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Election 1880 Results

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1880 presidential election in Georgia

Winfield Scott Hancock (Democrat) beat James A. Garfield (Republican) in Georgia in 1880, 65.5% to 34.5%, a margin of 30.9 points and 48,384 votes.

Georgia voted 31.0 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+0.1.

The Democratic hold continued from 1876, when Samuel J. Tilden won.

Democrats led in 118 of the 137 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 19. The largest, Chatham, cast 5,564 votes and went to the Democrat by 22.4 points. The closest was Talbot, where 6 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.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Winfield Scott Hancock won	Democratic	102,470	65.5%
James A. Garfield	Republican	54,086	34.5%
Total		156,556

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Chatham	3,404 61.2%	2,160 38.8%	5,564	D+22.4
Fulton	3,045 57.7%	2,229 42.3%	5,274	D+15.5
Richmond	2,430 61.9%	1,497 38.1%	3,927	D+23.8
Floyd	2,251 71.6%	892 28.4%	3,143	D+43.2
Burke	983 31.7%	2,114 68.3%	3,097	R+36.5
Bartow	1,917 69.9%	827 30.1%	2,744	D+39.7
Coweta	1,381 51.8%	1,285 48.2%	2,666	D+3.6
Cobb	1,980 78.0%	559 22.0%	2,539	D+56.0
Thomas	1,316 52.0%	1,213 48.0%	2,529	D+4.1
Bibb	1,588 63.6%	908 36.4%	2,496	D+27.2
Muscogee	1,511 61.9%	930 38.1%	2,441	D+23.8
Monroe	1,312 56.2%	1,023 43.8%	2,335	D+12.4
Houston	1,382 60.3%	909 39.7%	2,291	D+20.6
Sumter	986 45.8%	1,167 54.2%	2,153	R+8.4
Decatur	1,099 52.2%	1,005 47.8%	2,104	D+4.5
Gwinnett	1,812 88.1%	244 11.9%	2,056	D+76.3
Hall	1,745 86.6%	269 13.4%	2,014	D+73.3
Washington	1,071 53.3%	939 46.7%	2,010	D+6.6
Cherokee	1,813 93.6%	125 6.4%	1,938	D+87.1
Troup	1,139 58.8%	798 41.2%	1,937	D+17.6
Morgan	828 42.8%	1,105 57.2%	1,933	R+14.3
Harris	1,036 53.7%	893 46.3%	1,929	D+7.4
Meriwether	1,028 53.7%	888 46.3%	1,916	D+7.3
Pike	1,070 59.3%	733 40.7%	1,803	D+18.7
Brooks	984 57.1%	739 42.9%	1,723	D+14.2
Greene	755 44.1%	957 55.9%	1,712	R+11.8
Jackson	1,271 74.2%	441 25.8%	1,712	D+48.5
Spalding	742 46.3%	861 53.7%	1,603	R+7.4
Polk	1,066 67.7%	508 32.3%	1,574	D+35.5
Carroll	1,240 79.0%	329 21.0%	1,569	D+58.1
Clarke	800 51.1%	765 48.9%	1,565	D+2.2
Walker	1,194 77.8%	341 22.2%	1,535	D+55.6
Macon	703 48.4%	748 51.6%	1,451	R+3.1
Screven	1,131 78.1%	318 21.9%	1,449	D+56.1
Talbot	719 50.2%	713 49.8%	1,432	D+0.4
Gordon	1,248 88.4%	163 11.6%	1,411	D+76.9
Lowndes	746 53.1%	660 46.9%	1,406	D+6.1
Dougherty	367 26.3%	1,031 73.7%	1,398	R+47.5
Upson	789 56.9%	597 43.1%	1,386	D+13.9
Chattooga	1,166 85.0%	206 15.0%	1,372	D+70.0
Franklin	1,173 88.6%	151 11.4%	1,324	D+77.2
Newton	743 56.1%	581 43.9%	1,324	D+12.2
Mitchell	607 46.5%	699 53.5%	1,306	R+7.0
Forsyth	1,159 90.6%	120 9.4%	1,279	D+81.2
Pulaski	823 64.8%	448 35.2%	1,271	D+29.5
Paulding	952 78.7%	258 21.3%	1,210	D+57.4
Dekalb	876 72.6%	330 27.4%	1,206	D+45.3
Henry	691 57.7%	506 42.3%	1,197	D+15.5
Habersham	1,121 94.9%	60 5.1%	1,181	D+89.8
Haralson	1,121 94.9%	60 5.1%	1,181	D+89.8
Baldwin	860 73.1%	317 26.9%	1,177	D+46.1
Liberty	419 36.8%	720 63.2%	1,139	R+26.4
Walton	855 75.4%	279 24.6%	1,134	D+50.8
Dooly	835 77.0%	249 23.0%	1,084	D+54.1
Whitfield	907 84.1%	172 15.9%	1,079	D+68.1
Butts	672 62.5%	403 37.5%	1,075	D+25.0
Terrell	736 69.2%	327 30.8%	1,063	D+38.5
Murray	933 90.8%	95 9.2%	1,028	D+81.5
Jones	504 49.2%	520 50.8%	1,024	R+1.6
Bulloch	992 98.5%	15 1.5%	1,007	D+97.0
Early	737 74.7%	249 25.3%	986	D+49.5
Lee	263 26.9%	715 73.1%	978	R+46.2
Camden	331 34.3%	635 65.7%	966	R+31.5
Hancock	583 60.4%	383 39.6%	966	D+20.7
Emanuel	769 81.3%	177 18.7%	946	D+62.6
Jefferson	625 67.0%	308 33.0%	933	D+34.0
Campbell (Ext)	576 62.5%	346 37.5%	922	D+24.9
Wilkes	727 79.0%	193 21.0%	920	D+58.0
Clay	515 57.5%	381 42.5%	896	D+15.0
Taylor	572 63.8%	324 36.2%	896	D+27.7
Berrien	845 94.8%	46 5.2%	891	D+89.7
Heard	617 70.0%	264 30.0%	881	D+40.1
Baker	534 61.0%	341 39.0%	875	D+22.1
Elbert	827 96.7%	28 3.3%	855	D+93.5
Warren	572 68.3%	266 31.7%	838	D+36.5
McIntosh	184 23.0%	617 77.0%	801	R+54.1
Oglethorpe	637 80.1%	158 19.9%	795	D+60.3
Jasper	524 66.2%	267 33.8%	791	D+32.5
Oconee	458 58.2%	329 41.8%	787	D+16.4
Calhoun	378 48.7%	398 51.3%	776	R+2.6
Stewart	640 83.3%	128 16.7%	768	D+66.7
Banks	645 84.3%	120 15.7%	765	D+68.6
Taliaferro	355 47.7%	390 52.3%	745	R+4.7
