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Election 1978 Results

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1978 Georgia governor election

George Busbee (Democrat) beat Rodney M. Cook (Republican) in Georgia in 1978, 80.7% to 19.3%, a margin of 61.3 points and 406,433 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1974, when George Busbee also won.

Democrats led in 159 of the 159 counties as they stood then. The largest, Fulton, cast 94,065 votes and went to the Democrat by 55.9 points. The closest was Echols, where 141 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
George Busbee won Democratic 534,572 80.7%
Rodney M. Cook Republican 128,139 19.3%
Total662,711

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Fulton 73,343 78.0% 20,722 22.0% 94,065 D+55.9
Dekalb 55,034 74.5% 18,836 25.5% 73,870 D+49.0
Cobb 28,065 71.8% 11,028 28.2% 39,093 D+43.6
Muscogee 22,356 88.5% 2,910 11.5% 25,266 D+77.0
Richmond 19,515 80.7% 4,665 19.3% 24,180 D+61.4
Gwinnett 14,989 76.8% 4,540 23.2% 19,529 D+53.5
Chatham 16,174 83.2% 3,268 16.8% 19,442 D+66.4
Bibb 15,502 83.7% 3,009 16.3% 18,511 D+67.5
Clayton 12,857 74.3% 4,438 25.7% 17,295 D+48.7
Floyd 9,783 80.1% 2,425 19.9% 12,208 D+60.3
Dougherty 9,138 85.4% 1,561 14.6% 10,699 D+70.8
Houston 8,139 83.7% 1,584 16.3% 9,723 D+67.4
Glynn 6,688 80.3% 1,641 19.7% 8,329 D+60.6
Carroll 6,372 81.3% 1,468 18.7% 7,840 D+62.6
Clarke 6,445 84.5% 1,185 15.5% 7,630 D+68.9
Spalding 6,225 85.5% 1,055 14.5% 7,280 D+71.0
Hall 5,785 80.8% 1,373 19.2% 7,158 D+61.6
Douglas 5,064 75.0% 1,689 25.0% 6,753 D+50.0
Troup 6,011 90.3% 647 9.7% 6,658 D+80.6
Laurens 5,308 85.2% 920 14.8% 6,228 D+70.5
Henry 4,175 75.1% 1,387 24.9% 5,562 D+50.1
Coweta 4,574 82.8% 950 17.2% 5,524 D+65.6
Fayette 4,190 76.1% 1,317 23.9% 5,507 D+52.2
Rockdale 3,582 77.3% 1,049 22.7% 4,631 D+54.7
Lowndes 3,261 77.5% 949 22.5% 4,210 D+54.9
Walker 3,554 85.3% 613 14.7% 4,167 D+70.6
Thomas 3,330 85.9% 546 14.1% 3,876 D+71.8
Whitfield 3,110 80.4% 760 19.6% 3,870 D+60.7
Bartow 3,013 78.9% 808 21.1% 3,821 D+57.7
Cherokee 2,921 77.2% 864 22.8% 3,785 D+54.3
Polk 3,104 83.3% 622 16.7% 3,726 D+66.6
Upson 3,221 89.0% 399 11.0% 3,620 D+78.0
Newton 2,993 83.9% 575 16.1% 3,568 D+67.8
Walton 2,898 84.7% 522 15.3% 3,420 D+69.5
Columbia 2,567 79.2% 674 20.8% 3,241 D+58.4
Baldwin 2,277 72.2% 876 27.8% 3,153 D+44.4
Fannin 1,728 56.6% 1,323 43.4% 3,051 D+13.3
Colquitt 2,511 84.6% 457 15.4% 2,968 D+69.2
Forsyth 2,302 78.1% 646 21.9% 2,948 D+56.2
Oconee 2,448 84.2% 458 15.8% 2,906 D+68.5
Catoosa 2,387 82.7% 499 17.3% 2,886 D+65.4
Ware 2,540 88.5% 330 11.5% 2,870 D+77.0
Gordon 2,283 80.8% 544 19.2% 2,827 D+61.5
Paulding 2,217 78.6% 603 21.4% 2,820 D+57.2
Jackson 2,391 87.7% 334 12.3% 2,725 D+75.5
Barrow 2,306 84.7% 415 15.3% 2,721 D+69.5
Harris 2,384 88.8% 301 11.2% 2,685 D+77.6
Peach 2,384 90.3% 257 9.7% 2,641 D+80.5
Decatur 2,136 81.8% 474 18.2% 2,610 D+63.7
Haralson 2,165 85.1% 379 14.9% 2,544 D+70.2
Habersham 2,103 83.6% 413 16.4% 2,516 D+67.2
Chattooga 2,234 90.5% 234 9.5% 2,468 D+81.0
Meriwether 2,169 88.5% 281 11.5% 2,450 D+77.1
Bulloch 1,988 82.3% 428 17.7% 2,416 D+64.6
Sumter 1,967 83.7% 383 16.3% 2,350 D+67.4
Tift 1,952 83.5% 386 16.5% 2,338 D+67.0
Burke 2,083 89.9% 234 10.1% 2,317 D+79.8
Emanuel 1,996 88.8% 253 11.2% 2,249 D+77.5
Butts 1,765 85.2% 307 14.8% 2,072 D+70.4
Mitchell 1,759 85.4% 300 14.6% 2,059 D+70.9
Grady 1,737 86.3% 275 13.7% 2,012 D+72.7
Wayne 1,596 79.4% 415 20.6% 2,011 D+58.7
Lamar 1,648 82.6% 347 17.4% 1,995 D+65.2
Stephens 1,700 86.3% 271 13.7% 1,971 D+72.5
Elbert 1,700 87.4% 244 12.6% 1,944 D+74.9
Ben Hill 1,726 89.3% 206 10.7% 1,932 D+78.7
Randolph 1,753 92.4% 144 7.6% 1,897 D+84.8
