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Tennessee 2008 vs 2016: county swing

92 of 95 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 3 changed hands.

Benton County: swing R+35.0Bledsoe County: swing R+24.0Campbell County: swing R+23.9Clay County: swing R+34.8Coffee County: swing R+19.1Dyer County: swing R+17.5Grainger County: swing R+25.2Hardeman County: swing R+14.1Hickman County: swing R+35.2Knox County: swing R+0.7Loudon County: swing R+10.3Marshall County: swing R+25.0Morgan County: swing R+25.2Polk County: swing R+26.1Scott County: swing R+24.5Union County: swing R+23.5Washington County: swing R+9.1White County: swing R+31.0Wilson County: swing R+7.6Bradley County: swing R+9.0Carroll County: swing R+22.5Cheatham County: swing R+14.9Claiborne County: swing R+23.6Crockett County: swing R+16.1Cumberland County: swing R+20.6DeKalb County: swing R+34.0Fayette County: swing R+9.6Fentress County: swing R+23.4Greene County: swing R+20.1Grundy County: swing R+42.6Hamilton County: swing R+4.7Hancock County: swing R+24.3Hardin County: swing R+21.5Henderson County: swing R+19.2Houston County: swing R+43.7Jackson County: swing R+48.1Lake County: swing R+32.9Lewis County: swing R+34.6McMinn County: swing R+20.0McNairy County: swing R+21.2Macon County: swing R+27.3Maury County: swing R+17.5Montgomery County: swing R+10.5Perry County: swing R+46.1Pickett County: swing R+21.9Putnam County: swing R+17.7Anderson County: swing R+7.9Bedford County: swing R+19.2Rhea County: swing R+14.5Robertson County: swing R+16.0Rutherford County: swing R+6.7Sevier County: swing R+13.4Stewart County: swing R+41.0Tipton County: swing R+10.9Van Buren County: swing R+32.7Warren County: swing R+22.9Blount County: swing R+9.1Carter County: swing R+16.6Davidson County: swing D+4.9Franklin County: swing R+21.0Hamblen County: swing R+18.5Haywood County: swing R+11.1Humphreys County: swing R+38.5Lawrence County: swing R+27.5Madison County: swing R+8.5Moore County: swing R+24.2Overton County: swing R+36.7Roane County: swing R+14.7Smith County: swing R+31.0Sumner County: swing R+9.8Weakley County: swing R+20.0Williamson County: swing D+4.5Chester County: swing R+15.8Decatur County: swing R+26.4Dickson County: swing R+24.2Gibson County: swing R+14.8Giles County: swing R+25.9Cocke County: swing R+19.5Hawkins County: swing R+21.3Henry County: swing R+27.3Jefferson County: swing R+16.5Johnson County: swing R+25.0Lauderdale County: swing R+16.1Lincoln County: swing R+16.6Marion County: swing R+25.2Meigs County: swing R+24.0Monroe County: swing R+21.2Obion County: swing R+23.9Sequatchie County: swing R+24.7Shelby County: swing EvenSullivan County: swing R+13.9Unicoi County: swing R+21.1Wayne County: swing R+24.6Trousdale County: swing R+30.1Cannon County: swing R+30.2
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Jackson County flipped D+0.9 R+47.2 R+48.1 4,501 4,466
Perry County R+8.9 R+55.0 R+46.1 3,000 2,855
Houston County flipped D+2.1 R+41.6 R+43.7 3,354 3,168
Grundy County R+12.7 R+55.3 R+42.6 4,632 4,763
Stewart County R+8.8 R+49.8 R+41.0 5,507 5,299
Humphreys County R+2.9 R+41.4 R+38.5 7,580 7,153
Overton County R+13.3 R+50.0 R+36.7 8,092 8,229
Hickman County R+14.4 R+49.6 R+35.2 8,498 7,813
Benton County R+16.2 R+51.2 R+35.0 6,479 6,328
Clay County R+14.3 R+49.1 R+34.8 2,994 2,920
Lewis County R+23.7 R+58.3 R+34.6 4,834 4,622
DeKalb County R+17.7 R+51.7 R+34.0 7,065 6,955
Lake County R+6.7 R+39.6 R+32.9 2,238 1,970
Van Buren County R+20.2 R+52.9 R+32.7 2,206 2,419
Smith County R+20.2 R+51.2 R+31.0 7,741 7,436
White County R+28.3 R+59.3 R+31.0 9,647 9,825
Cannon County R+24.0 R+54.2 R+30.2 5,457 5,314
Trousdale County R+6.6 R+36.7 R+30.1 3,239 3,160
Lawrence County R+33.8 R+61.3 R+27.5 16,020 15,666
