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The 1980 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 4, 1980, in Georgia as part of the 1980 United States presidential election. The Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Jimmy Carter, won his home state of Georgia over former California Governor Ronald Reagan by 238,565 votes, one of just seven victories in the election (other than Georgia, Carter also carried Maryland, Minnesota, Hawaii, West Virginia, the District of Columbia and Rhode Island).
This is the last time that Georgia has voted more Democratic than the nation as a whole (although it came close to doing so in 2024 when it was less than 1% more Republican than the national popular vote), as well as the last time that the Democratic nominee carried the state with a majority of the vote. It is also the last time in which the counties of McDuffie, Towns, Gilmer, Whitfield, Union, Rabun, Stephens, Jackson, Banks, Murray, Habersham, Madison, Hall, White, Dawson, Gordon, Paulding, Spalding, Troup, Forsyth, Upson, Coweta, Effingham, Glascock, Bulloch, Houston, Bartow, Oconee, Glynn, Cherokee, Toombs, Thomas, Floyd, Colquitt, Camden, Echols, Charlton, Pierce, Coffee, Bryan, Walton, Ware, Oglethorpe, Evans, Tattnall, Tift, Pike, Harris, Carroll, Appling, Barrow, and Wayne voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. Henry County would not do so again until 2016.
Georgia was the only state in the Deep South between the 1980 and 1988 presidential elections to support the Democratic nominee. 50% of white voters supported Carter while 47% supported Reagan.
Primaries
| Candidate | Votes | Delegates |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Carter (incumbent) | 338,772 | 66 |
| Ted Kennedy | 32,315 | 0 |
| Jerry Brown | 7,255 | 0 |
| Others | 6,438 | 0 |
| Totals | 384,780 | 66 |
| Candidate | Votes | Deleagtes |
|---|---|---|
| Ronald Reagan | 146,500 | 34 |
| George H.W. Bush | 25,293 | 6 |
| John Anderson | 16,853 | 0 |
| Howard Baker | 1,571 | 0 |
| Others | 9,953 | 0 |
| Totals | 200,170 | 40 |
Results
| 1980 United States presidential election in Georgia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Jimmy Carter (incumbent) | Walter Mondale (incumbent) | 890,733 | 55.76% | 12 | |
| Republican | Ronald Reagan | George H. W. Bush | 654,168 | 40.95% | 0 | |
| Independent | John B. Anderson | Patrick Lucey | 36,055 | 2.26% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Ed Clark | David Koch | 15,627 | 0.99% | 0 | |
| Other write-ins | 884 | 0.1% | 0 | |||
Results by county
| County | Jimmy Carter Democratic |
Ronald Reagan Republican |
John B. Anderson Independent |
