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Election 1976 Results

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1976 presidential election in Georgia

Jimmy Carter (Democrat) beat Gerald Ford (Republican) in Georgia in 1976, 66.9% to 33.1%, a margin of 33.9 points and 495,666 votes.

Georgia voted 31.8 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

Georgia changed party: in 1972 it went Republican, for Richard Nixon.

Democrats led in 159 of the 159 counties as they stood then. The largest, Fulton, cast 191,401 votes and went to the Democrat by 35.7 points. The closest was Chattahoochee, where 328 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
Jimmy Carter won	Democratic	979,409	66.9%
Gerald Ford	Republican	483,743	33.1%
Total		1,463,152

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Fulton	129,849 67.8%	61,552 32.2%	191,401	D+35.7
Dekalb	86,872 56.4%	67,160 43.6%	154,032	D+12.8
Cobb	45,002 56.7%	34,324 43.3%	79,326	D+13.5
Chatham	32,075 57.0%	24,160 43.0%	56,235	D+14.1
Bibb	31,902 71.3%	12,819 28.7%	44,721	D+42.7
Richmond	24,042 57.3%	17,893 42.7%	41,935	D+14.7
Muscogee	24,092 64.1%	13,496 35.9%	37,588	D+28.2
Gwinnett	20,838 60.0%	13,912 40.0%	34,750	D+19.9
Clayton	21,432 62.4%	12,905 37.6%	34,337	D+24.8
Floyd	15,151 66.3%	7,713 33.7%	22,864	D+32.5
Dougherty	11,461 55.1%	9,337 44.9%	20,798	D+10.2
Houston	13,164 70.9%	5,404 29.1%	18,568	D+41.8
Clarke	11,342 63.2%	6,610 36.8%	17,952	D+26.4
Hall	12,804 71.5%	5,093 28.5%	17,897	D+43.1
Whitfield	10,475 70.0%	4,498 30.0%	14,973	D+39.9
Glynn	9,459 63.6%	5,403 36.4%	14,862	D+27.3
Carroll	10,050 73.4%	3,640 26.6%	13,690	D+46.8
Lowndes	8,830 66.2%	4,512 33.8%	13,342	D+32.4
Walker	8,007 62.5%	4,807 37.5%	12,814	D+25.0
Troup	7,699 63.5%	4,422 36.5%	12,121	D+27.0
Laurens	8,617 72.4%	3,281 27.6%	11,898	D+44.8
Douglas	7,805 66.3%	3,959 33.7%	11,764	D+32.7
Spalding	7,593 67.0%	3,739 33.0%	11,332	D+34.0
Ware	7,719 74.4%	2,661 25.6%	10,380	D+48.7
Bartow	8,166 81.3%	1,876 18.7%	10,042	D+62.6
Catoosa	6,020 61.3%	3,799 38.7%	9,819	D+22.6
Thomas	6,147 65.3%	3,263 34.7%	9,410	D+30.6
Coweta	6,195 67.1%	3,044 32.9%	9,239	D+34.1
Cherokee	6,539 71.5%	2,609 28.5%	9,148	D+43.0
Colquitt	6,928 76.1%	2,181 23.9%	9,109	D+52.1
Newton	6,294 74.7%	2,137 25.3%	8,431	D+49.3
Bulloch	5,199 62.2%	3,156 37.8%	8,355	D+24.5
Henry	5,717 68.6%	2,622 31.4%	8,339	D+37.1
Baldwin	4,674 56.4%	3,612 43.6%	8,286	D+12.8
Columbia	4,674 57.7%	3,423 42.3%	8,097	D+15.5
Polk	6,115 75.9%	1,944 24.1%	8,059	D+51.8
Gordon	6,052 78.1%	1,698 21.9%	7,750	D+56.2
Rockdale	4,640 60.9%	2,974 39.1%	7,614	D+21.9
Sumter	5,328 72.2%	2,053 27.8%	7,381	D+44.4
Tift	5,185 70.6%	2,162 29.4%	7,347	D+41.1
