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Ohio 2008 vs 2012: county swing

66 of 88 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 5 changed hands.

Geauga County: swing R+6.2Hancock County: swing R+4.6Hardin County: swing R+2.2Holmes County: swing R+11.6Licking County: swing D+1.9Madison County: swing D+3.5Miami County: swing R+6.6Noble County: swing R+8.6Pike County: swing D+1.1Sandusky County: swing R+1.9Seneca County: swing R+4.8Union County: swing R+1.2Wayne County: swing R+5.7Wood County: swing R+2.3Allen County: swing R+3.3Brown County: swing R+1.5Clinton County: swing R+4.0Defiance County: swing R+2.9Fayette County: swing D+1.6Meigs County: swing D+0.3Mercer County: swing R+11.1Morrow County: swing R+0.9Muskingum County: swing D+1.1Paulding County: swing R+8.1Pickaway County: swing D+3.6Portage County: swing R+3.5Preble County: swing R+5.0Richland County: swing R+5.8Ross County: swing D+5.7Shelby County: swing R+8.8Stark County: swing R+4.9Tuscarawas County: swing R+11.7Van Wert County: swing R+12.7Washington County: swing R+3.5Williams County: swing R+6.4Wyandot County: swing R+2.9Adams County: swing R+1.9Ashland County: swing R+6.6Auglaize County: swing R+7.3Belmont County: swing R+11.0Butler County: swing R+2.5Carroll County: swing R+8.5Clark County: swing D+1.7Clermont County: swing R+2.7Columbiana County: swing R+4.1Crawford County: swing R+2.8Darke County: swing R+8.3Delaware County: swing R+3.5Erie County: swing R+1.5Franklin County: swing D+2.2Hamilton County: swing R+0.7Highland County: swing R+3.7Huron County: swing R+5.2Jefferson County: swing R+5.2Lawrence County: swing D+0.2Lorain County: swing R+2.5Mahoning County: swing D+1.7Marion County: swing D+2.4Athens County: swing EvenChampaign County: swing R+1.9Coshocton County: swing R+3.4Fairfield County: swing D+1.7Guernsey County: swing R+0.1Henry County: swing R+5.4Knox County: swing R+4.0Logan County: swing R+4.5Medina County: swing R+4.7Morgan County: swing D+1.2Perry County: swing R+1.0Putnam County: swing R+9.5Summit County: swing R+0.8Warren County: swing R+3.3Lake County: swing R+1.8Lucas County: swing D+0.2Monroe County: swing R+16.7Montgomery County: swing R+1.6Ottawa County: swing R+1.9Scioto County: swing D+5.1Trumbull County: swing D+0.6Vinton County: swing D+2.3Ashtabula County: swing R+0.8Cuyahoga County: swing D+0.9Fulton County: swing R+4.4Gallia County: swing D+0.7Harrison County: swing R+12.6Hocking County: swing R+0.2Jackson County: swing R+0.4Greene County: swing R+2.7
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Monroe County flipped D+9.2 R+7.5 R+16.7 6,982 6,782
Van Wert County R+27.3 R+40.0 R+12.7 14,652 13,866
Harrison County R+2.4 R+15.0 R+12.6 7,787 7,141
Tuscarawas County flipped D+2.5 R+9.2 R+11.7 42,950 41,613
Holmes County R+41.2 R+52.8 R+11.6 11,113 11,536
Mercer County R+43.5 R+54.6 R+11.1 21,271 21,661
Belmont County flipped D+2.7 R+8.3 R+11.0 32,411 31,564
Putnam County R+41.7 R+51.2 R+9.5 18,680 18,372
Shelby County R+36.4 R+45.2 R+8.8 23,668 23,866
Noble County R+15.8 R+24.4 R+8.6 6,172 5,872
Carroll County R+4.9 R+13.4 R+8.5 13,953 13,262
Darke County R+36.1 R+44.4 R+8.3 25,793 25,401
Paulding County R+11.8 R+19.9 R+8.1 9,769 9,128
Auglaize County R+41.2 R+48.5 R+7.3 23,486 23,405
Ashland County R+23.2 R+29.8 R+6.6 25,168 24,330
Miami County R+28.5 R+35.1 R+6.6 52,807 51,936
Williams County R+9.3 R+15.7 R+6.4 18,397 17,706
Geauga County R+15.3 R+21.5 R+6.2 51,102 50,997
