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Mississippi 2012 vs 2016: county swing

80 of 82 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 4 changed hands.

Alcorn County: swing R+10.5Calhoun County: swing R+12.9Chickasaw County: swing R+10.6Copiah County: swing R+5.5Franklin County: swing R+5.9Hinds County: swing D+1.1Jasper County: swing R+5.8Jefferson Davis County: swing R+5.6Lauderdale County: swing R+6.9Leake County: swing R+5.5Leflore County: swing R+2.2Monroe County: swing R+13.4Neshoba County: swing R+4.0Noxubee County: swing R+0.8Pontotoc County: swing R+7.7Prentiss County: swing R+14.2Simpson County: swing R+8.8Tippah County: swing R+10.5Washington County: swing R+5.8Amite County: swing R+7.3Benton County: swing R+13.5Bolivar County: swing R+5.9Carroll County: swing R+5.7Claiborne County: swing R+2.6Covington County: swing R+8.2George County: swing R+6.3Hancock County: swing R+6.6Holmes County: swing R+2.0Humphreys County: swing R+5.0Jackson County: swing R+3.8Jones County: swing R+5.4Lamar County: swing R+0.5Greene County: swing R+8.5Marion County: swing R+5.4Montgomery County: swing R+9.3Newton County: swing R+8.7Pearl River County: swing R+5.4Quitman County: swing R+4.3Rankin County: swing R+0.6Smith County: swing R+6.2Tate County: swing R+11.4Tishomingo County: swing R+17.1Tunica County: swing R+8.2Wayne County: swing R+6.7Webster County: swing R+4.7Wilkinson County: swing R+4.6Yazoo County: swing R+6.7Attala County: swing R+6.8Clarke County: swing R+9.2Forrest County: swing R+2.5Grenada County: swing R+8.6Itawamba County: swing R+14.5Kemper County: swing R+6.1Lawrence County: swing R+4.0Lee County: swing R+9.1Lincoln County: swing R+7.4Lowndes County: swing R+5.2Panola County: swing R+8.8Scott County: swing R+8.1Sunflower County: swing R+5.9Union County: swing R+12.1Winston County: swing R+6.2Adams County: swing R+4.4Choctaw County: swing R+6.2Clay County: swing R+6.1Coahoma County: swing R+3.8Issaquena County: swing R+8.6Jefferson County: swing R+4.7Lafayette County: swing D+0.6Harrison County: swing R+4.5Oktibbeha County: swing R+0.2Perry County: swing R+8.0Pike County: swing R+8.0Sharkey County: swing R+5.4Stone County: swing R+7.6Walthall County: swing R+10.0Warren County: swing R+4.0Yalobusha County: swing R+9.2Madison County: swing R+0.3Marshall County: swing R+9.8Tallahatchie County: swing R+7.6DeSoto County: swing R+0.9
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122016SwingVotes 2012Votes 2016
Tishomingo County R+56.6 R+73.7 R+17.1 7,936 8,371
Itawamba County R+61.0 R+75.5 R+14.5 9,318 9,737
Prentiss County R+42.4 R+56.6 R+14.2 10,033 9,872
Benton County flipped D+0.2 R+13.3 R+13.5 4,116 4,013
Monroe County R+15.8 R+29.2 R+13.4 16,918 15,884
Calhoun County R+25.8 R+38.7 R+12.9 7,068 6,396
Union County R+50.7 R+62.8 R+12.1 11,365 11,496
Tate County R+19.3 R+30.7 R+11.4 12,406 11,627
Chickasaw County flipped D+4.5 R+6.1 R+10.6 8,503 7,890
Alcorn County R+51.2 R+61.7 R+10.5 14,830 14,783
Tippah County R+48.0 R+58.5 R+10.5 9,164 9,235
Walthall County R+8.3 R+18.3 R+10.0 7,551 6,919
Marshall County D+19.5 D+9.7 R+9.8 16,240 14,839
Montgomery County R+4.8 R+14.1 R+9.3 5,645 4,996
Clarke County R+23.5 R+32.7 R+9.2 8,253 7,791
