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Georgia 2012 vs 2016: county swing

133 of 159 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 9 changed hands.

Appling County: swing R+8.9Barrow County: swing D+0.4Bryan County: swing D+0.6Candler County: swing R+9.9Chattooga County: swing R+17.6Clarke County: swing D+8.7Colquitt County: swing R+7.7Crawford County: swing R+10.3Dodge County: swing R+9.6Emanuel County: swing R+10.0Fayette County: swing D+12.0Gilmer County: swing R+3.4Wheeler County: swing R+9.4Whitfield County: swing D+0.7Wilkinson County: swing R+8.7Glascock County: swing R+7.0Gordon County: swing R+5.6Grady County: swing R+6.4Hall County: swing D+5.9Jackson County: swing R+0.8Jones County: swing R+5.9Laurens County: swing R+6.2Lumpkin County: swing D+1.0Marion County: swing R+12.0Miller County: swing R+11.9Newton County: swing D+0.4Peach County: swing R+10.4Polk County: swing R+11.8Randolph County: swing R+5.0Seminole County: swing R+11.9Taliaferro County: swing R+10.6Tift County: swing R+4.3Troup County: swing R+5.3Upson County: swing R+5.9Washington County: swing R+7.1Heard County: swing R+9.2Cobb County: swing D+14.7Coffee County: swing R+10.5Columbia County: swing D+5.7Coweta County: swing D+2.1Crisp County: swing R+9.1Decatur County: swing R+6.7Dooly County: swing R+9.1Dougherty County: swing R+0.7Echols County: swing R+4.5Effingham County: swing R+4.4Evans County: swing R+7.1Floyd County: swing R+3.4Franklin County: swing R+8.9Atkinson County: swing R+10.5Bacon County: swing R+10.0Baldwin County: swing R+3.8Bartow County: swing R+3.2Bleckley County: swing R+5.5Brantley County: swing R+11.5Bulloch County: swing R+4.0Calhoun County: swing R+1.7Charlton County: swing R+13.2Chattahoochee County: swing R+10.9Cherokee County: swing D+8.2Clayton County: swing D+0.5Wilkes County: swing R+4.6Worth County: swing R+9.6Habersham County: swing D+1.5Hancock County: swing R+10.2Hart County: swing R+8.1Irwin County: swing R+12.1Jasper County: swing R+8.6Jenkins County: swing R+13.5Lamar County: swing R+8.2Lanier County: swing R+17.3Lincoln County: swing R+8.7Morgan County: swing R+3.1Muscogee County: swing R+2.7Quitman County: swing R+20.0McIntosh County: swing R+11.5Paulding County: swing D+2.6Lowndes County: swing R+7.5McDuffie County: swing R+3.8Madison County: swing R+3.0Meriwether County: swing R+9.8Mitchell County: swing R+9.1Montgomery County: swing R+11.1Murray County: swing R+16.0Oglethorpe County: swing R+4.6Pierce County: swing R+7.4Pike County: swing R+3.7Pulaski County: swing R+3.7Rabun County: swing R+4.4Rockdale County: swing D+9.3Spalding County: swing R+4.6Stephens County: swing R+6.0Tattnall County: swing R+7.3Taylor County: swing R+11.9Thomas County: swing R+3.2Toombs County: swing R+6.4Towns County: swing R+3.7Twiggs County: swing R+10.1Walker County: swing R+11.4Warren County: swing R+7.5Banks County: swing R+4.3Berrien County: swing R+8.8Brooks County: swing R+12.3Burke County: swing R+8.7Camden County: swing R+6.1Chatham County: swing D+2.8Clay County: swing