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Tennessee 2008 vs 2012: county swing

94 of 95 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 2 changed hands.

Benton County: swing R+9.3Bledsoe County: swing R+5.7Campbell County: swing R+6.6Clay County: swing R+10.9Coffee County: swing R+7.7Dyer County: swing R+7.0Grainger County: swing R+9.3Hardeman County: swing R+0.3Hickman County: swing R+12.7Knox County: swing R+6.2Loudon County: swing R+8.8Marshall County: swing R+7.4Morgan County: swing R+5.1Polk County: swing R+4.3Scott County: swing R+7.6Union County: swing R+6.9Washington County: swing R+5.0White County: swing R+8.9Wilson County: swing R+5.1Bradley County: swing R+4.3Carroll County: swing R+4.8Cheatham County: swing R+5.3Claiborne County: swing R+11.5Crockett County: swing R+4.8Cumberland County: swing R+12.0DeKalb County: swing R+12.9Fayette County: swing R+3.2Fentress County: swing R+9.5Greene County: swing R+5.4Grundy County: swing R+7.9Hamilton County: swing R+3.1Hancock County: swing R+7.5Hardin County: swing R+8.9Henderson County: swing R+5.9Houston County: swing R+8.0Jackson County: swing R+16.3Lake County: swing R+6.6Lewis County: swing R+11.9McMinn County: swing R+7.3McNairy County: swing R+6.1Macon County: swing R+11.8Maury County: swing R+5.5Montgomery County: swing R+2.4Perry County: swing R+13.5Pickett County: swing R+5.9Putnam County: swing R+10.2Anderson County: swing R+3.7Bedford County: swing R+6.8Rhea County: swing R+2.7Robertson County: swing R+4.5Rutherford County: swing R+5.7Sevier County: swing R+6.7Stewart County: swing R+8.7Tipton County: swing R+3.1Van Buren County: swing R+2.1Warren County: swing R+3.8Blount County: swing R+6.3Carter County: swing R+4.9Davidson County: swing R+2.5Franklin County: swing R+6.3Hamblen County: swing R+8.0Haywood County: swing EvenHumphreys County: swing R+10.7Lawrence County: swing R+9.2Madison County: swing R+1.9Moore County: swing R+9.8Overton County: swing R+12.4Roane County: swing R+5.0Smith County: swing R+8.3Sumner County: swing R+7.1Weakley County: swing R+9.8Williamson County: swing R+7.0Chester County: swing R+4.6Decatur County: swing R+4.7Dickson County: swing R+7.1Gibson County: swing R+3.3Giles County: swing R+9.7Cocke County: swing R+4.5Hawkins County: swing R+5.0Henry County: swing R+7.8Jefferson County: swing R+7.5Johnson County: swing R+8.3Lauderdale County: swing R+0.4Lincoln County: swing R+6.9Marion County: swing R+2.7Meigs County: swing R+6.1Monroe County: swing R+6.6Obion County: swing R+10.6Sequatchie County: swing R+5.1Shelby County: swing R+1.4Sullivan County: swing R+5.8Unicoi County: swing R+3.8Wayne County: swing R+7.1Trousdale County: swing R+6.2Cannon County: swing R+11.1
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Jackson County flipped D+0.9 R+15.4 R+16.3 4,501 4,184
Perry County R+8.9 R+22.4 R+13.5 3,000 2,621
DeKalb County R+17.7 R+30.6 R+12.9 7,065 6,422
Hickman County R+14.4 R+27.1 R+12.7 8,498 7,602
Overton County R+13.3 R+25.7 R+12.4 8,092 7,664
Cumberland County R+37.1 R+49.1 R+12.0 25,712 25,247
Lewis County R+23.7 R+35.6 R+11.9 4,834 4,694
Macon County R+41.9 R+53.7 R+11.8 7,360 6,905
Claiborne County R+39.4 R+50.9 R+11.5 10,420 10,178
Cannon County R+24.0 R+35.1 R+11.1 5,457 4,973
Clay County R+14.3 R+25.2 R+10.9 2,994 2,820
Humphreys County R+2.9 R+13.6 R+10.7 7,580 6,863
Obion County R+34.1 R+44.7 R+10.6 13,392 12,297
Putnam County R+26.9 R+37.1 R+10.2 27,316 25,500
Moore County R+38.3 R+48.1 R+9.8 2,952 2,799
Weakley County R+31.1 R+40.9 R+9.8 13,690 12,337
Giles County R+19.5 R+29.2 R+9.7 11,689 10,799
Fentress County R+43.9 R+53.4 R+9.5 6,739 6,895
Benton County R+16.2 R+25.5 R+9.3 6,479 6,226