Ed Clark Libertarian |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Appling | 2,985 | 59.62% | 1,961 | 39.17% | 41 | 0.82% | 20 | 0.40% | 1,024 | 20.45% | 5,007 |
| Atkinson | 1,449 | 65.21% | 747 | 33.62% | 16 | 0.72% | 10 | 0.45% | 702 | 31.59% | 2,222 |
| Bacon | 1,622 | 52.22% | 1,427 | 45.94% | 32 | 1.03% | 25 | 0.80% | 195 | 6.28% | 3,106 |
| Baker | 1,035 | 66.18% | 510 | 32.61% | 11 | 0.70% | 8 | 0.51% | 525 | 33.57% | 1,564 |
| Baldwin | 4,368 | 52.46% | 3,639 | 43.71% | 230 | 2.76% | 89 | 1.07% | 729 | 8.75% | 8,326 |
| Banks | 2,091 | 72.91% | 746 | 26.01% | 18 | 0.63% | 13 | 0.45% | 1,345 | 46.90% | 2,868 |
| Barrow | 3,876 | 61.44% | 2,284 | 36.20% | 99 | 1.57% | 50 | 0.79% | 1,592 | 25.24% | 6,309 |
| Bartow | 7,490 | 69.01% | 3,135 | 28.89% | 135 | 1.24% | 93 | 0.86% | 4,355 | 40.12% | 10,853 |
| Ben Hill | 2,544 | 62.55% | 1,459 | 35.87% | 41 | 1.01% | 23 | 0.57% | 1,085 | 26.68% | 4,067 |
| Berrien | 2,869 | 65.15% | 1,487 | 33.76% | 24 | 0.54% | 24 | 0.54% | 1,382 | 31.39% | 4,404 |
| Bibb | 31,770 | 66.01% | 15,175 | 31.53% | 848 | 1.76% | 337 | 0.70% | 16,595 | 34.48% | 48,130 |
| Bleckley | 2,014 | 58.55% | 1,261 | 36.66% | 47 | 1.37% | 118 | 3.43% | 753 | 21.89% | 3,440 |
| Brantley | 2,066 | 69.40% | 882 | 29.63% | 17 | 0.57% | 12 | 0.40% | 1,184 | 39.77% | 2,977 |
| Brooks | 2,230 | 58.27% | 1,546 | 40.40% | 39 | 1.02% | 12 | 0.31% | 684 | 17.87% | 3,827 |
| Bryan | 1,966 | 60.77% | 1,212 | 37.47% | 51 | 1.58% | 6 | 0.19% | 754 | 23.30% | 3,235 |
| Bulloch | 4,921 | 55.16% | 3,750 | 42.04% | 160 | 1.79% | 90 | 1.01% | 1,171 | 13.12% | 8,921 |
| Burke | 3,047 | 61.05% | 1,871 | 37.49% | 56 | 1.12% | 17 | 0.34% | 1,176 | 23.56% | 4,991 |
| Butts | 2,574 | 66.94% | 1,210 | 31.47% | 38 | 0.99% | 23 | 0.60% | 1,364 | 35.47% | 3,845 |
| Calhoun | 1,414 | 67.75% | 652 | 31.24% | 16 | 0.77% | 5 | 0.24% | 762 | 36.51% | 2,087 |
| Camden | 2,924 | 65.81% | 1,439 | 32.39% | 62 | 1.40% | 18 | 0.41% | 1,485 | 33.42% | 4,443 |
| Candler | 1,358 | 56.09% | 1,030 | 42.54% | 24 | 0.99% | 9 | 0.37% | 328 | 13.55% | 2,421 |
| Carroll | 8,202 | 56.66% | 5,815 | 40.17% | 294 | 2.03% | 164 | 1.13% | 2,387 | 16.49% | 14,475 |
| Catoosa | 4,921 | 44.50% | 5,962 | 53.91% | 121 | 1.09% | 55 | 0.50% | -1,041 | -9.41% | 11,059 |
| Charlton | 1,469 | 64.26% | 779 | 34.08% | 26 | 1.14% | 12 | 0.52% | 690 | 30.18% | 2,286 |
| Chatham | 28,413 | 50.04% | 26,499 | 46.67% | 1,244 | 2.19% | 625 | 1.10% | 1,914 | 3.37% | 56,781 |
| Chattahoochee | 476 | 63.30% | 256 | 34.04% | 16 | 2.13% | 4 | 0.53% | 220 | 29.26% | 752 |
| Chattooga | 4,279 | 67.60% | 1,946 | 30.74% | 61 | 0.96% | 44 | 0.70% | 2,333 | 36.86% | 6,330 |
| Cherokee | 6,020 | 51.55% | 5,250 | 44.96% | 230 | 1.97% | 178 | 1.52% | 770 | 6.59% | 11,678 |