Jefferson 1,646 88.0% 225 12.0% 1,871 D+75.9
Toombs 1,462 79.2% 384 20.8% 1,846 D+58.4
Monroe 1,594 87.9% 219 12.1% 1,813 D+75.8
Wilkes 1,640 91.8% 147 8.2% 1,787 D+83.5
Effingham 1,436 80.8% 341 19.2% 1,777 D+61.6
Washington 1,542 87.1% 228 12.9% 1,770 D+74.2
Hart 1,512 85.7% 253 14.3% 1,765 D+71.3
Jones 1,440 82.0% 316 18.0% 1,756 D+64.0
Dodge 1,564 89.1% 191 10.9% 1,755 D+78.2
Coffee 1,409 83.0% 289 17.0% 1,698 D+66.0
Macon 1,511 90.6% 157 9.4% 1,668 D+81.2
Worth 1,289 80.1% 320 19.9% 1,609 D+60.2
Bacon 1,278 79.8% 324 20.2% 1,602 D+59.6
Terrell 1,381 86.4% 218 13.6% 1,599 D+72.7
Crisp 1,381 86.5% 216 13.5% 1,597 D+72.9
Pike 1,320 83.8% 255 16.2% 1,575 D+67.6
Dooly 1,389 90.4% 147 9.6% 1,536 D+80.9
Wilkinson 1,190 78.1% 333 21.9% 1,523 D+56.3
Pickens 1,193 80.0% 298 20.0% 1,491 D+60.0
Taylor 1,309 89.7% 151 10.3% 1,460 D+79.3
McDuffie 1,262 86.6% 196 13.4% 1,458 D+73.1
Early 1,296 89.4% 154 10.6% 1,450 D+78.8
Madison 1,172 81.1% 273 18.9% 1,445 D+62.2
Franklin 1,262 87.6% 179 12.4% 1,441 D+75.2
Morgan 1,241 87.6% 175 12.4% 1,416 D+75.3
Liberty 1,245 89.2% 150 10.8% 1,395 D+78.5
Seminole 1,233 88.5% 160 11.5% 1,393 D+77.0
Brooks 1,143 84.0% 218 16.0% 1,361 D+68.0
Telfair 1,175 86.6% 182 13.4% 1,357 D+73.2
Camden 1,140 85.7% 190 14.3% 1,330 D+71.4
Greene 1,187 91.3% 113 8.7% 1,300 D+82.6
Rabun 1,095 84.2% 205 15.8% 1,300 D+68.5
White 1,056 84.5% 194 15.5% 1,250 D+69.0
Berrien 1,069 86.2% 171 13.8% 1,240 D+72.4
Talbot 1,145 92.8% 89 7.2% 1,234 D+85.6
Oglethorpe 985 84.7% 178 15.3% 1,163 D+69.4
Bleckley 927 80.3% 227 19.7% 1,154 D+60.7
Jasper 976 84.6% 178 15.4% 1,154 D+69.2
Calhoun 1,073 94.4% 64 5.6% 1,137 D+88.7
Cook 989 87.7% 139 12.3% 1,128 D+75.4
Appling 931 83.4% 185 16.6% 1,116 D+66.8
Tattnall 887 80.0% 222 20.0% 1,109 D+60.0
Screven 1,010 91.7% 91 8.3% 1,101 D+83.5
Lee 850 79.0% 226 21.0% 1,076 D+58.0
Twiggs 938 87.6% 133 12.4% 1,071 D+75.2
Banks 913 87.1% 135 12.9% 1,048 D+74.2
Hancock 987 94.9% 53 5.1% 1,040 D+89.8
Pierce 924 89.5% 108 10.5% 1,032 D+79.1
Union 847 82.2% 183 17.8% 1,030 D+64.5
Gilmer 722 70.5% 302 29.5% 1,024 D+41.0
Putnam 890 87.9% 122 12.1% 1,012 D+75.9
Candler 889 88.0% 121 12.0% 1,010 D+76.0
Lumpkin 811 81.8% 180 18.2% 991 D+63.7
Johnson 829 83.9% 159 16.1% 988 D+67.8
Murray 817 82.9% 169 17.1% 986 D+65.7
Jenkins 899 91.5% 84 8.5% 983 D+82.9
Heard 807 83.9% 155 16.1% 962 D+67.8
Bryan 754 83.7% 147 16.3% 901 D+67.4
Dade 781 87.6% 111 12.4% 892 D+75.1
Wilcox 768 87.4% 111 12.6% 879 D+74.7
Irwin 755 86.7% 116 13.3% 871 D+73.4
Pulaski 758 87.5% 108 12.5% 866 D+75.1
Treutlen 733 84.6% 133 15.4% 866 D+69.3
Turner 743 87.3% 108 12.7% 851 D+74.6
Evans 743 90.2% 81 9.8% 824 D+80.3
Towns 655 80.1% 163 19.9% 818 D+60.1
Lincoln 703 87.1% 104 12.9% 807 D+74.2
Stewart 684 87.2% 100 12.8% 784 D+74.5
Crawford 675 87.7% 95 12.3% 770 D+75.3
Montgomery 625 83.2% 126 16.8% 751 D+66.4
McIntosh 666 90.4% 71 9.6% 737 D+80.7
Long 631 88.7% 80 11.3% 711 D+77.5
Marion 575 80.9% 136 19.1% 711 D+61.7
Jeff Davis 552 80.6% 133 19.4% 685 D+61.2
Brantley 564 85.6% 95 14.4% 659 D+71.2
Charlton 526 83.9% 101 16.1% 627 D+67.8
Warren 524 85.6% 88 14.4% 612 D+71.2
Quitman 558 93.8% 37 6.2% 595 D+87.6
Dawson 445 77.9% 126 22.1% 571 D+55.9
Miller 429 77.3% 126 22.7% 555 D+54.6
Atkinson 482 87.0% 72 13.0% 554 D+74.0
Wheeler 473 86.5% 74 13.5% 547 D+72.9
Clinch 495 91.2% 48 8.8% 543 D+82.3
Clay 418 91.5% 39 8.5% 457 D+82.9
Lanier 403 91.2% 39 8.8% 442 D+82.4
Baker 350 83.5% 69 16.5% 419 D+67.1
Schley 279 82.3% 60 17.7% 339 D+64.6
Chattahoochee 273 84.8% 49 15.2% 322 D+69.6
Webster 251 89.3% 30 10.7% 281 D+78.6
Taliaferro 234 93.2% 17 6.8% 251 D+86.5
Glascock 180 82.6% 38 17.4% 218 D+65.1
Echols 158 90.3% 17 9.7% 175 D+80.6

