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Mississippi 2008 vs 2016: county swing

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

Alcorn County: swing R+17.3Calhoun County: swing R+11.0Chickasaw County: swing R+8.3Copiah County: swing R+2.1Franklin County: swing R+3.2Hinds County: swing D+5.6Jasper County: swing R+5.8Jefferson Davis County: swing R+1.4Lauderdale County: swing R+3.0Leake County: swing R+3.5Leflore County: swing D+4.4Monroe County: swing R+11.8Neshoba County: swing R+2.2Noxubee County: swing D+3.3Pontotoc County: swing R+8.5Prentiss County: swing R+13.2Simpson County: swing R+8.3Tippah County: swing R+13.7Washington County: swing D+1.7Amite County: swing R+10.7Benton County: swing R+11.0Bolivar County: swing R+3.3Carroll County: swing R+7.0Claiborne County: swing D+2.0Covington County: swing R+6.8George County: swing R+11.1Hancock County: swing R+4.9Holmes County: swing D+3.1Humphreys County: swing D+2.6Jackson County: swing R+4.5Jones County: swing R+4.7Lamar County: swing D+0.9Greene County: swing R+10.7Marion County: swing R+4.1Montgomery County: swing R+6.0Newton County: swing R+6.7Pearl River County: swing R+4.0Quitman County: swing D+3.6Rankin County: swing D+1.0Smith County: swing R+4.6Tate County: swing R+9.7Tishomingo County: swing R+22.0Tunica County: swing R+1.5Wayne County: swing R+3.9Webster County: swing R+8.2Wilkinson County: swing R+2.0Yazoo County: swing D+0.4Attala County: swing R+4.4Clarke County: swing R+7.5Forrest County: swing D+0.2Grenada County: swing R+4.1Itawamba County: swing R+18.8Kemper County: swing R+2.8Lawrence County: swing R+4.3Lee County: swing R+6.4Lincoln County: swing R+7.9Lowndes County: swing R+2.8Panola County: swing R+6.6Scott County: swing R+4.2Sunflower County: swing R+0.2Union County: swing R+12.6Winston County: swing R+3.7Adams County: swing R+2.1Choctaw County: swing R+10.2Clay County: swing R+3.2Coahoma County: swing EvenIssaquena County: swing R+8.8Jefferson County: swing R+0.8Lafayette County: swing R+2.3Harrison County: swing R+4.3Oktibbeha County: swing D+1.6Perry County: swing R+8.7Pike County: swing R+3.3Sharkey County: swing R+1.2Stone County: swing R+9.2Walthall County: swing R+8.0Warren County: swing D+0.6Yalobusha County: swing R+6.1Madison County: swing R+0.3Marshall County: swing R+8.6Tallahatchie County: swing R+4.2DeSoto County: swing D+4.1
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Tishomingo County R+51.7 R+73.7 R+22.0 8,292 8,371
Itawamba County R+56.7 R+75.5 R+18.8 9,834 9,737
Alcorn County R+44.4 R+61.7 R+17.3 15,019 14,783
Tippah County R+44.8 R+58.5 R+13.7 9,629 9,235
Prentiss County R+43.4 R+56.6 R+13.2 10,795 9,872
Union County R+50.2 R+62.8 R+12.6 12,109 11,496
Monroe County R+17.4 R+29.2 R+11.8 17,422 15,884
George County R+66.4 R+77.5 R+11.1 9,284 9,891
Benton County R+2.3 R+13.3 R+11.0 4,606 4,013
Calhoun County R+27.7 R+38.7 R+11.0 7,011 6,396
Amite County R+11.8 R+22.5 R+10.7 7,626 7,050
Greene County R+51.9 R+62.6 R+10.7 5,766 5,369
Choctaw County R+28.4 R+38.6 R+10.2 4,105 4,065
Tate County R+21.0 R+30.7 R+9.7 12,731 11,627
Stone County R+43.8 R+53.0 R+9.2 7,192 7,045
Issaquena County D+22.7 D+13.9 R+8.8 946 699