| Clarke | 10,519 | 52.86% | 8,094 | 40.68% | 1,060 | 5.33% | 226 | 1.14% | 2,425 | 12.18% | 19,899 |
| Clay | 909 | 73.25% | 316 | 25.46% | 9 | 0.73% | 7 | 0.56% | 593 | 47.79% | 1,241 |
| Clayton | 17,540 | 46.10% | 19,160 | 50.35% | 923 | 2.43% | 428 | 1.12% | -1,620 | -4.25% | 38,051 |
| Clinch | 1,325 | 71.08% | 513 | 27.52% | 18 | 0.97% | 8 | 0.43% | 812 | 43.56% | 1,864 |
| Cobb | 39,157 | 40.87% | 51,977 | 54.25% | 3,229 | 3.37% | 1,453 | 1.52% | -12,820 | -13.38% | 95,816 |
| Coffee | 4,038 | 60.99% | 2,499 | 37.74% | 58 | 0.88% | 26 | 0.39% | 1,539 | 23.25% | 6,621 |
| Colquitt | 5,353 | 59.03% | 3,593 | 39.62% | 80 | 0.88% | 43 | 0.47% | 1,760 | 19.41% | 9,069 |
| Columbia | 5,335 | 44.69% | 6,293 | 52.71% | 248 | 2.08% | 62 | 0.52% | -958 | -8.02% | 11,938 |
| Cook | 2,461 | 66.80% | 1,188 | 32.25% | 25 | 0.68% | 10 | 0.27% | 1,273 | 34.55% | 3,684 |
| Coweta | 5,697 | 54.66% | 4,480 | 42.99% | 161 | 1.54% | 84 | 0.81% | 1,217 | 11.67% | 10,422 |
| Crawford | 1,673 | 70.44% | 642 | 27.03% | 35 | 1.47% | 25 | 1.05% | 1,031 | 43.41% | 2,375 |
| Crisp | 3,403 | 63.64% | 1,861 | 34.80% | 54 | 1.01% | 29 | 0.54% | 1,542 | 28.84% | 5,347 |
| Dade | 1,735 | 44.16% | 2,114 | 53.81% | 62 | 1.58% | 18 | 0.46% | -379 | -9.65% | 3,929 |
| Dawson | 1,072 | 58.36% | 729 | 39.68% | 23 | 1.25% | 13 | 0.71% | 343 | 18.68% | 1,837 |
| Decatur | 3,242 | 51.93% | 2,919 | 46.76% | 54 | 0.86% | 28 | 0.45% | 323 | 5.17% | 6,243 |
| DeKalb | 82,743 | 49.43% | 74,904 | 44.74% | 7,241 | 4.33% | 2,517 | 1.50% | 7,839 | 4.69% | 167,405 |
| Dodge | 4,635 | 71.83% | 1,719 | 26.64% | 56 | 0.87% | 43 | 0.67% | 2,916 | 45.19% | 6,453 |
| Dooly | 2,364 | 67.50% | 1,083 | 30.93% | 31 | 0.89% | 24 | 0.69% | 1,281 | 36.57% | 3,502 |
| Dougherty | 13,430 | 50.46% | 12,726 | 47.82% | 326 | 1.22% | 133 | 0.50% | 704 | 2.64% | 26,615 |
| Douglas | 6,807 | 47.81% | 6,945 | 48.78% | 304 | 2.14% | 182 | 1.28% | -138 | -0.97% | 14,238 |
| Early | 2,110 | 57.31% | 1,538 | 41.77% | 23 | 0.62% | 11 | 0.30% | 572 | 15.54% | 3,682 |
| Echols | 515 | 65.77% | 259 | 33.08% | 8 | 1.02% | 1 | 0.13% | 256 | 32.69% | 783 |
| Effingham | 2,783 | 51.76% | 2,528 | 47.02% | 38 | 0.71% | 28 | 0.52% | 255 | 4.74% | 5,377 |
| Elbert | 4,014 | 66.23% | 1,967 | 32.45% | 50 | 0.82% | 30 | 0.49% | 2,047 | 33.78% | 6,061 |
| Emanuel | 3,971 | 63.53% | 2,199 | 35.18% | 45 | 0.72% | 36 | 0.58% | 1,772 | 28.35% | 6,251 |
| Evans | 1,456 | 56.54% | 1,090 | 42.33% | 20 | 0.78% | 9 | 0.35% | 366 | 14.21% | 2,575 |
| Fannin | 2,526 | 43.34% | 3,196 | 54.83% | 61 | 1.05% | 46 | 0.79% | -670 | -11.49% | 5,829 |
| Fayette | 3,798 | 36.00% | 6,351 | 60.20% | 272 | 2.58% | 128 | 1.21% | -2,553 | -24.20% | 10,549 |
| Floyd | 13,710 | 58.10% | 9,220 | 39.07% | 398 | 1.69% | 268 | 1.14% | 4,490 | 19.03% | 23,596 |
