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Election 1980 Results

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1980 presidential election in Georgia

Jimmy Carter (Democrat) beat Ronald Reagan (Republican) in Georgia in 1980, 55.8% to 41.0%, a margin of 14.8 points and 236,787 votes.

Georgia voted 24.6 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+9.7.

The Democratic hold continued from 1976, when Jimmy Carter also won.

Democrats led in 146 of the 159 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 13. The largest, Fulton, cast 192,723 votes and went to the Democrat by 27.9 points. The closest was Towns, where 35 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jimmy Carter won Democratic 890,955 55.8%
Ronald Reagan Republican 654,168 41.0%
All other candidates 51,682 3.2%
Total1,596,805

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Fulton 118,748 61.6% 64,909 33.7% 9,066 192,723 D+27.9
Dekalb 82,743 49.4% 74,904 44.7% 9,758 167,405 D+4.7
Cobb 39,157 40.9% 51,977 54.2% 4,682 95,816 R+13.4
Chatham 28,413 50.0% 26,499 46.7% 1,869 56,781 D+3.4
Gwinnett 21,958 42.7% 27,185 52.8% 2,309 51,452 R+10.2
Bibb 31,770 66.0% 15,175 31.5% 1,185 48,130 D+34.5
Richmond 24,104 53.7% 19,619 43.7% 1,148 44,871 D+10.0
Muscogee 23,272 58.8% 15,203 38.4% 1,091 39,566 D+20.4
Clayton 17,540 46.1% 19,160 50.4% 1,351 38,051 R+4.3
Dougherty 13,430 50.5% 12,726 47.8% 459 26,615 D+2.6
Floyd 13,710 58.1% 9,220 39.1% 666 23,596 D+19.0
Houston 10,915 52.7% 9,005 43.5% 775 20,695 D+9.2
Hall 12,124 59.1% 7,760 37.8% 637 20,521 D+21.3
Clarke 10,519 52.9% 8,094 40.7% 1,286 19,899 D+12.2
Whitfield 9,691 59.0% 6,404 39.0% 344 16,439 D+20.0
Glynn 7,540 49.7% 7,214 47.5% 419 15,173 D+2.1
Carroll 8,202 56.7% 5,815 40.2% 458 14,475 D+16.5
Douglas 6,807 47.8% 6,945 48.8% 486 14,238 R+1.0
Walker 6,809 48.2% 7,088 50.2% 235 14,132 R+2.0
Troup 7,716 57.5% 5,398 40.2% 315 13,429 D+17.3
Lowndes 5,989 46.4% 6,622 51.3% 301 12,912 R+4.9
Laurens 7,860 62.8% 4,392 35.1% 271 12,523 D+27.7
Spalding 7,176 58.2% 4,809 39.0% 346 12,331 D+19.2
Columbia 5,335 44.7% 6,293 52.7% 310 11,938 R+8.0
Cherokee 6,020 51.5% 5,250 45.0% 408 11,678 D+6.6
Henry 5,635 50.0% 5,326 47.3% 307 11,268 D+2.7
Catoosa 4,921 44.5% 5,962 53.9% 176 11,059 R+9.4
Bartow 7,490 69.0% 3,135 28.9% 228 10,853 D+40.1
Fayette 3,798 36.0% 6,351 60.2% 400 10,549 R+24.2
Coweta 5,697 54.7% 4,480 43.0% 245 10,422 D+11.7
Thomas 5,695 56.0% 4,294 42.3% 172 10,161 D+13.8
Ware 6,307 62.2% 3,715 36.6% 115 10,137 D+25.6
Rockdale 4,395 43.7% 5,300 52.6% 372 10,067 R+9.0
Colquitt 5,353 59.0% 3,593 39.6% 123 9,069 D+19.4
Newton 5,611 62.0% 3,206 35.4% 239 9,056 D+26.6
Bulloch 4,921 55.2% 3,750 42.0% 250 8,921 D+13.1
Polk 5,421 63.3% 2,949 34.4% 192 8,562 D+28.9
Gordon 5,199 60.9% 3,107 36.4% 236 8,542 D+24.5
Baldwin 4,368 52.5% 3,639 43.7% 319 8,326 D+8.8