Perry County R+44.9 R+53.6 R+8.7 5,640 5,432
Marshall County D+18.3 D+9.7 R+8.6 16,445 14,839
Pontotoc County R+52.7 R+61.2 R+8.5 12,791 12,984
Chickasaw County flipped D+2.2 R+6.1 R+8.3 9,020 7,890
Simpson County R+22.5 R+30.8 R+8.3 12,545 11,419
Webster County R+50.1 R+58.3 R+8.2 5,439 5,069
Walthall County R+10.3 R+18.3 R+8.0 7,749 6,919
Lincoln County R+32.2 R+40.1 R+7.9 16,353 15,193
Clarke County R+25.2 R+32.7 R+7.5 8,372 7,791
Carroll County R+31.3 R+38.3 R+7.0 5,955 5,528
Covington County R+17.7 R+24.5 R+6.8 9,423 8,811
Newton County R+33.5 R+40.2 R+6.7 9,735 9,438
Panola County flipped D+6.5 R+0.1 R+6.6 16,415 15,064
Lee County R+30.6 R+37.0 R+6.4 34,841 32,913
Yalobusha County R+7.0 R+13.1 R+6.1 6,801 6,077
Montgomery County R+8.1 R+14.1 R+6.0 5,699 4,996
Jasper County D+9.7 D+3.9 R+5.8 9,187 8,475
Hancock County R+54.4 R+59.3 R+4.9 17,007 17,637
Jones County R+38.8 R+43.5 R+4.7 29,161 28,352
Smith County R+51.9 R+56.5 R+4.6 8,277 7,627
Jackson County R+33.7 R+38.2 R+4.5 54,063 49,567
Attala County R+15.6 R+20.0 R+4.4 9,162 8,256
Harrison County R+26.0 R+30.3 R+4.3 61,684 63,313
Lawrence County R+25.5 R+29.8 R+4.3 6,979 6,364
Scott County R+13.4 R+17.6 R+4.2 11,641 10,522
Tallahatchie County D+19.1 D+14.9 R+4.2 6,923 5,870
Grenada County R+10.6 R+14.7 R+4.1 11,304 10,513
Marion County R+31.5 R+35.6 R+4.1 12,979 11,693
Pearl River County R+60.8 R+64.8 R+4.0 22,326 21,883
Wayne County R+21.8 R+25.7 R+3.9 9,996 9,599
Winston County R+8.2 R+11.9 R+3.7 10,190 8,881
Leake County R+10.7 R+14.2 R+3.5 9,330 8,449
Bolivar County D+35.5 D+32.2 R+3.3 15,332 13,824
Pike County D+3.5 D+0.2 R+3.3 17,992 16,310
Clay County D+18.9 D+15.7 R+3.2 11,056 10,003
Franklin County R+25.2 R+28.4 R+3.2 4,667 4,290
Lauderdale County R+18.9 R+21.9 R+3.0 33,039 29,506
Kemper County D+25.4 D+22.6 R+2.8 5,209 4,639
Lowndes County R+2.9 R+5.7 R+2.8 27,387 25,575
Lafayette County R+12.4 R+14.7 R+2.3 18,396 19,643
Neshoba County R+44.9 R+47.1 R+2.2 11,352 10,553
Adams County D+15.7 D+13.6 R+2.1 15,696 13,836
Copiah County D+7.0 D+4.9 R+2.1 14,464 12,982
Wilkinson County D+38.5 D+36.5 R+2.0 5,122 4,218
Tunica County D+52.4 D+50.9 R+1.5 4,323 3,567
Jefferson Davis County D+21.5 D+20.1 R+1.4 7,350 6,237
Sharkey County D+37.1 D+35.9 R+1.2 2,790 2,190
Jefferson County D+74.6 D+73.8 R+0.8 4,470 3,860
Madison County R+15.7 R+16.0 R+0.3 47,177 49,802
Sunflower County D+41.2 D+41.0 R+0.2 11,156 9,598
Coahoma County D+44.4 D+44.4 Even 10,551 8,912
Forrest County R+13.6 R+13.4 D+0.2 27,083 28,064
Yazoo County D+7.2 D+7.6 D+0.4 11,452 10,070
Warren County R+3.1 R+2.5 D+0.6 21,709 19,416
Lamar County R+56.0 R+55.1 D+0.9 23,806 24,592
Rankin County R+53.7 R+52.7 D+1.0 62,861 62,768
Oktibbeha County Even D+1.6 D+1.6 18,792 18,124
Washington County D+34.7 D+36.4 D+1.7 19,555 16,825
Claiborne County D+72.2 D+74.2 D+2.0 5,449 4,272
Humphreys County D+42.5 D+45.1 D+2.6 5,114 4,253
Holmes County D+63.5 D+66.6 D+3.1 9,523 8,076
Noxubee County D+53.2 D+56.5 D+3.3 6,580 5,574
Quitman County D+35.4 D+39.0 D+3.6 4,155 3,365
DeSoto County R+38.4 R+34.3 D+4.1 64,109 65,695
Leflore County D+36.7 D+41.1 D+4.4 13,081 11,140
Hinds County D+39.1 D+44.7 D+5.6 108,662 94,681

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