| Forsyth | 4,325 | 55.91% | 3,157 | 40.81% | 160 | 2.07% | 94 | 1.22% | 1,168 | 15.10% | 7,736 |
| Franklin | 3,528 | 71.13% | 1,387 | 27.96% | 30 | 0.60% | 15 | 0.30% | 2,141 | 43.17% | 4,960 |
| Fulton | 118,748 | 61.62% | 64,909 | 33.68% | 6,738 | 3.50% | 2,328 | 1.21% | 53,839 | 27.94% | 192,723 |
| Gilmer | 2,246 | 49.50% | 2,170 | 47.83% | 72 | 1.59% | 49 | 1.08% | 76 | 1.67% | 4,537 |
| Glascock | 614 | 53.95% | 510 | 44.82% | 7 | 0.62% | 7 | 0.62% | 104 | 9.13% | 1,138 |
| Glynn | 7,540 | 49.69% | 7,214 | 47.54% | 296 | 1.95% | 123 | 0.81% | 326 | 2.15% | 15,173 |
| Gordon | 5,199 | 60.86% | 3,107 | 36.37% | 141 | 1.65% | 95 | 1.11% | 2,092 | 24.49% | 8,542 |
| Grady | 3,023 | 59.08% | 2,018 | 39.44% | 56 | 1.09% | 20 | 0.39% | 1,005 | 19.64% | 5,117 |
| Greene | 2,571 | 71.96% | 961 | 26.90% | 29 | 0.81% | 12 | 0.34% | 1,610 | 45.06% | 3,573 |
| Gwinnett | 21,958 | 42.68% | 27,185 | 52.84% | 1,497 | 2.91% | 812 | 1.58% | -5,227 | -10.16% | 51,452 |
| Habersham | 4,394 | 64.80% | 2,224 | 32.80% | 100 | 1.47% | 63 | 0.93% | 2,170 | 32.00% | 6,781 |
| Hall | 12,124 | 59.08% | 7,760 | 37.81% | 463 | 2.26% | 174 | 0.85% | 4,364 | 21.27% | 20,521 |
| Hancock | 2,205 | 78.50% | 573 | 20.40% | 23 | 0.82% | 8 | 0.28% | 1,632 | 58.10% | 2,809 |
| Haralson | 3,606 | 60.50% | 2,229 | 37.40% | 71 | 1.19% | 54 | 0.91% | 1,377 | 23.10% | 5,960 |
| Harris | 2,807 | 56.80% | 2,001 | 40.49% | 100 | 2.02% | 34 | 0.69% | 806 | 16.31% | 4,942 |
| Hart | 4,539 | 73.03% | 1,577 | 25.37% | 59 | 0.95% | 40 | 0.64% | 2,962 | 47.66% | 6,215 |
| Heard | 1,348 | 59.05% | 875 | 38.33% | 35 | 1.53% | 25 | 1.10% | 473 | 20.72% | 2,283 |
| Henry | 5,635 | 50.01% | 5,326 | 47.27% | 163 | 1.45% | 144 | 1.28% | 309 | 2.74% | 11,268 |
| Houston | 10,915 | 52.74% | 9,005 | 43.51% | 536 | 2.59% | 239 | 1.15% | 1,910 | 9.23% | 20,695 |
| Irwin | 1,555 | 59.08% | 1,056 | 40.12% | 11 | 0.42% | 10 | 0.38% | 499 | 18.96% | 2,632 |
| Jackson | 4,591 | 66.07% | 2,209 | 31.79% | 107 | 1.54% | 42 | 0.60% | 2,382 | 34.28% | 6,949 |
| Jasper | 1,546 | 62.24% | 879 | 35.39% | 38 | 1.53% | 21 | 0.85% | 667 | 26.85% | 2,484 |
| Jeff Davis | 2,059 | 62.19% | 1,191 | 35.97% | 40 | 1.21% | 21 | 0.63% | 868 | 26.22% | 3,311 |
| Jefferson | 3,305 | 66.39% | 1,605 | 32.24% | 44 | 0.88% | 24 | 0.48% | 1,700 | 34.15% | 4,978 |
| Jenkins | 1,632 | 65.46% | 824 | 33.05% | 24 | 0.96% | 13 | 0.52% | 808 | 32.41% | 2,493 |
| Johnson | 1,854 | 61.21% | 1,123 | 37.07% | 29 | 0.96% | 23 | 0.76% | 731 | 24.14% | 3,029 |
| Jones | 3,239 | 62.05% | 1,828 | 35.02% | 112 | 2.15% | 41 | 0.79% | 1,411 | 27.03% | 5,220 |
| Lamar | 2,453 | 64.08% | 1,298 | 33.91% | 42 | 1.10% | 35 | 0.91% | 1,155 | 30.17% | 3,828 |