Jackson	5,931 82.7%	1,239 17.3%	7,170	D+65.4
Upson	4,219 59.3%	2,897 40.7%	7,116	D+18.6
Walton	5,402 76.2%	1,687 23.8%	7,089	D+52.4
Stephens	5,560 80.6%	1,340 19.4%	6,900	D+61.2
Paulding	5,420 79.1%	1,432 20.9%	6,852	D+58.2
Fayette	3,718 56.7%	2,837 43.3%	6,555	D+13.4
Habersham	5,120 79.6%	1,315 20.4%	6,435	D+59.1
Meriwether	4,830 76.9%	1,450 23.1%	6,280	D+53.8
Decatur	3,736 59.9%	2,500 40.1%	6,236	D+19.8
Toombs	4,047 65.6%	2,126 34.4%	6,173	D+31.1
Forsyth	4,693 76.5%	1,443 23.5%	6,136	D+53.0
Barrow	4,756 77.7%	1,364 22.3%	6,120	D+55.4
Dodge	5,267 86.1%	848 13.9%	6,115	D+72.3
Emanuel	4,603 75.5%	1,493 24.5%	6,096	D+51.0
Mitchell	4,495 74.1%	1,572 25.9%	6,067	D+48.2
Fannin	3,402 56.3%	2,646 43.8%	6,048	D+12.5
Coffee	4,601 76.5%	1,417 23.5%	6,018	D+52.9
Wayne	4,489 75.0%	1,499 25.0%	5,988	D+49.9
Haralson	4,550 77.8%	1,301 22.2%	5,851	D+55.5
Chattooga	4,686 81.2%	1,087 18.8%	5,773	D+62.3
Elbert	4,730 83.1%	961 16.9%	5,691	D+66.2
Washington	3,865 70.0%	1,657 30.0%	5,522	D+40.0
Hart	4,605 84.3%	860 15.7%	5,465	D+68.5
Peach	3,989 77.4%	1,163 22.6%	5,152	D+54.9
Crisp	3,747 73.8%	1,328 26.2%	5,075	D+47.7
Grady	3,758 75.7%	1,209 24.3%	4,967	D+51.3
Tattnall	3,556 72.8%	1,326 27.2%	4,882	D+45.7
Franklin	4,192 85.9%	687 14.1%	4,879	D+71.8
Jones	3,471 72.5%	1,317 27.5%	4,788	D+45.0
McDuffie	3,024 64.1%	1,694 35.9%	4,718	D+28.2
Burke	3,014 65.8%	1,565 34.2%	4,579	D+31.6
Effingham	2,906 63.7%	1,654 36.3%	4,560	D+27.5
Appling	3,585 78.9%	961 21.1%	4,546	D+57.7
Madison	3,367 75.1%	1,115 24.9%	4,482	D+50.2
Jefferson	3,115 70.4%	1,309 29.6%	4,424	D+40.8
Harris	2,861 64.9%	1,544 35.1%	4,405	D+29.9
Murray	3,511 79.8%	889 20.2%	4,400	D+59.6
Liberty	3,328 77.3%	979 22.7%	4,307	D+54.5
Telfair	3,534 84.7%	637 15.3%	4,171	D+69.5
Monroe	2,962 73.3%	1,078 26.7%	4,040	D+46.6
Camden	2,962 74.9%	995 25.1%	3,957	D+49.7
Berrien	3,394 85.9%	555 14.1%	3,949	D+71.9
Union	2,795 70.8%	1,154 29.2%	3,949	D+41.6
Worth	2,790 70.7%	1,156 29.3%	3,946	D+41.4
Gilmer	2,499 66.5%	1,261 33.5%	3,760	D+32.9
Brooks	2,653 70.7%	1,102 29.3%	3,755	D+41.3
Butts	2,898 78.0%	819 22.0%	3,717	D+55.9
Dade	2,263 62.0%	1,388 38.0%	3,651	D+24.0
Macon	3,013 82.5%	638 17.5%	3,651	D+65.1
Lamar	2,785 76.7%	847 23.3%	3,632	D+53.4
Bleckley	2,605 72.8%	972 27.2%	3,577	D+45.7
Early	2,405 67.5%	1,157 32.5%	3,562	D+35.0
Cook	2,882 81.1%	670 18.9%	3,552	D+62.3
Pickens	2,571 72.5%	973 27.5%	3,544	D+45.1
Wilkes	2,461 69.8%	1,067 30.2%	3,528	D+39.5
Terrell	2,348 66.8%	1,168 33.2%	3,516	D+33.6
Wilkinson	2,652 76.0%	837 24.0%	3,489	D+52.0
Oconee	2,228 65.3%	1,184 34.7%	3,412	D+30.6
Screven	2,168 64.8%	1,176 35.2%	3,344	D+29.7
Ben Hill	2,449 75.1%	814 24.9%	3,263	D+50.1