Counties as they stood in 1978; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

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1970 Jimmy Carter (D) D+18.7
1966 Lester Maddox (D) R+0.3
1962 Carl E. Sanders (D) D+99.9
1958 S. Ernest Vandiver (D) D+100.0
1954 S. Marvin Griffin (D) D+100.0
1950 Herman Talmadge (D) D+98.4
1948 Herman Talmadge (D) D+97.5
1946 Eugene Talmadge (D) D+98.6
1942 Ellis Arnall (D) D+96.3
1940 Eugene Talmadge (D) D+99.6
1938 Eurith D. Rivers (D) D+94.3
1936 Eurith D. Rivers (D) D+99.7
1934 Eugene Talmadge (D) D+100.0
1932 Eugene Talmadge (D) D+100.0
1930 Richard Russell Jr. (D) D+100.0
1928 Lamartine Griffin Hardman (D) D+100.0
1926 Lamartine Griffin Hardman (D) D+100.0
1924 Clifford Walker (D) D+100.0
1922 Clifford Walker (D) D+100.0
1920 Thomas W. Hardwick (D) D+100.0
1918 Hugh Dorsey (D) D+100.0
1916 Hugh Dorsey (D) D+93.5
1914 Nathaniel Edwin Harris (D) D+100.0
1912 John M. Slaton (D) level
1910 Hoke Smith (D) D+84.8
1908 Joseph Mackey Brown (D) D+90.5
1906 Hoke Smith (D) D+99.8
1904 Joseph M. Terrell (D) D+100.0
1902 Joseph M. Terrell (D) D+93.6
1900 Allen D. Candler (D) D+78.6
1898 Allen D. Candler (D) D+69.7
1896 William Y. Atkinson (D) D+58.9
1894 William Y. Atkinson (D) D+55.6
1892 William J. Northen (D) D+66.6
1890 William J. Northen (D) D+99.3
1888 John B. Gordon (D) D+100.0
1886 John B. Gordon (D) D+99.2
1884 Henry Dickerson McDaniel (D) D+100.0
1882 Alexander H. Stephens (D) D+70.6
1880 Alfred Holt Colquitt (D) D+64.9
1876 Alfred Holt Colquitt (D) D+53.8
1872 James Milton Smith (D) D+38.9
1868 Rufus B. Bullock (R) R+4.5
1865 Charles J. Jenkins (D) D+98.2