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Tennessee 2012 vs 2016: county swing

91 of 95 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 1 changed hands.

Benton County: swing R+25.7Bledsoe County: swing R+18.3Campbell County: swing R+17.3Clay County: swing R+23.9Coffee County: swing R+11.4Dyer County: swing R+10.5Grainger County: swing R+15.9Hardeman County: swing R+13.8Hickman County: swing R+22.5Knox County: swing D+5.5Loudon County: swing R+1.5Marshall County: swing R+17.6Morgan County: swing R+20.1Polk County: swing R+21.8Scott County: swing R+16.9Union County: swing R+16.6Washington County: swing R+4.1White County: swing R+22.1Wilson County: swing R+2.5Bradley County: swing R+4.7Carroll County: swing R+17.7Cheatham County: swing R+9.6Claiborne County: swing R+12.1Crockett County: swing R+11.3Cumberland County: swing R+8.6DeKalb County: swing R+21.1Fayette County: swing R+6.4Fentress County: swing R+13.9Greene County: swing R+14.7Grundy County: swing R+34.7Hamilton County: swing R+1.6Hancock County: swing R+16.8Hardin County: swing R+12.6Henderson County: swing R+13.3Houston County: swing R+35.7Jackson County: swing R+31.8Lake County: swing R+26.3Lewis County: swing R+22.7McMinn County: swing R+12.7McNairy County: swing R+15.1Macon County: swing R+15.5Maury County: swing R+12.0Montgomery County: swing R+8.1Perry County: swing R+32.6Pickett County: swing R+16.0Putnam County: swing R+7.5Anderson County: swing R+4.2Bedford County: swing R+12.4Rhea County: swing R+11.8Robertson County: swing R+11.5Rutherford County: swing R+1.0Sevier County: swing R+6.7Stewart County: swing R+32.3Tipton County: swing R+7.8Van Buren County: swing R+30.6Warren County: swing R+19.1Blount County: swing R+2.8Carter County: swing R+11.7Davidson County: swing D+7.4Franklin County: swing R+14.7Hamblen County: swing R+10.5Haywood County: swing R+11.1Humphreys County: swing R+27.8Lawrence County: swing R+18.3Madison County: swing R+6.6Moore County: swing R+14.4Overton County: swing R+24.3Roane County: swing R+9.7Smith County: swing R+22.7Sumner County: swing R+2.7Weakley County: swing R+10.2Williamson County: swing D+11.5Chester County: swing R+11.2Decatur County: swing R+21.7Dickson County: swing R+17.1Gibson County: swing R+11.5Giles County: swing R+16.2Cocke County: swing R+15.0Hawkins County: swing R+16.3Henry County: swing R+19.5Jefferson County: swing R+9.0Johnson County: swing R+16.7Lauderdale County: swing R+15.7Lincoln County: swing R+9.7Marion County: swing R+22.5Meigs County: swing R+17.9Monroe County: swing R+14.6Obion County: swing R+13.3Sequatchie County: swing R+19.6Shelby County: swing D+1.4Sullivan County: swing R+8.1Unicoi County: swing R+17.3Wayne County: swing R+17.5Trousdale County: swing R+23.9Cannon County: swing R+19.1
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122016SwingVotes 2012Votes 2016
Houston County R+5.9 R+41.6 R+35.7 3,027 3,168
Grundy County R+20.6 R+55.3 R+34.7 4,237 4,763
Perry County R+22.4 R+55.0 R+32.6 2,621 2,855
Stewart County R+17.5 R+49.8 R+32.3 5,115 5,299
Jackson County R+15.4 R+47.2 R+31.8 4,184 4,466
Van Buren County R+22.3 R+52.9 R+30.6 2,300 2,419
Humphreys County R+13.6 R+41.4 R+27.8 6,863 7,153
Lake County R+13.3 R+39.6 R+26.3 2,087 1,970
Benton County R+25.5 R+51.2 R+25.7 6,226 6,328
Overton County R+25.7 R+50.0 R+24.3 7,664 8,229
Clay County R+25.2 R+49.1 R+23.9 2,820 2,920
Trousdale County R+12.8 R+36.7 R+23.9 2,905 3,160
Lewis County R+35.6 R+58.3 R+22.7 4,694 4,622
Smith County R+28.5 R+51.2 R+22.7 7,087 7,436
Hickman County R+27.1 R+49.6 R+22.5 7,602 7,813
Marion County R+22.3 R+44.8 R+22.5 10,409 10,862
White County R+37.2 R+59.3 R+22.1 9,140 9,825
Polk County R+37.2 R+59.0 R+21.8 6,059 6,520
Decatur County R+36.9 R+58.6 R+21.7 4,251 4,592