Greene	2,534 79.5%	652 20.5%	3,186	D+59.1
Morgan	2,274 71.6%	904 28.4%	3,178	D+43.1
Pierce	2,628 82.8%	544 17.2%	3,172	D+65.7
Dooly	2,441 78.8%	655 21.2%	3,096	D+57.7
Twiggs	2,515 83.1%	513 16.9%	3,028	D+66.1
Jeff Davis	2,405 79.5%	622 20.5%	3,027	D+58.9
Bacon	2,395 80.1%	594 19.9%	2,989	D+60.3
Rabun	2,398 80.2%	591 19.8%	2,989	D+60.5
Towns	1,786 60.3%	1,175 39.7%	2,961	D+20.6
Randolph	2,186 74.5%	747 25.5%	2,933	D+49.1
Johnson	2,210 76.0%	698 24.0%	2,908	D+52.0
Putnam	2,040 71.0%	835 29.0%	2,875	D+41.9
Lumpkin	2,301 80.8%	547 19.2%	2,848	D+61.6
Lee	1,727 60.9%	1,110 39.1%	2,837	D+21.7
Bryan	2,045 72.9%	761 27.1%	2,806	D+45.8
Pulaski	2,318 82.7%	485 17.3%	2,803	D+65.4
Hancock	2,117 76.5%	651 23.5%	2,768	D+53.0
Seminole	2,074 75.3%	681 24.7%	2,755	D+50.6
White	2,125 77.3%	625 22.7%	2,750	D+54.5
Banks	2,387 87.9%	330 12.1%	2,717	D+75.7
Turner	2,265 84.5%	416 15.5%	2,681	D+69.0
Pike	1,903 71.0%	776 29.0%	2,679	D+42.1
Oglethorpe	1,854 69.6%	811 30.4%	2,665	D+39.1
Brantley	2,294 86.5%	358 13.5%	2,652	D+73.0
Irwin	2,012 78.2%	561 21.8%	2,573	D+56.4
Jasper	1,852 72.9%	689 27.1%	2,541	D+45.8
McIntosh	1,978 78.7%	535 21.3%	2,513	D+57.4
Wilcox	2,153 86.2%	346 13.8%	2,499	D+72.3
Taylor	1,962 79.6%	504 20.4%	2,466	D+59.1
Jenkins	1,820 76.4%	563 23.6%	2,383	D+52.7
Evans	1,631 68.6%	746 31.4%	2,377	D+37.2
Montgomery	1,610 72.0%	626 28.0%	2,236	D+44.0
Crawford	1,842 83.0%	378 17.0%	2,220	D+65.9
Charlton	1,750 79.5%	452 20.5%	2,202	D+58.9
Lincoln	1,583 73.3%	576 26.7%	2,159	D+46.6
Talbot	1,634 78.1%	459 21.9%	2,093	D+56.1
Stewart	1,632 79.0%	433 21.0%	2,065	D+58.1
Warren	1,335 65.0%	720 35.0%	2,055	D+29.9
Candler	1,388 68.2%	646 31.8%	2,034	D+36.5
Treutlen	1,567 77.1%	465 22.9%	2,032	D+54.2
Heard	1,593 78.6%	433 21.4%	2,026	D+57.3
Miller	1,536 76.3%	476 23.7%	2,012	D+52.7
Atkinson	1,560 81.8%	347 18.2%	1,907	D+63.6
Calhoun	1,394 76.2%	436 23.8%	1,830	D+52.3
Clinch	1,414 78.7%	383 21.3%	1,797	D+57.4
Dawson	1,384 78.9%	370 21.1%	1,754	D+57.8
Wheeler	1,378 80.0%	344 20.0%	1,722	D+60.0
Marion	1,314 81.9%	291 18.1%	1,605	D+63.7
Lanier	1,269 86.0%	207 14.0%	1,476	D+72.0
Baker	1,162 79.2%	305 20.8%	1,467	D+58.4
Long	1,243 84.8%	222 15.2%	1,465	D+69.7
Clay	947 76.2%	295 23.8%	1,242	D+52.5
Glascock	704 65.5%	371 34.5%	1,075	D+31.0
Schley	783 74.5%	268 25.5%	1,051	D+49.0
Quitman	677 68.4%	313 31.6%	990	D+36.8
Taliaferro	748 76.0%	236 24.0%	984	D+52.0
Webster	622 79.0%	165 21.0%	787	D+58.1
Echols	585 84.1%	111 15.9%	696	D+68.1
Chattahoochee	506 74.0%	178 26.0%	684	D+48.0

Counties as they stood in 1976; 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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