R+12.9Baker County: swing R+9.3Bibb County: swing D+0.4Butts County: swing R+8.0Catoosa County: swing R+7.5Clinch County: swing R+12.3Cook County: swing R+8.7Dawson County: swing D+2.5Early County: swing R+11.9Forsyth County: swing D+15.6Webster County: swing R+12.5White County: swing R+1.8Wilcox County: swing R+10.1Dade County: swing R+14.5DeKalb County: swing D+6.7Douglas County: swing D+6.7Elbert County: swing R+13.9Fannin County: swing R+7.0Fulton County: swing D+11.8Glynn County: swing R+1.4Greene County: swing R+3.5Haralson County: swing R+7.2Houston County: swing R+0.9Jefferson County: swing R+6.5Long County: swing R+8.0Macon County: swing R+7.7Monroe County: swing R+4.2Oconee County: swing D+9.8Pickens County: swing R+1.3Putnam County: swing R+4.2Schley County: swing R+8.1Stewart County: swing R+7.5Telfair County: swing R+14.3Treutlen County: swing R+14.0Walton County: swing R+0.6Gwinnett County: swing D+15.0Harris County: swing R+2.0Henry County: swing D+7.7Jeff Davis County: swing R+11.8Johnson County: swing R+7.4Lee County: swing R+0.7Liberty County: swing R+9.1Turner County: swing R+10.4Union County: swing R+5.5Ware County: swing R+7.9Wayne County: swing R+10.4Ben Hill County: swing R+12.8Carroll County: swing R+2.3Richmond County: swing R+1.6Screven County: swing R+9.2Sumter County: swing R+6.2Talbot County: swing R+5.6Terrell County: swing R+6.7
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122016SwingVotes 2012Votes 2016
Quitman County flipped D+9.1 R+10.9 R+20.0 1,128 1,044
Chattooga County R+41.2 R+58.8 R+17.6 7,822 8,252
Lanier County R+23.7 R+41.0 R+17.3 2,972 2,871
Murray County R+52.6 R+68.6 R+16.0 11,217 12,458
Dade County R+50.9 R+65.4 R+14.5 6,020 6,242
Telfair County R+15.6 R+29.9 R+14.3 4,336 3,796
Treutlen County R+21.0 R+35.0 R+14.0 2,750 2,703
Elbert County R+20.6 R+34.5 R+13.9 8,143 7,987
Jenkins County R+11.8 R+25.3 R+13.5 3,390 3,056
Charlton County R+35.3 R+48.5 R+13.2 3,764 4,016
Clay County D+23.2 D+10.3 R+12.9 1,402 1,273
Ben Hill County R+14.8 R+27.6 R+12.8 5,956 5,936
Webster County R+1.6 R+14.1 R+12.5 1,187 1,116
Brooks County R+6.2 R+18.5 R+12.3 6,742 6,336
Clinch County R+30.1 R+42.4 R+12.3 2,472 2,455
Irwin County R+37.6 R+49.7 R+12.1 3,709 3,670
Marion County R+10.2 R+22.2 R+12.0 3,170 3,190
Early County flipped D+3.9 R+8.0 R+11.9 5,353 4,785
Miller County R+37.9 R+49.8 R+11.9 2,775 2,544
Seminole County R+20.4 R+32.3 R+11.9 3,769 3,588
Taylor County R+10.7 R+22.6 R+11.9 3,538 3,408
Jeff Davis County R+51.0 R+62.8 R+11.8 5,336 5,096
Polk County R+45.5 R+57.3 R+11.8 13,608 14,215
Brantley County R+67.1 R+78.6 R+11.5 6,002 6,301
McIntosh County R+8.6 R+20.1 R+11.5 6,341 5,903
Walker County R+50.1 R+61.5 R+11.4 21,896 23,956
Montgomery County R+39.9 R+51.0 R+11.1 3,832 3,576
Chattahoochee County R+0.4 R+11.3 R+10.9 1,490 1,390
Taliaferro County D+32.5 D+21.9 R+10.6 963 897
Atkinson County R+34.8 R+45.3 R+10.5 2,902 2,610
Coffee County R+29.0 R+39.5 R+10.5 14,454 13,915
Peach County flipped D+7.5 R+2.9 R+10.4 11,516 10,752
Turner County R+14.6 R+25.0 R+10.4 3,559 3,398