Gilmer	494 68.7%	225 31.3%	719	D+37.4
Union	664 93.4%	47 6.6%	711	D+86.8
Rockdale	464 65.6%	243 34.4%	707	D+31.3
Marion	467 66.4%	236 33.6%	703	D+32.9
White	644 92.0%	56 8.0%	700	D+84.0
Madison	592 85.1%	104 14.9%	696	D+70.1
Fayette	499 73.2%	183 26.8%	682	D+46.3
Laurens	524 77.2%	155 22.8%	679	D+54.3
Irwin	235 34.8%	441 65.2%	676	R+30.5
Tattnall	562 83.3%	113 16.7%	675	D+66.5
Glynn	292 44.2%	368 55.8%	660	R+11.5
Fannin	343 53.2%	302 46.8%	645	D+6.4
Chattahoochee	323 51.1%	309 48.9%	632	D+2.2
Lumpkin	568 89.9%	64 10.1%	632	D+79.7
Wilkinson	557 88.6%	72 11.4%	629	D+77.1
Putnam	627 99.8%	1 0.2%	628	D+99.7
Hart	460 73.7%	164 26.3%	624	D+47.4
Worth	491 78.8%	132 21.2%	623	D+57.6
Douglas	482 79.5%	124 20.5%	606	D+59.1
Effingham	365 63.9%	206 36.1%	571	D+27.8
Twiggs	196 35.1%	362 64.9%	558	R+29.7
Ware	353 63.7%	201 36.3%	554	D+27.4
Catoosa	488 88.2%	65 11.8%	553	D+76.5
Dawson	420 76.6%	128 23.4%	548	D+53.3
Pickens	226 41.5%	319 58.5%	545	R+17.1
Crawford	368 67.8%	175 32.2%	543	D+35.5
Dade	459 84.7%	83 15.3%	542	D+69.4
Rabun	532 99.6%	2 0.4%	534	D+99.3
Clayton	382 72.1%	148 27.9%	530	D+44.2
Randolph	343 67.0%	169 33.0%	512	D+34.0
Milton (Ext)	460 90.9%	46 9.1%	506	D+81.8
Quitman	301 61.2%	191 38.8%	492	D+22.4
Wayne	353 74.3%	122 25.7%	475	D+48.6
Pierce	275 58.5%	195 41.5%	470	D+17.0
Webster	301 64.7%	164 35.3%	465	D+29.5
Clinch	368 79.8%	93 20.2%	461	D+59.7
Schley	300 67.6%	144 32.4%	444	D+35.1
Towns	254 58.8%	178 41.2%	432	D+17.6
Dodge	363 84.8%	65 15.2%	428	D+69.6
Appling	295 70.7%	122 29.3%	417	D+41.5
McDuffie	351 85.4%	60 14.6%	411	D+70.8
Bryan	223 64.8%	121 35.2%	344	D+29.7
Telfair	267 80.9%	63 19.1%	330	D+61.8
Montgomery	246 77.4%	72 22.6%	318	D+54.7
Wilcox	294 94.8%	16 5.2%	310	D+89.7
Lincoln	275 100.0%	0 0.0%	275	D+100.0
Johnson	259 98.5%	4 1.5%	263	D+97.0
Miller	241 93.1%	18 6.9%	259	D+86.1
Columbia	244 100.0%	0 0.0%	244	D+100.0
Coffee	235 100.0%	0 0.0%	235	D+100.0
Echols	185 82.2%	40 17.8%	225	D+64.4
Colquitt	177 80.5%	43 19.5%	220	D+60.9
Glascock	212 96.4%	8 3.6%	220	D+92.7
Charlton	141 75.4%	46 24.6%	187	D+50.8

Counties as they stood in 1880; 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.

Georgia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+2.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+0.2
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+5.1
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+7.8
2008	John McCain (R)	R+5.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.6
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+11.7
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+1.2
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+0.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.3
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+20.4
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+14.8
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+33.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+50.4
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+8.3
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+25.1
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+39.3
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+42.5
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+63.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+70.0
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+74.5
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+83.8
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+13.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+55.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+44.6
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.5
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.4
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+23.4
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+45.4
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+38.6
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+21.0
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+36.3
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+42.0
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+32.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+30.9
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+44.1
1872	Third party (other)
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+28.5

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