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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in Georgia

Bob Dole (Republican) beat Bill Clinton (Democrat) in Georgia in 1996, 47.0% to 45.8%, a margin of 1.2 points and 26,994 votes.

Georgia voted 9.7 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+8.5.

Georgia changed party: in 1992 it went Democratic, for Bill Clinton.

Republicans led in 81 of the 159 counties and Democrats in 78. The largest, Fulton, cast 243,168 votes and went to the Democrat by 22.0 points. The closest was Charlton, 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bob Dole won Republican 1,080,843 47.0%
Bill Clinton Democratic 1,053,849 45.8%
Ross Perot Reform 146,337 6.4%
All other candidates 18,042 0.8%
Total2,299,071

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Fulton 143,306 58.9% 89,809 36.9% 10,053 243,168 D+22.0
DeKalb 137,903 66.5% 60,255 29.1% 9,071 207,229 D+37.5
Cobb 73,750 36.8% 114,188 56.9% 12,635 200,573 R+20.2
Gwinnett 53,819 33.0% 96,610 59.3% 12,516 162,945 R+26.3
Chatham 35,781 50.2% 31,987 44.9% 3,509 71,277 D+5.3
Richmond 30,738 54.1% 23,670 41.6% 2,461 56,869 D+12.4
Clayton 30,687 55.6% 20,625 37.3% 3,930 55,242 D+18.2
Bibb 26,727 53.5% 20,778 41.6% 2,427 49,932 D+11.9
Muscogee 24,867 53.8% 19,360 41.9% 2,021 46,248 D+11.9
Cherokee 10,802 27.9% 24,527 63.4% 3,348 38,677 R+35.5
Fayette 9,875 29.7% 21,005 63.3% 2,329 33,209 R+33.5
Houston 12,760 39.0% 17,050 52.2% 2,868 32,678 R+13.1
Hall 10,362 32.2% 19,280 59.8% 2,577 32,219 R+27.7
Columbia 8,601 27.1% 21,291 67.2% 1,801 31,693 R+40.0
Henry 9,498 32.7% 16,968 58.4% 2,608 29,074 R+25.7
Dougherty 15,600 56.0% 11,144 40.0% 1,128 27,872 D+16.0
Clarke 15,206 55.6% 10,504 38.4% 1,636 27,346 D+17.2
Douglas 9,631 36.4% 14,495 54.7% 2,351 26,477 R+18.4
Floyd 10,464 41.2% 12,426 49.0% 2,488 25,378 R+7.7
Forsyth 5,957 25.7% 15,013 64.8% 2,189 23,159 R+39.1
Coweta 7,794 33.9% 13,058 56.8% 2,118 22,970 R+22.9
Rockdale 7,656 33.7% 13,006 57.3% 2,034 22,696 R+23.6
Whitfield 7,720 35.4% 12,368 56.7% 1,729 21,817 R+21.3
Carroll 8,438 38.8% 11,157 51.3% 2,174 21,769 R+12.5
Lowndes 9,470 43.8% 10,578 48.9% 1,576 21,624 R+5.1
Glynn 8,058 37.3% 12,305 57.0% 1,239 21,602 R+19.7
Bartow 6,853 38.0% 9,250 51.3% 1,922 18,025 R+13.3
Paulding 5,699 32.3% 10,152 57.6% 1,782 17,633 R+25.3
Walker 6,743 38.3% 8,817 50.1% 2,038 17,598 R+11.8
Troup 5,940 37.5% 8,716 55.1% 1,175 15,831 R+17.5
Newton 6,759 43.8% 7,274 47.1% 1,410 15,443 R+3.3
Walton 5,618 37.4% 7,934 52.8% 1,468 15,020 R+15.4
Catoosa 5,185 35.2% 8,237 55.9% 1,317 14,739 R+20.7
Spalding 6,017 41.4% 7,376 50.7% 1,143 14,536 R+9.3
Bulloch 5,396 41.4% 6,646 51.0% 997 13,039 R+9.6
Laurens 5,792 45.2% 6,118 47.8% 893 12,803 R+2.5
Thomas 5,183 45.0% 5,649 49.0% 686 11,518 R+4.0
Baldwin 5,740 51.2% 4,570 40.8% 895 11,205 D+10.4
Gordon 4,239 39.2% 5,232 48.4% 1,349 10,820 R+9.2
Tift 4,198 39.7% 5,613 53.1% 766 10,577 R+13.4
Barrow 3,928 38.0% 5,342 51.7% 1,072 10,342 R+13.7
Colquitt 4,135 41.4% 4,847 48.5% 1,010 9,992 R+7.1
Ware 4,171 43.5% 4,746 49.5% 662 9,579 R+6.0
Polk 4,298 45.0% 4,130 43.2% 1,122 9,550 D+1.8
Jackson 3,746 39.5% 4,782 50.4% 964 9,492 R+10.9
Habersham 3,170 34.8% 4,730 51.9% 1,208 9,108 R+17.1
Effingham 3,031 34.3% 5,022 56.8% 795 8,848 R+22.5
Oconee 2,992 33.9% 5,116 58.1% 705 8,813 R+24.1
Camden 3,644 42.9% 4,222 49.8% 620 8,486 R+6.8
