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Arkansas 2008 vs 2016: county swing

71 of 75 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 1 changed hands.

Van Buren County: swing R+20.5White County: swing R+11.2Arkansas County: swing R+7.9Boone County: swing R+18.1Clark County: swing R+5.4Conway County: swing R+8.8Drew County: swing R+5.2Garland County: swing R+8.7Howard County: swing R+13.6Johnson County: swing R+17.1Lonoke County: swing R+5.2Montgomery County: swing R+18.1Newton County: swing R+22.4Poinsett County: swing R+19.8St. Francis County: swing R+5.2Searcy County: swing R+17.3Washington County: swing D+3.2Woodruff County: swing R+16.3Carroll County: swing R+13.9Chicot County: swing R+2.5Cleveland County: swing R+7.9Columbia County: swing R+2.0Crawford County: swing R+8.3Faulkner County: swing R+5.6Franklin County: swing R+14.9Grant County: swing R+7.6Hot Spring County: swing R+17.6Jackson County: swing R+16.3Lafayette County: swing R+6.3Little River County: swing R+13.3Logan County: swing R+12.0Madison County: swing R+19.9Marion County: swing R+25.0Miller County: swing R+10.1Mississippi County: swing R+8.4Nevada County: swing R+9.9Ouachita County: swing D+0.5Polk County: swing R+19.9Pope County: swing R+6.5Randolph County: swing R+30.3Sevier County: swing R+8.3Stone County: swing R+15.4Ashley County: swing R+8.0Calhoun County: swing R+5.7Yell County: swing R+18.7Bradley County: swing R+8.7Cleburne County: swing R+16.7Cross County: swing R+12.2Dallas County: swing R+3.8Greene County: swing R+22.8Izard County: swing R+26.9Lincoln County: swing R+13.3Pike County: swing R+20.6Prairie County: swing R+14.4Sharp County: swing R+25.4Monroe County: swing R+2.0Saline County: swing R+2.4Sebastian County: swing R+3.0Union County: swing R+1.0Clay County: swing R+35.3Craighead County: swing R+10.3Crittenden County: swing R+5.7Desha County: swing R+5.0Hempstead County: swing R+9.6Independence County: swing R+14.7Jefferson County: swing R+1.1Lawrence County: swing R+28.4Lee County: swing R+4.8Baxter County: swing R+21.6Benton County: swing D+2.5Perry County: swing R+13.0Phillips County: swing R+2.2Pulaski County: swing D+6.2Fulton County: swing R+31.4Scott County: swing R+17.1
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Clay County R+14.3 R+49.6 R+35.3 5,511 5,200
Fulton County R+18.9 R+50.3 R+31.4 4,676 4,772
Randolph County R+18.1 R+48.4 R+30.3 6,319 6,379
Lawrence County R+20.9 R+49.3 R+28.4 5,830 5,685
Izard County R+26.9 R+53.8 R+26.9 5,218 5,448
Sharp County R+28.9 R+54.3 R+25.4 7,252 7,249
Marion County R+29.9 R+54.9 R+25.0 7,162 7,107
Greene County R+29.6 R+52.4 R+22.8 13,612 14,600
Newton County R+35.6 R+58.0 R+22.4 3,960 3,753
Baxter County R+31.6 R+53.2 R+21.6 19,981 19,766
Pike County R+41.3 R+61.9 R+20.6 3,966 3,981
Van Buren County R+31.7 R+52.2 R+20.5 6,703 7,339
Madison County R+28.9 R+48.8 R+19.9 6,328 6,841
Polk County R+45.8 R+65.7 R+19.9 7,681 8,231
Poinsett County R+27.2 R+47.0 R+19.8 7,928 7,722