| Lanier | 1,116 | 69.58% | 470 | 29.30% | 9 | 0.56% | 9 | 0.56% | 646 | 40.28% | 1,604 |
| Laurens | 7,860 | 62.76% | 4,392 | 35.07% | 147 | 1.17% | 124 | 0.99% | 3,468 | 27.69% | 12,523 |
| Lee | 1,670 | 45.62% | 1,942 | 53.05% | 26 | 0.71% | 23 | 0.63% | -272 | -7.43% | 3,661 |
| Liberty | 3,099 | 66.18% | 1,507 | 32.18% | 49 | 1.05% | 28 | 0.60% | 1,592 | 34.00% | 4,683 |
| Lincoln | 1,617 | 66.27% | 806 | 33.03% | 10 | 0.41% | 7 | 0.29% | 811 | 33.24% | 2,440 |
| Long | 1,202 | 68.96% | 514 | 29.49% | 23 | 1.32% | 4 | 0.23% | 688 | 39.47% | 1,743 |
| Lowndes | 5,989 | 46.38% | 6,622 | 51.29% | 214 | 1.66% | 87 | 0.67% | -633 | -4.91% | 12,912 |
| Lumpkin | 1,951 | 63.24% | 1,024 | 33.19% | 83 | 2.69% | 27 | 0.88% | 927 | 30.05% | 3,085 |
| McDuffie | 2,667 | 56.95% | 1,928 | 41.17% | 59 | 1.26% | 29 | 0.62% | 739 | 15.78% | 4,683 |
| McIntosh | 2,104 | 69.01% | 876 | 28.73% | 38 | 1.25% | 31 | 1.02% | 1,228 | 40.28% | 3,049 |
| Macon | 3,025 | 76.02% | 894 | 22.47% | 39 | 0.98% | 21 | 0.53% | 2,131 | 53.55% | 3,979 |
| Madison | 2,980 | 55.17% | 2,330 | 43.14% | 59 | 1.09% | 32 | 0.59% | 650 | 12.03% | 5,401 |
| Marion | 1,174 | 66.22% | 567 | 31.98% | 16 | 0.90% | 16 | 0.90% | 607 | 34.24% | 1,773 |
| Meriwether | 3,876 | 66.77% | 1,838 | 31.66% | 59 | 1.02% | 32 | 0.55% | 2,038 | 35.11% | 5,805 |
| Miller | 1,127 | 54.90% | 900 | 43.84% | 19 | 0.93% | 7 | 0.34% | 227 | 11.06% | 2,053 |
| Mitchell | 3,566 | 60.89% | 2,231 | 38.10% | 40 | 0.68% | 19 | 0.32% | 1,335 | 22.79% | 5,856 |
| Monroe | 2,542 | 65.85% | 1,242 | 32.18% | 43 | 1.11% | 33 | 0.85% | 1,300 | 33.67% | 3,860 |
| Montgomery | 1,663 | 62.99% | 948 | 35.91% | 23 | 0.87% | 6 | 0.23% | 715 | 27.08% | 2,640 |
| Morgan | 2,276 | 62.00% | 1,323 | 36.04% | 57 | 1.55% | 15 | 0.41% | 953 | 25.96% | 3,671 |
| Murray | 3,094 | 65.82% | 1,538 | 32.72% | 42 | 0.89% | 27 | 0.57% | 1,556 | 33.10% | 4,701 |
| Muscogee | 23,272 | 58.82% | 15,203 | 38.42% | 811 | 2.05% | 280 | 0.71% | 8,069 | 20.40% | 39,566 |
| Newton | 5,611 | 61.96% | 3,206 | 35.40% | 150 | 1.66% | 89 | 0.98% | 2,405 | 26.56% | 9,056 |
| Oconee | 2,141 | 49.03% | 2,065 | 47.29% | 106 | 2.43% | 55 | 1.26% | 76 | 1.74% | 4,367 |
| Oglethorpe | 1,611 | 56.41% | 1,187 | 41.56% | 44 | 1.54% | 14 | 0.49% | 424 | 14.85% | 2,856 |
| Paulding | 4,686 | 60.72% | 2,845 | 36.87% | 97 | 1.26% | 89 | 1.15% | 1,841 | 23.85% | 7,717 |
| Peach | 3,415 | 66.05% | 1,642 | 31.76% | 68 | 1.32% | 45 | 0.87% | 1,773 | 34.29% | 5,170 |
| Pickens | 2,358 | 57.84% | 1,612 | 39.54% | 73 | 1.79% | 34 | 0.83% | 746 | 18.30% | 4,077 |
| Pierce | 1,918 | 64.25% | 1,027 | 34.41% | 21 | 0.70% | 19 | 0.64% | 891 | 29.84% | 2,985 |
| Pike | 1,755 | 56.72% | 1,271 | 41.08% | 45 | 1.45% | 23 | 0.74% | 484 | 15.64% | 3,094 |
