes County D+63.5 D+68.6 D+5.1 9,523 9,288
Sunflower County D+41.2 D+46.9 D+5.7 11,156 11,228
Leflore County D+36.7 D+43.3 D+6.6 13,081 12,773
Tunica County D+52.4 D+59.1 D+6.7 4,323 4,382
Yazoo County D+7.2 D+14.3 D+7.1 11,452 11,620
Washington County D+34.7 D+42.2 D+7.5 19,555 19,715
Humphreys County D+42.5 D+50.1 D+7.6 5,114 5,212
Quitman County D+35.4 D+43.3 D+7.9 4,155 3,979

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