Yalobusha County R+3.9 R+13.1 R+9.2 6,354 6,077
Lee County R+27.9 R+37.0 R+9.1 35,306 32,913
Panola County flipped D+8.7 R+0.1 R+8.8 16,826 15,064
Simpson County R+22.0 R+30.8 R+8.8 12,249 11,419
Newton County R+31.5 R+40.2 R+8.7 9,777 9,438
Grenada County R+6.1 R+14.7 R+8.6 11,335 10,513
Issaquena County D+22.5 D+13.9 R+8.6 787 699
Greene County R+54.1 R+62.6 R+8.5 5,922 5,369
Covington County R+16.3 R+24.5 R+8.2 9,348 8,811
Tunica County D+59.1 D+50.9 R+8.2 4,382 3,567
Scott County R+9.5 R+17.6 R+8.1 11,202 10,522
Perry County R+45.6 R+53.6 R+8.0 5,722 5,432
Pike County D+8.2 D+0.2 R+8.0 17,974 16,310
Pontotoc County R+53.5 R+61.2 R+7.7 12,411 12,984
Stone County R+45.4 R+53.0 R+7.6 7,532 7,045
Tallahatchie County D+22.5 D+14.9 R+7.6 6,503 5,870
Lincoln County R+32.7 R+40.1 R+7.4 16,414 15,193
Amite County R+15.2 R+22.5 R+7.3 7,706 7,050
Lauderdale County R+15.0 R+21.9 R+6.9 32,777 29,506
Attala County R+13.2 R+20.0 R+6.8 9,092 8,256
Wayne County R+19.0 R+25.7 R+6.7 10,332 9,599
Yazoo County D+14.3 D+7.6 R+6.7 11,620 10,070
Hancock County R+52.7 R+59.3 R+6.6 17,167 17,637
George County R+71.2 R+77.5 R+6.3 9,856 9,891
Choctaw County R+32.4 R+38.6 R+6.2 4,273 4,065
Smith County R+50.3 R+56.5 R+6.2 8,099 7,627
Winston County R+5.7 R+11.9 R+6.2 9,829 8,881
Clay County D+21.8 D+15.7 R+6.1 11,072 10,003
Kemper County D+28.7 D+22.6 R+6.1 5,052 4,639
Bolivar County D+38.1 D+32.2 R+5.9 15,428 13,824
Franklin County R+22.5 R+28.4 R+5.9 4,493 4,290
Sunflower County D+46.9 D+41.0 R+5.9 11,228 9,598
Jasper County D+9.7 D+3.9 R+5.8 9,340 8,475
Washington County D+42.2 D+36.4 R+5.8 19,715 16,825
Carroll County R+32.6 R+38.3 R+5.7 5,992 5,528
Jefferson Davis County D+25.7 D+20.1 R+5.6 6,864 6,237
Copiah County D+10.4 D+4.9 R+5.5 14,123 12,982
Leake County R+8.7 R+14.2 R+5.5 8,983 8,449
Jones County R+38.1 R+43.5 R+5.4 30,159 28,352
Marion County R+30.2 R+35.6 R+5.4 12,729 11,693
Pearl River County R+59.4 R+64.8 R+5.4 22,224 21,883
Sharkey County D+41.3 D+35.9 R+5.4 2,532 2,190
Lowndes County R+0.5 R+5.7 R+5.2 27,158 25,575
Humphreys County D+50.1 D+45.1 R+5.0 5,212 4,253
Jefferson County D+78.5 D+73.8 R+4.7 4,433 3,860
Webster County R+53.6 R+58.3 R+4.7 5,234 5,069
Wilkinson County D+41.1 D+36.5 R+4.6 4,853 4,218
Harrison County R+25.8 R+30.3 R+4.5 63,328 63,313
Adams County D+18.0 D+13.6 R+4.4 15,447 13,836
Quitman County D+43.3 D+39.0 R+4.3 3,979 3,365
Lawrence County R+25.8 R+29.8 R+4.0 6,698 6,364
Neshoba County R+43.1 R+47.1 R+4.0 11,015 10,553
Warren County flipped D+1.5 R+2.5 R+4.0 21,391 19,416
Coahoma County D+48.2 D+44.4 R+3.8 10,549 8,912
Jackson County R+34.4 R+38.2 R+3.8 53,655 49,567
Claiborne County D+76.8 D+74.2 R+2.6 5,484 4,272
Forrest County R+10.9 R+13.4 R+2.5 30,236 28,064
Leflore County D+43.3 D+41.1 R+2.2 12,773 11,140
Holmes County D+68.6 D+66.6 R+2.0 9,288 8,076
DeSoto County R+33.4 R+34.3 R+0.9 65,794 65,695
Noxubee County D+57.3 D+56.5 R+0.8 6,264 5,574
Rankin County R+52.1 R+52.7 R+0.6 64,145 62,768
Lamar County R+54.6 R+55.1 R+0.5 24,889 24,592
Madison County R+15.7 R+16.0 R+0.3 49,571 49,802
Oktibbeha County D+1.8 D+1.6 R+0.2 18,117 18,124
Lafayette County R+15.3 R+14.7 D+0.6 19,505 19,643
Hinds County D+43.6 D+44.7 D+1.1 106,491 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