Yell County R+29.9 R+48.6 R+18.7 6,036 6,439
Boone County R+39.6 R+57.7 R+18.1 15,474 16,111
Montgomery County R+35.2 R+53.3 R+18.1 3,622 3,559
Hot Spring County R+24.4 R+42.0 R+17.6 11,955 11,944
Searcy County R+45.9 R+63.2 R+17.3 3,847 3,728
Johnson County R+23.1 R+40.2 R+17.1 8,180 9,112
Scott County R+43.5 R+60.6 R+17.1 3,995 3,510
Cleburne County R+44.2 R+60.9 R+16.7 11,338 12,085
Jackson County R+16.4 R+32.7 R+16.3 5,582 5,156
Woodruff County flipped D+7.4 R+8.9 R+16.3 2,761 2,571
Stone County R+36.4 R+51.8 R+15.4 5,324 5,618
Franklin County R+39.2 R+54.1 R+14.9 6,475 6,770
Independence County R+37.1 R+51.8 R+14.7 12,299 13,614
Prairie County R+34.7 R+49.1 R+14.4 3,381 3,444
Carroll County R+18.1 R+32.0 R+13.9 10,579 10,758
Howard County R+25.0 R+38.6 R+13.6 4,846 4,674
Lincoln County R+18.2 R+31.5 R+13.3 4,406 3,826
Little River County R+29.0 R+42.3 R+13.3 5,152 5,227
Perry County R+32.5 R+45.5 R+13.0 4,279 4,306
Cross County R+25.4 R+37.6 R+12.2 7,130 6,874
Logan County R+38.8 R+50.8 R+12.0 7,907 7,921
White County R+47.2 R+58.4 R+11.2 26,955 27,219
Craighead County R+24.5 R+34.8 R+10.3 30,968 35,573
Miller County R+33.5 R+43.6 R+10.1 15,063 16,091
Nevada County R+16.1 R+26.0 R+9.9 3,635 3,246
Hempstead County R+19.1 R+28.7 R+9.6 7,349 7,049
Conway County R+18.9 R+27.7 R+8.8 8,138 7,927
Bradley County R+14.4 R+23.1 R+8.7 4,041 3,653
Garland County R+25.0 R+33.7 R+8.7 43,719 40,805
Mississippi County R+2.2 R+10.6 R+8.4 14,010 13,204
Crawford County R+46.0 R+54.3 R+8.3 20,532 22,450
Sevier County R+40.0 R+48.3 R+8.3 4,580 4,562
Ashley County R+28.2 R+36.2 R+8.0 8,642 8,083
Arkansas County R+22.5 R+30.4 R+7.9 6,978 6,212
Cleveland County R+43.9 R+51.8 R+7.9 3,505 3,354
Grant County R+50.9 R+58.5 R+7.6 6,793 7,445
Pope County R+43.3 R+49.8 R+6.5 22,079 22,569
Lafayette County R+19.1 R+25.4 R+6.3 2,902 2,860
Calhoun County R+34.7 R+40.4 R+5.7 2,217 2,269
Crittenden County D+14.7 D+9.0 R+5.7 18,255 15,952
Faulkner County R+25.3 R+30.9 R+5.6 41,179 47,527
Clark County R+3.8 R+9.2 R+5.4 9,094 8,526
Drew County R+19.1 R+24.3 R+5.2 6,610 6,595
Lonoke County R+47.5 R+52.7 R+5.2 23,741 27,100
St. Francis County D+16.5 D+11.3 R+5.2 9,505 7,430
Desha County D+12.2 D+7.2 R+5.0 4,678 4,257
Lee County D+21.5 D+16.7 R+4.8 3,763 3,026
Dallas County R+8.7 R+12.5 R+3.8 3,318 2,771
Sebastian County R+34.7 R+37.7 R+3.0 43,212 44,637
Chicot County D+17.7 D+15.2 R+2.5 5,208 4,176
Saline County R+41.0 R+43.4 R+2.4 44,653 52,100
Phillips County D+29.0 D+26.8 R+2.2 8,969 6,953
Columbia County R+24.1 R+26.1 R+2.0 9,558 8,887
Monroe County R+4.1 R+6.1 R+2.0 3,449 2,884
Jefferson County D+26.3 D+25.2 R+1.1 29,689 25,894
Union County R+26.2 R+27.2 R+1.0 17,179 16,894
Ouachita County R+10.9 R+10.4 D+0.5 9,960 9,935
Benton County R+36.5 R+34.0 D+2.5 76,073 96,824
Washington County R+13.1 R+9.9 D+3.2 68,380 81,861
Pulaski County D+11.6 D+17.8 D+6.2 161,343 159,776

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