Wayne County R+48.3 R+58.7 R+10.4 10,269 10,413
Crawford County R+32.4 R+42.7 R+10.3 5,133 5,176
Hancock County D+62.1 D+51.9 R+10.2 4,088 3,580
Twiggs County flipped D+8.6 R+1.5 R+10.1 4,202 4,059
Wilcox County R+31.7 R+41.8 R+10.1 3,129 2,976
Bacon County R+58.6 R+68.6 R+10.0 3,931 4,020
Emanuel County R+26.9 R+36.9 R+10.0 8,083 7,860
Candler County R+33.6 R+43.5 R+9.9 3,528 3,763
Meriwether County R+5.6 R+15.4 R+9.8 9,264 9,217
Dodge County R+35.8 R+45.4 R+9.6 7,733 7,009
Worth County R+40.2 R+49.8 R+9.6 8,419 8,295
Wheeler County R+27.5 R+36.9 R+9.4 2,160 2,102
Baker County flipped D+0.6 R+8.7 R+9.3 1,589 1,440
Heard County R+53.0 R+62.2 R+9.2 4,172 4,223
Screven County R+8.4 R+17.6 R+9.2 6,100 5,715
Crisp County R+13.7 R+22.8 R+9.1 7,396 7,512
Dooly County flipped D+7.0 R+2.1 R+9.1 4,298 3,859
Liberty County D+30.3 D+21.2 R+9.1 16,170 16,143
Mitchell County R+0.9 R+10.0 R+9.1 8,275 7,880
Appling County R+49.0 R+57.9 R+8.9 7,086 7,012
Franklin County R+59.5 R+68.4 R+8.9 7,762 8,502
Berrien County R+57.6 R+66.4 R+8.8 6,201 6,590
Burke County D+11.3 D+2.6 R+8.7 9,779 9,351
Cook County R+31.3 R+40.0 R+8.7 6,031 6,057
Lincoln County R+27.6 R+36.3 R+8.7 4,426 4,102
Wilkinson County R+1.5 R+10.2 R+8.7 4,450 4,287
Jasper County R+38.0 R+46.6 R+8.6 6,031 6,045
Lamar County R+30.2 R+38.4 R+8.2 7,592 7,612
Hart County R+38.3 R+46.4 R+8.1 9,511 10,117
Schley County R+48.0 R+56.1 R+8.1 1,748 1,909
Butts County R+35.6 R+43.6 R+8.0 9,381 9,514
Long County R+22.8 R+30.8 R+8.0 3,802 4,117
Ware County R+33.8 R+41.7 R+7.9 11,939 12,184
Colquitt County R+39.6 R+47.3 R+7.7 13,328 13,624
Macon County D+34.9 D+27.2 R+7.7 4,781 4,287
Catoosa County R+52.7 R+60.2 R+7.5 23,678 26,757
Lowndes County R+9.9 R+17.4 R+7.5 39,137 37,805
Stewart County D+27.8 D+20.3 R+7.5 2,076 2,058
Warren County D+21.3 D+13.8 R+7.5 2,526 2,334
Johnson County R+30.1 R+37.5 R+7.4 3,772 3,686
Pierce County R+66.4 R+73.8 R+7.4 6,846 7,311
Tattnall County R+42.1 R+49.4 R+7.3 6,667 6,903
Haralson County R+64.2 R+71.4 R+7.2 10,376 11,357
Evans County R+28.1 R+35.2 R+7.1 3,563 3,613
Washington County D+7.7 D+0.6 R+7.1 8,808 8,461
Fannin County R+58.2 R+65.2 R+7.0 10,017 11,812
Glascock County R+71.9 R+78.9 R+7.0 1,333 1,390
Decatur County R+11.7 R+18.4 R+6.7 10,485 10,286
Terrell County D+16.1 D+9.4 R+6.7 4,398 4,189
Jefferson County D+17.3 D+10.8 R+6.5 7,298 6,968
Grady County R+26.6 R+33.0 R+6.4 9,396 9,213
Toombs County R+40.4 R+46.8 R+6.4 9,344 9,138
Laurens County R+22.7 R+28.9 R+6.2 19,604 19,530
Sumter County D+8.4 D+2.2 R+6.2 11,831 10,974
Camden County R+27.6 R+33.7 R+6.1 17,983 18,901
Stephens County R+53.6 R+59.6 R+6.0 9,498 9,815
Jones County R+28.7 R+34.6 R+5.9 12,105 12,551
Upson County R+29.0 R+34.9 R+5.9 11,263 10,934
Gordon County R+57.7 R+63.3 R+5.6 16,897 18,959
Talbot County D+30.5 D+24.9 R+5.6 3,491 3,246
Bleckley County R+47.2 R+52.7 R+5.5 4,907 4,974
Union County R+59.9 R+65.4 R+5.5 11,079 12,063
Troup County R+17.8 R+23.1 R+5.3 25,986 26,111
Randolph County D+16.3 D+11.3 R+5.0 3,058 2,899