Grainger County R+43.1 R+52.4 R+9.3 7,503 7,252
Lawrence County R+33.8 R+43.0 R+9.2 16,020 15,219
Hardin County R+42.7 R+51.6 R+8.9 10,035 10,495
White County R+28.3 R+37.2 R+8.9 9,647 9,140
Loudon County R+44.0 R+52.8 R+8.8 22,184 22,073
Stewart County R+8.8 R+17.5 R+8.7 5,507 5,115
Johnson County R+42.2 R+50.5 R+8.3 6,591 6,194
Smith County R+20.2 R+28.5 R+8.3 7,741 7,087
Hamblen County R+38.4 R+46.4 R+8.0 22,669 20,032
Houston County flipped D+2.1 R+5.9 R+8.0 3,354 3,027
Grundy County R+12.7 R+20.6 R+7.9 4,632 4,237
Henry County R+22.4 R+30.2 R+7.8 13,545 12,739
Coffee County R+29.4 R+37.1 R+7.7 20,790 19,259
Scott County R+47.3 R+54.9 R+7.6 6,783 6,668
Hancock County R+43.9 R+51.4 R+7.5 2,241 2,046
Jefferson County R+42.7 R+50.2 R+7.5 18,532 17,559
Marshall County R+21.5 R+28.9 R+7.4 11,289 10,741
McMinn County R+39.6 R+46.9 R+7.3 18,789 17,834
Dickson County R+21.3 R+28.4 R+7.1 19,519 17,835
Sumner County R+34.9 R+42.0 R+7.1 67,228 65,366
Wayne County R+49.2 R+56.3 R+7.1 5,527 5,486
Dyer County R+37.7 R+44.7 R+7.0 14,450 13,800
Williamson County R+39.5 R+46.5 R+7.0 93,646 96,225
Lincoln County R+42.2 R+49.1 R+6.9 13,130 13,268
Union County R+41.2 R+48.1 R+6.9 6,399 5,828
Bedford County R+33.5 R+40.3 R+6.8 15,507 14,445
Sevier County R+48.1 R+54.8 R+6.7 33,941 33,864
Campbell County R+37.0 R+43.6 R+6.6 12,628 12,101
Lake County R+6.7 R+13.3 R+6.6 2,238 2,087
Monroe County R+38.4 R+45.0 R+6.6 16,777 16,338
Blount County R+39.4 R+45.7 R+6.3 51,645 49,234
Franklin County R+22.6 R+28.9 R+6.3 17,432 16,119
Knox County R+23.0 R+29.2 R+6.2 186,086 172,507
Trousdale County R+6.6 R+12.8 R+6.2 3,239 2,905
McNairy County R+38.5 R+44.6 R+6.1 10,422 9,802
Meigs County R+33.6 R+39.7 R+6.1 4,237 3,964
Henderson County R+42.9 R+48.8 R+5.9 10,834 10,055
Pickett County R+34.9 R+40.8 R+5.9 2,671 2,453
Sullivan County R+41.3 R+47.1 R+5.8 63,997 59,887
Bledsoe County R+34.5 R+40.2 R+5.7 4,784 4,359
Rutherford County R+19.1 R+24.8 R+5.7 101,737 98,848
Maury County R+21.4 R+26.9 R+5.5 33,767 33,006
Greene County R+40.7 R+46.1 R+5.4 24,670 23,887
Cheatham County R+31.6 R+36.9 R+5.3 16,428 15,182
Morgan County R+40.2 R+45.3 R+5.1 6,822 6,504
Sequatchie County R+34.8 R+39.9 R+5.1 5,437 5,142
Wilson County R+36.5 R+41.6 R+5.1 51,159 51,499
Hawkins County R+41.9 R+46.9 R+5.0 21,040 19,797
Roane County R+36.3 R+41.3 R+5.0 23,276 21,090
Washington County R+33.5 R+38.5 R+5.0 48,982 48,032
Carter County R+47.1 R+52.0 R+4.9 21,769 20,617
Carroll County R+29.8 R+34.6 R+4.8 11,646 10,851
Crockett County R+33.6 R+38.4 R+4.8 6,037 5,498
Decatur County R+32.2 R+36.9 R+4.7 4,763 4,251
Chester County R+43.2 R+47.8 R+4.6 6,459 6,410
Cocke County R+44.9 R+49.4 R+4.5 12,481 11,454
Robertson County R+31.1 R+35.6 R+4.5 27,614 26,289
Bradley County R+49.7 R+54.0 R+4.3 38,191 35,963
Polk County R+32.9 R+37.2 R+4.3 6,501 6,059
Unicoi County R+40.2 R+44.0 R+3.8 7,223 7,086
Warren County R+21.2 R+25.0 R+3.8 14,400 13,015
Anderson County R+26.2 R+29.9 R+3.7 31,570 29,659
Gibson County R+28.8 R+32.1 R+3.3 21,253 19,667
Fayette County R+27.4 R+30.6 R+3.2 19,254 19,574
Hamilton County R+11.8 R+14.9 R+3.1 147,520 141,181
Tipton County R+36.5 R+39.6 R+3.1 25,316 24,081
Marion County R+19.6 R+22.3 R+2.7 11,437 10,409
Rhea County R+46.2 R+48.9 R+2.7 11,106 10,590
Davidson County D+21.0 D+18.5 R+2.5 264,486 244,873
Montgomery County R+7.9 R+10.3 R+2.4 56,518 55,584
Van Buren County R+20.2 R+22.3 R+2.1 2,206 2,300
Madison County R+7.0 R+8.9 R+1.9 43,846 40,702
Shelby County D+27.4 D+26.0 R+1.4 404,555 371,109
Lauderdale County R+6.5 R+6.9 R+0.4 9,338 8,689
Hardeman County D+6.2 D+5.9 R+0.3 11,237 10,439
Haywood County D+21.3 D+21.3 Even 8,121 7,569

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