| Polk | 5,421 | 63.31% | 2,949 | 34.44% | 116 | 1.35% | 76 | 0.89% | 2,472 | 28.87% | 8,562 |
| Pulaski | 1,997 | 61.79% | 1,153 | 35.67% | 54 | 1.67% | 28 | 0.87% | 844 | 26.12% | 3,232 |
| Putnam | 1,951 | 61.41% | 1,166 | 36.70% | 35 | 1.10% | 25 | 0.79% | 785 | 24.71% | 3,177 |
| Quitman | 589 | 70.37% | 240 | 28.67% | 2 | 0.24% | 6 | 0.72% | 349 | 41.70% | 837 |
| Rabun | 2,327 | 66.58% | 1,070 | 30.62% | 67 | 1.92% | 31 | 0.89% | 1,257 | 35.96% | 3,495 |
| Randolph | 1,861 | 67.85% | 879 | 32.05% | 1 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.07% | 982 | 35.80% | 2,743 |
| Richmond | 24,104 | 53.72% | 19,619 | 43.72% | 887 | 1.98% | 261 | 0.58% | 4,485 | 10.00% | 44,871 |
| Rockdale | 4,395 | 43.66% | 5,300 | 52.65% | 219 | 2.18% | 153 | 1.52% | -905 | -8.99% | 10,067 |
| Schley | 613 | 56.50% | 453 | 41.75% | 9 | 0.83% | 10 | 0.92% | 160 | 14.75% | 1,085 |
| Screven | 2,117 | 57.78% | 1,490 | 40.67% | 36 | 0.98% | 21 | 0.57% | 627 | 17.11% | 3,664 |
| Seminole | 1,794 | 61.10% | 1,117 | 38.04% | 16 | 0.54% | 9 | 0.31% | 677 | 23.06% | 2,936 |
| Spalding | 7,176 | 58.19% | 4,809 | 39.00% | 248 | 2.01% | 98 | 0.79% | 2,367 | 19.19% | 12,331 |
| Stephens | 4,529 | 67.68% | 2,045 | 30.56% | 69 | 1.03% | 49 | 0.73% | 2,484 | 37.12% | 6,692 |
| Stewart | 1,440 | 69.00% | 611 | 29.28% | 23 | 1.10% | 13 | 0.62% | 829 | 39.72% | 2,087 |
| Sumter | 4,956 | 61.49% | 2,957 | 36.69% | 103 | 1.28% | 44 | 0.55% | 1,999 | 24.80% | 8,060 |
| Talbot | 1,635 | 72.89% | 572 | 25.50% | 20 | 0.89% | 16 | 0.71% | 1,063 | 47.39% | 2,243 |
| Taliaferro | 670 | 70.23% | 270 | 28.30% | 8 | 0.84% | 6 | 0.63% | 400 | 41.93% | 954 |
| Tattnall | 2,864 | 57.26% | 2,082 | 41.62% | 37 | 0.74% | 19 | 0.38% | 782 | 15.64% | 5,002 |
| Taylor | 1,845 | 68.38% | 815 | 30.21% | 19 | 0.70% | 19 | 0.70% | 1,030 | 38.17% | 2,698 |
| Telfair | 2,700 | 68.51% | 1,173 | 29.76% | 41 | 1.04% | 27 | 0.69% | 1,527 | 38.75% | 3,941 |
| Terrell | 2,010 | 58.77% | 1,378 | 40.29% | 21 | 0.61% | 11 | 0.32% | 632 | 18.48% | 3,420 |
| Thomas | 5,695 | 56.05% | 4,294 | 42.26% | 117 | 1.15% | 55 | 0.54% | 1,401 | 13.79% | 10,161 |
| Tift | 4,572 | 56.99% | 3,280 | 40.89% | 99 | 1.23% | 71 | 0.89% | 1,292 | 16.10% | 8,022 |
| Toombs | 3,255 | 52.53% | 2,835 | 45.75% | 68 | 1.10% | 39 | 0.63% | 420 | 6.78% | 6,197 |
| Towns | 1,510 | 49.27% | 1,475 | 48.12% | 57 | 1.86% | 23 | 0.75% | 35 | 1.15% | 3,065 |
| Treutlen | 1,307 | 65.22% | 668 | 33.33% | 21 | 1.05% | 8 | 0.40% | 639 | 31.89% | 2,004 |
| Troup | 7,716 | 57.46% | 5,398 | 40.20% | 191 | 1.42% | 124 | 0.92% | 2,318 | 17.26% | 13,429 |
| Turner | 1,990 | 68.13% | 898 | 30.74% | 16 | 0.55% | 17 | 0.58% | 1,092 | 37.39% | 2,921 |