Sumter 4,956 61.5% 2,957 36.7% 147 8,060 D+24.8
Tift 4,572 57.0% 3,280 40.9% 170 8,022 D+16.1
Forsyth 4,325 55.9% 3,157 40.8% 254 7,736 D+15.1
Paulding 4,686 60.7% 2,845 36.9% 186 7,717 D+23.9
Upson 4,713 61.7% 2,788 36.5% 134 7,635 D+25.2
Walton 4,525 62.0% 2,618 35.8% 160 7,303 D+26.1
Jackson 4,591 66.1% 2,209 31.8% 149 6,949 D+34.3
Habersham 4,394 64.8% 2,224 32.8% 163 6,781 D+32.0
Stephens 4,529 67.7% 2,045 30.6% 118 6,692 D+37.1
Coffee 4,038 61.0% 2,499 37.7% 84 6,621 D+23.2
Dodge 4,635 71.8% 1,719 26.6% 99 6,453 D+45.2
Chattooga 4,279 67.6% 1,946 30.7% 105 6,330 D+36.9
Barrow 3,876 61.4% 2,284 36.2% 149 6,309 D+25.2
Emanuel 3,971 63.5% 2,199 35.2% 81 6,251 D+28.3
Decatur 3,242 51.9% 2,919 46.8% 82 6,243 D+5.2
Hart 4,539 73.0% 1,577 25.4% 99 6,215 D+47.7
Toombs 3,255 52.5% 2,835 45.7% 107 6,197 D+6.8
Wayne 3,843 62.4% 2,213 35.9% 101 6,157 D+26.5
Elbert 4,014 66.2% 1,967 32.5% 80 6,061 D+33.8
Haralson 3,606 60.5% 2,229 37.4% 125 5,960 D+23.1
Mitchell 3,566 60.9% 2,231 38.1% 59 5,856 D+22.8
Fannin 2,526 43.3% 3,196 54.8% 107 5,829 R+11.5
Meriwether 3,876 66.8% 1,838 31.7% 91 5,805 D+35.1
Madison 2,980 55.2% 2,330 43.1% 91 5,401 D+12.0
Effingham 2,783 51.8% 2,528 47.0% 66 5,377 D+4.7
Washington 3,452 64.4% 1,822 34.0% 90 5,364 D+30.4
Crisp 3,403 63.6% 1,861 34.8% 83 5,347 D+28.8
Jones 3,239 62.0% 1,828 35.0% 153 5,220 D+27.0
Peach 3,415 66.1% 1,642 31.8% 113 5,170 D+34.3
Grady 3,023 59.1% 2,018 39.4% 76 5,117 D+19.6
Appling 2,985 59.6% 1,961 39.2% 61 5,007 D+20.5
Tattnall 2,864 57.3% 2,082 41.6% 56 5,002 D+15.6
Burke 3,047 61.0% 1,871 37.5% 73 4,991 D+23.6
Jefferson 3,305 66.4% 1,605 32.2% 68 4,978 D+34.2
Franklin 3,528 71.1% 1,387 28.0% 45 4,960 D+43.2
Harris 2,807 56.8% 2,001 40.5% 134 4,942 D+16.3
Murray 3,094 65.8% 1,538 32.7% 69 4,701 D+33.1
Worth 2,567 54.7% 2,076 44.2% 52 4,695 D+10.5
Liberty 3,099 66.2% 1,507 32.2% 77 4,683 D+34.0
McDuffie 2,667 57.0% 1,928 41.2% 88 4,683 D+15.8
Gilmer 2,246 49.5% 2,170 47.8% 121 4,537 D+1.7
Camden 2,924 65.8% 1,439 32.4% 80 4,443 D+33.4
Berrien 2,869 65.1% 1,487 33.8% 48 4,404 D+31.4
Oconee 2,141 49.0% 2,065 47.3% 161 4,367 D+1.7
Pickens 2,358 57.8% 1,612 39.5% 107 4,077 D+18.3
Ben Hill 2,544 62.6% 1,459 35.9% 64 4,067 D+26.7
Macon 3,025 76.0% 894 22.5% 60 3,979 D+53.6
Telfair 2,700 68.5% 1,173 29.8% 68 3,941 D+38.7
Dade 1,735 44.2% 2,114 53.8% 80 3,929 R+9.6
Monroe 2,542 65.9% 1,242 32.2% 76 3,860 D+33.7
Butts 2,574 66.9% 1,210 31.5% 61 3,845 D+35.5
Lamar 2,453 64.1% 1,298 33.9% 77 3,828 D+30.2
Brooks 2,230 58.3% 1,546 40.4% 51 3,827 D+17.9
Cook 2,461 66.8% 1,188 32.2% 35 3,684 D+34.6
Early 2,110 57.3% 1,538 41.8% 34 3,682 D+15.5
Morgan 2,276 62.0% 1,323 36.0% 72 3,671 D+26.0
Screven 2,117 57.8% 1,490 40.7% 57 3,664 D+17.1
Lee 1,670 45.6% 1,942 53.0% 49 3,661 R+7.4
Wilkes 2,350 64.9% 1,212 33.5% 61 3,623 D+31.4
Greene 2,571 72.0% 961 26.9% 41 3,573 D+45.1
Wilkinson 2,365 67.0% 1,116 31.6% 51 3,532 D+35.4