Oglethorpe County R+37.3 R+41.9 R+4.6 6,273 6,674
Spalding County R+19.9 R+24.5 R+4.6 25,088 25,704
Wilkes County R+11.5 R+16.1 R+4.6 4,761 4,486
Echols County R+67.5 R+72.0 R+4.5 1,102 1,182
Effingham County R+51.1 R+55.5 R+4.4 20,816 23,458
Rabun County R+56.2 R+60.6 R+4.4 7,463 7,992
Banks County R+73.8 R+78.1 R+4.3 6,195 6,975
Tift County R+32.5 R+36.8 R+4.3 13,927 14,219
Monroe County R+37.3 R+41.5 R+4.2 12,277 12,687
Putnam County R+35.7 R+39.9 R+4.2 9,222 9,488
Bulloch County R+19.0 R+23.0 R+4.0 24,085 25,316
Baldwin County D+5.5 D+1.7 R+3.8 16,238 16,116
McDuffie County R+14.9 R+18.7 R+3.8 9,592 9,268
Pike County R+65.5 R+69.2 R+3.7 8,109 8,725
Pulaski County R+33.3 R+37.0 R+3.7 3,682 3,605
Towns County R+58.0 R+61.7 R+3.7 6,211 6,764
Greene County R+22.4 R+25.9 R+3.5 8,323 8,852
Floyd County R+39.8 R+43.2 R+3.4 32,829 34,608
Gilmer County R+63.2 R+66.6 R+3.4 11,018 12,773
Bartow County R+51.6 R+54.8 R+3.2 35,802 39,550
Thomas County R+18.5 R+21.7 R+3.2 18,953 18,802
Morgan County R+38.0 R+41.1 R+3.1 9,027 9,475
Madison County R+53.5 R+56.5 R+3.0 11,104 11,998
Muscogee County D+21.3 D+18.6 R+2.7 70,603 69,032
Carroll County R+37.6 R+39.9 R+2.3 41,549 44,121
Harris County R+45.5 R+47.5 R+2.0 15,488 16,502
White County R+66.6 R+68.4 R+1.8 10,488 11,823
Calhoun County D+18.9 D+17.2 R+1.7 2,188 2,025
Richmond County D+33.8 D+32.2 R+1.6 79,020 75,515
Glynn County R+27.0 R+28.4 R+1.4 33,133 34,263
Pickens County R+67.6 R+68.9 R+1.3 12,680 14,038
Houston County R+20.6 R+21.5 R+0.9 58,056 60,079
Jackson County R+62.8 R+63.6 R+0.8 23,704 27,190
Dougherty County D+39.1 D+38.4 R+0.7 37,919 34,087
Lee County R+52.2 R+52.9 R+0.7 13,628 14,143
Walton County R+55.5 R+56.1 R+0.6 37,612 40,698
Barrow County R+50.4 R+50.0 D+0.4 25,199 29,060
Bibb County D+20.0 D+20.4 D+0.4 64,718 62,596
Newton County D+2.0 D+2.4 D+0.4 43,234 43,987
Clayton County D+70.1 D+70.6 D+0.5 96,067 92,859
Bryan County R+43.5 R+42.9 D+0.6 13,453 15,173
Whitfield County R+45.0 R+44.3 D+0.7 26,876 30,658
Lumpkin County R+60.5 R+59.5 D+1.0 10,905 12,425
Habersham County R+67.4 R+65.9 D+1.5 14,641 16,243
Coweta County R+44.1 R+42.0 D+2.1 55,555 61,745
Dawson County R+74.3 R+71.8 D+2.5 10,244 11,765
Paulding County R+43.6 R+41.0 D+2.6 57,399 64,890
Chatham County D+12.0 D+14.8 D+2.8 108,628 112,142
Columbia County R+43.0 R+37.3 D+5.7 58,923 64,743
Hall County R+56.2 R+50.3 D+5.9 61,364 70,694
DeKalb County D+56.8 D+63.5 D+6.7 306,265 314,757
Douglas County D+4.0 D+10.7 D+6.7 55,267 57,738
Henry County flipped R+3.3 D+4.4 D+7.7 91,378 98,766
Cherokee County R+57.7 R+49.5 D+8.2 98,220 112,043
Clarke County D+28.8 D+37.5 D+8.7 40,368 44,976
Rockdale County D+16.5 D+25.8 D+9.3 38,085 37,869
Oconee County R+48.7 R+38.9 D+9.8 17,817 20,149
Fulton County D+29.8 D+41.6 D+11.8 397,413 431,391
Fayette County R+31.3 R+19.3 D+12.0 58,568 60,913
Cobb County flipped R+12.5 D+2.2 D+14.7 310,116 330,819
Gwinnett County flipped R+9.2 D+5.8 D+15.0 296,728 328,331
Forsyth County R+62.8 R+47.2 D+15.6 81,731 98,221

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