DeKalb County R+30.6 R+51.7 R+21.1 6,422 6,955
Morgan County R+45.3 R+65.4 R+20.1 6,504 6,705
Sequatchie County R+39.9 R+59.5 R+19.6 5,142 5,694
Henry County R+30.2 R+49.7 R+19.5 12,739 12,945
Cannon County R+35.1 R+54.2 R+19.1 4,973 5,314
Warren County R+25.0 R+44.1 R+19.1 13,015 13,612
Bledsoe County R+40.2 R+58.5 R+18.3 4,359 4,664
Lawrence County R+43.0 R+61.3 R+18.3 15,219 15,666
Meigs County R+39.7 R+57.6 R+17.9 3,964 4,320
Carroll County R+34.6 R+52.3 R+17.7 10,851 10,384
Marshall County R+28.9 R+46.5 R+17.6 10,741 11,455
Wayne County R+56.3 R+73.8 R+17.5 5,486 5,857
Campbell County R+43.6 R+60.9 R+17.3 12,101 12,532
Unicoi County R+44.0 R+61.3 R+17.3 7,086 7,195
Dickson County R+28.4 R+45.5 R+17.1 17,835 18,699
Scott County R+54.9 R+71.8 R+16.9 6,668 7,123
Hancock County R+51.4 R+68.2 R+16.8 2,046 2,231
Johnson County R+50.5 R+67.2 R+16.7 6,194 6,579
Union County R+48.1 R+64.7 R+16.6 5,828 6,247
Hawkins County R+46.9 R+63.2 R+16.3 19,797 20,774
Giles County R+29.2 R+45.4 R+16.2 10,799 11,137
Pickett County R+40.8 R+56.8 R+16.0 2,453 2,615
Grainger County R+52.4 R+68.3 R+15.9 7,252 8,008
Lauderdale County R+6.9 R+22.6 R+15.7 8,689 8,087
Macon County R+53.7 R+69.2 R+15.5 6,905 7,504
McNairy County R+44.6 R+59.7 R+15.1 9,802 10,038
Cocke County R+49.4 R+64.4 R+15.0 11,454 12,126
Franklin County R+28.9 R+43.6 R+14.7 16,119 16,404
Greene County R+46.1 R+60.8 R+14.7 23,887 23,583
Monroe County R+45.0 R+59.6 R+14.6 16,338 17,093
Moore County R+48.1 R+62.5 R+14.4 2,799 2,926
Fentress County R+53.4 R+67.3 R+13.9 6,895 7,333
Hardeman County flipped D+5.9 R+7.9 R+13.8 10,439 9,273
Henderson County R+48.8 R+62.1 R+13.3 10,055 10,217
Obion County R+44.7 R+58.0 R+13.3 12,297 12,249
McMinn County R+46.9 R+59.6 R+12.7 17,834 18,755
Hardin County R+51.6 R+64.2 R+12.6 10,495 9,949
Bedford County R+40.3 R+52.7 R+12.4 14,445 15,355
Claiborne County R+50.9 R+63.0 R+12.1 10,178 10,740
Maury County R+26.9 R+38.9 R+12.0 33,006 35,369
Rhea County R+48.9 R+60.7 R+11.8 10,590 11,062
Carter County R+52.0 R+63.7 R+11.7 20,617 21,084
Gibson County R+32.1 R+43.6 R+11.5 19,667 19,547
Robertson County R+35.6 R+47.1 R+11.5 26,289 27,113
Coffee County R+37.1 R+48.5 R+11.4 19,259 19,971
Crockett County R+38.4 R+49.7 R+11.3 5,498 5,397
Chester County R+47.8 R+59.0 R+11.2 6,410 6,507
Haywood County D+21.3 D+10.2 R+11.1 7,569 6,834
Dyer County R+44.7 R+55.2 R+10.5 13,800 13,336
Hamblen County R+46.4 R+56.9 R+10.5 20,032 20,692
Weakley County R+40.9 R+51.1 R+10.2 12,337 12,184
Lincoln County R+49.1 R+58.8 R+9.7 13,268 13,348
Roane County R+41.3 R+51.0 R+9.7 21,090 21,669
Cheatham County R+36.9 R+46.5 R+9.6 15,182 15,924
Jefferson County R+50.2 R+59.2 R+9.0 17,559 19,072
Cumberland County R+49.1 R+57.7 R+8.6 25,247 26,360
Montgomery County R+10.3 R+18.4 R+8.1 55,584 57,620
Sullivan County R+47.1 R+55.2 R+8.1 59,887 62,278
Tipton County R+39.6 R+47.4 R+7.8 24,081 23,481
Putnam County R+37.1 R+44.6 R+7.5 25,500 27,212
Sevier County R+54.8 R+61.5 R+6.7 33,864 36,312
Madison County R+8.9 R+15.5 R+6.6 40,702 38,120
Fayette County R+30.6 R+37.0 R+6.4 19,574 19,394
Bradley County R+54.0 R+58.7 R+4.7 35,963 38,666
Anderson County R+29.9 R+34.1 R+4.2 29,659 29,881
Washington County R+38.5 R+42.6 R+4.1 48,032 49,750
Blount County R+45.7 R+48.5 R+2.8 49,234 52,208
Sumner County R+42.0 R+44.7 R+2.7 65,366 71,505
Wilson County R+41.6 R+44.1 R+2.5 51,499 56,734
Hamilton County R+14.9 R+16.5 R+1.6 141,181 142,408
Loudon County R+52.8 R+54.3 R+1.5 22,073 23,391
Rutherford County R+24.8 R+25.8 R+1.0 98,848 107,436
Shelby County D+26.0 D+27.4 D+1.4 371,109 337,383
Knox County R+29.2 R+23.7 D+5.5 172,507 180,697
Davidson County D+18.5 D+25.9 D+7.4 244,873 249,068
Williamson County R+46.5 R+35.0 D+11.5 96,225 106,271

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