| Twiggs | 2,213 | 74.26% | 747 | 25.07% | 8 | 0.27% | 12 | 0.40% | 1,466 | 49.19% | 2,980 |
| Union | 1,700 | 51.34% | 1,546 | 46.69% | 43 | 1.30% | 22 | 0.66% | 154 | 4.65% | 3,311 |
| Upson | 4,713 | 61.73% | 2,788 | 36.52% | 77 | 1.01% | 57 | 0.75% | 1,925 | 25.21% | 7,635 |
| Walker | 6,809 | 48.18% | 7,088 | 50.16% | 171 | 1.21% | 64 | 0.45% | -279 | -1.98% | 14,132 |
| Walton | 4,525 | 61.96% | 2,618 | 35.85% | 112 | 1.53% | 48 | 0.66% | 1,907 | 26.11% | 7,303 |
| Ware | 6,307 | 62.22% | 3,715 | 36.65% | 77 | 0.76% | 38 | 0.37% | 2,592 | 25.57% | 10,137 |
| Warren | 1,517 | 65.36% | 779 | 33.56% | 20 | 0.86% | 5 | 0.22% | 738 | 31.80% | 2,321 |
| Washington | 3,452 | 64.35% | 1,822 | 33.97% | 60 | 1.12% | 30 | 0.56% | 1,630 | 30.38% | 5,364 |
| Wayne | 3,843 | 62.42% | 2,213 | 35.94% | 52 | 0.84% | 49 | 0.80% | 1,630 | 26.48% | 6,157 |
| Webster | 608 | 64.68% | 312 | 33.19% | 8 | 0.85% | 12 | 1.28% | 296 | 31.49% | 940 |
| Wheeler | 1,599 | 73.15% | 550 | 25.16% | 28 | 1.28% | 9 | 0.41% | 1,049 | 47.99% | 2,186 |
| White | 2,017 | 61.36% | 1,175 | 35.75% | 58 | 1.76% | 37 | 1.13% | 842 | 25.61% | 3,287 |
| Whitfield | 9,691 | 58.95% | 6,404 | 38.96% | 229 | 1.39% | 115 | 0.70% | 3,287 | 19.99% | 16,439 |
| Wilcox | 1,780 | 67.68% | 827 | 31.44% | 13 | 0.49% | 10 | 0.38% | 953 | 36.24% | 2,630 |
| Wilkes | 2,350 | 64.86% | 1,212 | 33.45% | 31 | 0.86% | 30 | 0.83% | 1,138 | 31.41% | 3,623 |
| Wilkinson | 2,365 | 66.96% | 1,116 | 31.60% | 31 | 0.88% | 20 | 0.57% | 1,249 | 35.36% | 3,532 |
| Worth | 2,567 | 54.68% | 2,076 | 44.22% | 35 | 0.75% | 17 | 0.36% | 491 | 10.46% | 4,695 |
| Totals | 890,733 | 55.76% | 654,168 | 40.95% | 36,055 | 2.26% | 15,627 | 0.98% | 236,565 | 14.81% | 1,597,467 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
References
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- Moreland, Steed & Baker 1991, p. 23.
- Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
- Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
- "1980 Presidential General Election Results – Georgia". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
- Poythress, David B. (1980). Official State of Georgia tabulation by counties for Presidential electors: U.S. Senator, U.S. representatives, state officers and constitutional amendments, General Election November 4, 1980 (PDF). Georgia Secretary of State. Retrieved August 12, 2024 – via Digital Library of Georgia.
Works cited
- Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674941306.
- Moreland, Laurence; Steed, Robert; Baker, Tod, eds. (1991). The 1988 Presidential Election in the South: Continuity Amidst Change in Southern Party Politics. Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0275931455.
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