Dooly 2,364 67.5% 1,083 30.9% 55 3,502 D+36.6
Rabun 2,327 66.6% 1,070 30.6% 98 3,495 D+36.0
Bleckley 2,014 58.5% 1,261 36.7% 165 3,440 D+21.9
Terrell 2,010 58.8% 1,378 40.3% 32 3,420 D+18.5
Jeff Davis 2,059 62.2% 1,191 36.0% 61 3,311 D+26.2
Union 1,700 51.3% 1,546 46.7% 65 3,311 D+4.7
White 2,017 61.4% 1,175 35.7% 95 3,287 D+25.6
Bryan 1,966 60.8% 1,212 37.5% 57 3,235 D+23.3
Pulaski 1,997 61.8% 1,153 35.7% 82 3,232 D+26.1
Putnam 1,951 61.4% 1,166 36.7% 60 3,177 D+24.7
Bacon 1,622 52.2% 1,427 45.9% 57 3,106 D+6.3
Pike 1,755 56.7% 1,271 41.1% 68 3,094 D+15.6
Lumpkin 1,951 63.2% 1,024 33.2% 110 3,085 D+30.0
Towns 1,510 49.3% 1,475 48.1% 80 3,065 D+1.1
McIntosh 2,104 69.0% 876 28.7% 69 3,049 D+40.3
Johnson 1,854 61.2% 1,123 37.1% 52 3,029 D+24.1
Pierce 1,918 64.3% 1,027 34.4% 40 2,985 D+29.8
Twiggs 2,213 74.3% 747 25.1% 20 2,980 D+49.2
Brantley 2,066 69.4% 882 29.6% 29 2,977 D+39.8
Seminole 1,794 61.1% 1,117 38.0% 25 2,936 D+23.1
Turner 1,990 68.1% 898 30.7% 33 2,921 D+37.4
Banks 2,091 72.9% 746 26.0% 31 2,868 D+46.9
Oglethorpe 1,611 56.4% 1,187 41.6% 58 2,856 D+14.8
Hancock 2,205 78.5% 573 20.4% 31 2,809 D+58.1
Randolph 1,861 67.8% 879 32.0% 3 2,743 D+35.8
Taylor 1,845 68.4% 815 30.2% 38 2,698 D+38.2
Montgomery 1,663 63.0% 948 35.9% 29 2,640 D+27.1
Irwin 1,555 59.1% 1,056 40.1% 21 2,632 D+19.0
Wilcox 1,780 67.7% 827 31.4% 23 2,630 D+36.2
Evans 1,456 56.5% 1,090 42.3% 29 2,575 D+14.2
Jenkins 1,632 65.5% 824 33.1% 37 2,493 D+32.4
Jasper 1,546 62.2% 879 35.4% 59 2,484 D+26.9
Lincoln 1,617 66.3% 806 33.0% 17 2,440 D+33.2
Candler 1,358 56.1% 1,030 42.5% 33 2,421 D+13.5
Crawford 1,673 70.4% 642 27.0% 60 2,375 D+43.4
Warren 1,517 65.4% 779 33.6% 25 2,321 D+31.8
Charlton 1,469 64.3% 779 34.1% 38 2,286 D+30.2
Heard 1,348 59.0% 875 38.3% 60 2,283 D+20.7
Talbot 1,635 72.9% 572 25.5% 36 2,243 D+47.4
Atkinson 1,449 65.2% 747 33.6% 26 2,222 D+31.6
Wheeler 1,599 73.1% 550 25.2% 37 2,186 D+48.0
Calhoun 1,414 67.8% 652 31.2% 21 2,087 D+36.5
Stewart 1,440 69.0% 611 29.3% 36 2,087 D+39.7
Miller 1,127 54.9% 900 43.8% 26 2,053 D+11.1
Treutlen 1,307 65.2% 668 33.3% 29 2,004 D+31.9
Clinch 1,325 71.1% 513 27.5% 26 1,864 D+43.6
Dawson 1,072 58.4% 729 39.7% 36 1,837 D+18.7
Marion 1,174 66.2% 567 32.0% 32 1,773 D+34.2
Long 1,202 69.0% 514 29.5% 27 1,743 D+39.5
Lanier 1,116 69.6% 470 29.3% 18 1,604 D+40.3
Baker 1,035 66.2% 510 32.6% 19 1,564 D+33.6
Clay 909 73.2% 316 25.5% 16 1,241 D+47.8
Glascock 614 54.0% 510 44.8% 14 1,138 D+9.1
Schley 613 56.5% 453 41.8% 19 1,085 D+14.7
Taliaferro 670 70.2% 270 28.3% 14 954 D+41.9
Webster 608 64.7% 312 33.2% 20 940 D+31.5
Quitman 589 70.4% 240 28.7% 8 837 D+41.7
Echols 515 65.8% 259 33.1% 9 783 D+32.7
Chattahoochee 476 63.3% 256 34.0% 20 752 D+29.3

Counties as they stood in 1980; 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

YearWinnerMargin
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