Henry County R+22.4 R+49.7 R+27.3 13,545 12,945
Macon County R+41.9 R+69.2 R+27.3 7,360 7,504
Decatur County R+32.2 R+58.6 R+26.4 4,763 4,592
Polk County R+32.9 R+59.0 R+26.1 6,501 6,520
Giles County R+19.5 R+45.4 R+25.9 11,689 11,137
Grainger County R+43.1 R+68.3 R+25.2 7,503 8,008
Marion County R+19.6 R+44.8 R+25.2 11,437 10,862
Morgan County R+40.2 R+65.4 R+25.2 6,822 6,705
Johnson County R+42.2 R+67.2 R+25.0 6,591 6,579
Marshall County R+21.5 R+46.5 R+25.0 11,289 11,455
Sequatchie County R+34.8 R+59.5 R+24.7 5,437 5,694
Wayne County R+49.2 R+73.8 R+24.6 5,527 5,857
Scott County R+47.3 R+71.8 R+24.5 6,783 7,123
Hancock County R+43.9 R+68.2 R+24.3 2,241 2,231
Dickson County R+21.3 R+45.5 R+24.2 19,519 18,699
Moore County R+38.3 R+62.5 R+24.2 2,952 2,926
Bledsoe County R+34.5 R+58.5 R+24.0 4,784 4,664
Meigs County R+33.6 R+57.6 R+24.0 4,237 4,320
Campbell County R+37.0 R+60.9 R+23.9 12,628 12,532
Obion County R+34.1 R+58.0 R+23.9 13,392 12,249
Claiborne County R+39.4 R+63.0 R+23.6 10,420 10,740
Union County R+41.2 R+64.7 R+23.5 6,399 6,247
Fentress County R+43.9 R+67.3 R+23.4 6,739 7,333
Warren County R+21.2 R+44.1 R+22.9 14,400 13,612
Carroll County R+29.8 R+52.3 R+22.5 11,646 10,384
Pickett County R+34.9 R+56.8 R+21.9 2,671 2,615
Hardin County R+42.7 R+64.2 R+21.5 10,035 9,949
Hawkins County R+41.9 R+63.2 R+21.3 21,040 20,774
McNairy County R+38.5 R+59.7 R+21.2 10,422 10,038
Monroe County R+38.4 R+59.6 R+21.2 16,777 17,093
Unicoi County R+40.2 R+61.3 R+21.1 7,223 7,195
Franklin County R+22.6 R+43.6 R+21.0 17,432 16,404
Cumberland County R+37.1 R+57.7 R+20.6 25,712 26,360
Greene County R+40.7 R+60.8 R+20.1 24,670 23,583
McMinn County R+39.6 R+59.6 R+20.0 18,789 18,755
Weakley County R+31.1 R+51.1 R+20.0 13,690 12,184
Cocke County R+44.9 R+64.4 R+19.5 12,481 12,126
Bedford County R+33.5 R+52.7 R+19.2 15,507 15,355
Henderson County R+42.9 R+62.1 R+19.2 10,834 10,217
Coffee County R+29.4 R+48.5 R+19.1 20,790 19,971
Hamblen County R+38.4 R+56.9 R+18.5 22,669 20,692
Putnam County R+26.9 R+44.6 R+17.7 27,316 27,212
Dyer County R+37.7 R+55.2 R+17.5 14,450 13,336
Maury County R+21.4 R+38.9 R+17.5 33,767 35,369
Carter County R+47.1 R+63.7 R+16.6 21,769 21,084
Lincoln County R+42.2 R+58.8 R+16.6 13,130 13,348
Jefferson County R+42.7 R+59.2 R+16.5 18,532 19,072
Crockett County R+33.6 R+49.7 R+16.1 6,037 5,397
Lauderdale County R+6.5 R+22.6 R+16.1 9,338 8,087
Robertson County R+31.1 R+47.1 R+16.0 27,614 27,113
Chester County R+43.2 R+59.0 R+15.8 6,459 6,507
Cheatham County R+31.6 R+46.5 R+14.9 16,428 15,924
Gibson County R+28.8 R+43.6 R+14.8 21,253 19,547
Roane County R+36.3 R+51.0 R+14.7 23,276 21,669
Rhea County R+46.2 R+60.7 R+14.5 11,106 11,062
Hardeman County flipped D+6.2 R+7.9 R+14.1 11,237 9,273
Sullivan County R+41.3 R+55.2 R+13.9 63,997 62,278
Sevier County R+48.1 R+61.5 R+13.4 33,941 36,312
Haywood County D+21.3 D+10.2 R+11.1 8,121 6,834
Tipton County R+36.5 R+47.4 R+10.9 25,316 23,481
Montgomery County R+7.9 R+18.4 R+10.5 56,518 57,620
Loudon County R+44.0 R+54.3 R+10.3 22,184 23,391
Sumner County R+34.9 R+44.7 R+9.8 67,228 71,505
Fayette County R+27.4 R+37.0 R+9.6 19,254 19,394
Blount County R+39.4 R+48.5 R+9.1 51,645 52,208
Washington County R+33.5 R+42.6 R+9.1 48,982 49,750
Bradley County R+49.7 R+58.7 R+9.0 38,191 38,666
Madison County R+7.0 R+15.5 R+8.5 43,846 38,120
Anderson County R+26.2 R+34.1 R+7.9 31,570 29,881
Wilson County R+36.5 R+44.1 R+7.6 51,159 56,734
Rutherford County R+19.1 R+25.8 R+6.7 101,737 107,436
Hamilton County R+11.8 R+16.5 R+4.7 147,520 142,408
Knox County R+23.0 R+23.7 R+0.7 186,086 180,697
Shelby County D+27.4 D+27.4 Even 404,555 337,383
Williamson County R+39.5 R+35.0 D+4.5 93,646 106,271
Davidson County D+21.0 D+25.9 D+4.9 264,486 249,068

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