Richland County R+13.6 R+19.4 R+5.8 61,122 57,715
Wayne County R+14.7 R+20.4 R+5.7 52,142 51,064
Henry County R+12.9 R+18.3 R+5.4 14,840 14,236
Huron County R+3.2 R+8.4 R+5.2 25,582 24,663
Jefferson County flipped D+0.2 R+5.0 R+5.2 35,939 33,069
Preble County R+31.3 R+36.3 R+5.0 21,002 20,169
Stark County D+5.4 D+0.5 R+4.9 187,545 181,477
Seneca County R+2.7 R+7.5 R+4.8 27,449 25,262
Medina County R+8.1 R+12.8 R+4.7 90,451 90,783
Hancock County R+23.1 R+27.7 R+4.6 36,981 35,694
Logan County R+26.6 R+31.1 R+4.5 22,217 21,137
Fulton County R+8.1 R+12.5 R+4.4 21,973 21,268
Columbiana County R+7.7 R+11.8 R+4.1 48,480 46,051
Clinton County R+30.3 R+34.3 R+4.0 19,306 18,144
Knox County R+19.9 R+23.9 R+4.0 28,231 28,388
Highland County R+26.4 R+30.1 R+3.7 19,188 17,839
Delaware County R+19.6 R+23.1 R+3.5 92,416 98,761
Portage County D+9.0 D+5.5 R+3.5 78,205 76,239
Washington County R+15.6 R+19.1 R+3.5 29,932 29,499
Coshocton County R+5.8 R+9.2 R+3.4 16,863 15,739
Allen County R+20.8 R+24.1 R+3.3 50,263 48,235
Warren County R+36.1 R+39.4 R+3.3 106,216 111,004
Defiance County R+10.4 R+13.3 R+2.9 19,197 18,288
Wyandot County R+16.5 R+19.4 R+2.9 10,977 10,572
Crawford County R+19.1 R+21.9 R+2.8 21,173 19,803
Clermont County R+32.4 R+35.1 R+2.7 95,480 96,273
Greene County R+18.4 R+21.1 R+2.7 83,589 83,490
Butler County R+22.6 R+25.1 R+2.5 173,776 170,191
Lorain County D+17.9 D+15.4 R+2.5 146,859 143,253
Wood County D+7.1 D+4.8 R+2.3 65,023 63,948
Hardin County R+20.9 R+23.1 R+2.2 13,114 12,449
Adams County R+24.1 R+26.0 R+1.9 11,388 11,089
Champaign County R+19.9 R+21.8 R+1.9 18,887 18,421
Ottawa County D+6.2 D+4.3 R+1.9 23,069 22,456
Sandusky County D+4.7 D+2.8 R+1.9 30,373 28,994
Lake County flipped D+0.9 R+0.9 R+1.8 121,335 118,404
Montgomery County D+6.2 D+4.6 R+1.6 278,511 266,278
Brown County R+23.3 R+24.8 R+1.5 20,113 19,392
Erie County D+13.8 D+12.3 R+1.5 41,229 39,405
Union County R+28.1 R+29.3 R+1.2 24,928 25,567
Perry County R+3.0 R+4.0 R+1.0 15,404 14,984
Morrow County R+23.4 R+24.3 R+0.9 16,643 16,184
Ashtabula County D+13.6 D+12.8 R+0.8 44,874 43,064
Summit County D+16.5 D+15.7 R+0.8 269,059 267,711
Hamilton County D+7.0 D+6.3 R+0.7 424,082 418,894
Jackson County R+20.1 R+20.5 R+0.4 13,993 13,381
Hocking County R+0.8 R+1.0 R+0.2 12,895 12,728
Guernsey County R+9.1 R+9.2 R+0.1 17,325 16,814
Athens County D+35.3 D+35.3 Even 31,098 27,638
Lawrence County R+15.3 R+15.1 D+0.2 27,194 25,833
Lucas County D+31.5 D+31.7 D+0.2 219,830 210,218
Meigs County R+18.6 R+18.3 D+0.3 10,354 10,218
Trumbull County D+22.4 D+23.0 D+0.6 106,888 101,719
Gallia County R+26.0 R+25.3 D+0.7 13,318 12,595
Cuyahoga County D+38.9 D+39.8 D+0.9 665,114 644,281
Muskingum County R+7.2 R+6.1 D+1.1 39,071 37,085
Pike County R+1.1 Even D+1.1 12,506 11,581
Morgan County R+7.2 R+6.0 D+1.2 6,608 6,129
Fayette County R+23.1 R+21.5 D+1.6 11,694 11,020
Clark County R+2.5 R+0.8 D+1.7 66,770 64,144
Fairfield County R+17.1 R+15.4 D+1.7 71,946 72,068
Mahoning County D+26.6 D+28.3 D+1.7 127,032 121,310
Licking County R+15.8 R+13.9 D+1.9 82,283 81,390
Franklin County D+20.7 D+22.9 D+2.2 560,291 570,983
Vinton County R+9.9 R+7.6 D+2.3 5,646 5,467
Marion County R+8.9 R+6.5 D+2.4 29,017 27,352
Madison County R+23.4 R+19.9 D+3.5 17,451 17,517
Pickaway County R+21.7 R+18.1 D+3.6 23,726 24,123
Scioto County R+6.4 R+1.3 D+5.1 32,571 31,161
Ross County R+7.2 R+1.5 D+5.7 31,840 30,083

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