Liberty 4,462 54.9% 3,042 37.4% 625 8,129 D+17.5
Coffee 3,407 42.2% 3,934 48.7% 734 8,075 R+6.5
Sumter 4,239 52.6% 3,358 41.6% 467 8,064 D+10.9
Upson 3,491 43.4% 3,783 47.1% 761 8,035 R+3.6
Stephens 3,072 38.5% 3,890 48.8% 1,015 7,977 R+10.3
Madison 2,571 34.4% 3,992 53.4% 913 7,476 R+19.0
Hart 3,486 48.6% 2,884 40.2% 801 7,171 D+8.4
Harris 2,779 39.0% 3,829 53.7% 523 7,131 R+14.7
Wayne 2,734 38.4% 3,709 52.0% 683 7,126 R+13.7
Murray 2,861 40.2% 3,289 46.2% 974 7,124 R+6.0
Toombs 2,763 39.3% 3,646 51.8% 628 7,037 R+12.5
Jones 3,195 45.7% 3,272 46.8% 525 6,992 R+1.1
Haralson 2,850 41.0% 3,260 46.9% 843 6,953 R+5.9
Fannin 2,741 39.6% 3,373 48.7% 816 6,930 R+9.1
Washington 4,057 58.6% 2,348 33.9% 514 6,919 D+24.7
Burke 3,915 56.6% 2,590 37.5% 408 6,913 D+19.2
Decatur 3,245 47.7% 3,035 44.7% 517 6,797 D+3.1
Peach 3,582 53.1% 2,676 39.6% 494 6,752 D+13.4
Pickens 2,693 41.0% 3,041 46.3% 832 6,566 R+5.3
Lee 2,005 30.8% 3,983 61.2% 525 6,513 R+30.4
McDuffie 2,725 42.7% 3,254 51.0% 406 6,385 R+8.3
Gilmer 2,464 38.7% 3,121 49.1% 776 6,361 R+10.3
Monroe 2,768 43.7% 3,054 48.2% 516 6,338 R+4.5
Chattooga 3,003 47.5% 2,513 39.7% 810 6,326 D+7.7
Bryan 2,152 34.3% 3,577 57.1% 540 6,269 R+22.7
Meriwether 3,492 55.8% 2,259 36.1% 502 6,253 D+19.7
Grady 2,862 46.3% 2,674 43.2% 649 6,185 D+3.0
Emanuel 2,947 50.2% 2,451 41.7% 475 5,873 D+8.4
Elbert 2,900 49.5% 2,393 40.9% 564 5,857 D+8.7
Jefferson 3,404 58.8% 2,077 35.9% 311 5,792 D+22.9
Dodge 2,696 46.6% 2,478 42.9% 607 5,781 D+3.8
Worth 2,300 40.2% 2,752 48.1% 673 5,725 R+7.9
Mitchell 3,165 56.7% 2,033 36.4% 388 5,586 D+20.3
Union 2,175 39.5% 2,685 48.7% 653 5,513 R+9.3
Tattnall 2,369 43.5% 2,518 46.2% 560 5,447 R+2.7
White 1,864 34.4% 2,959 54.6% 597 5,420 R+20.2
Franklin 2,338 43.3% 2,364 43.8% 697 5,399 R+0.5
Crisp 2,504 47.3% 2,321 43.8% 471 5,296 D+3.5
Lumpkin 1,949 37.7% 2,576 49.9% 641 5,166 R+12.1
Putnam 2,340 45.5% 2,306 44.8% 500 5,146 D+0.7
Appling 2,070 40.6% 2,572 50.4% 457 5,099 R+9.8
Rabun 1,943 40.8% 2,213 46.4% 611 4,767 R+5.7
Butts 2,271 47.7% 2,027 42.6% 459 4,757 D+5.1
Dade 1,737 37.2% 2,295 49.2% 636 4,668 R+12.0
Morgan 2,111 45.8% 2,118 45.9% 383 4,612 R+0.2
Berrien 2,066 45.4% 1,950 42.9% 533 4,549 D+2.6
Lamar 2,125 46.8% 1,988 43.8% 431 4,544 D+3.0
Dawson 1,434 33.3% 2,343 54.4% 529 4,306 R+21.1
Screven 2,087 49.5% 1,862 44.1% 270 4,219 D+5.3
Towns 1,664 39.8% 2,030 48.6% 485 4,179 R+8.8
Ben Hill 2,198 53.8% 1,516 37.1% 374 4,088 D+16.7
Pierce 1,420 34.7% 2,319 56.7% 349 4,088 R+22.0
Banks 1,536 37.7% 1,925 47.2% 615 4,076 R+9.5
Brooks 1,977 48.8% 1,738 42.9% 339 4,054 D+5.9
Greene 2,115 52.7% 1,702 42.4% 198 4,015 D+10.3
Pike 1,474 37.7% 2,054 52.5% 383 3,911 R+14.8
Wilkinson 2,278 58.3% 1,332 34.1% 299 3,909 D+24.2
Jeff Davis 1,576 41.3% 1,796 47.1% 443 3,815 R+5.8
Oglethorpe 1,570 41.3% 1,826 48.0% 406 3,802 R+6.7
Macon 2,618 69.1% 1,006 26.5% 167 3,791 D+42.5
Brantley 1,494 41.1% 1,738 47.8% 402 3,634 R+6.7
Wilkes 1,971 55.0% 1,417 39.5% 198 3,586 D+15.4
McIntosh 1,927 55.9% 1,219 35.4% 302 3,448 D+20.5
Cook 1,780 52.2% 1,354 39.7% 273 3,407 D+12.5
Bacon 1,360 40.5% 1,580 47.1% 417 3,357 R+6.6
Telfair 1,856 55.7% 1,143 34.3% 333 3,332 D+21.4
Bleckley 1,365 41.3% 1,632 49.3% 311 3,308 R+8.1
Early 1,648 50.4% 1,374 42.0% 251 3,273 D+8.4
Jasper 1,553 48.0% 1,423 44.0% 258 3,234 D+4.0
Dooly 1,951 61.7% 990 31.3% 219 3,160 D+30.4
Twiggs 1,927 62.0% 958 30.8% 225 3,110 D+31.2
Crawford 1,534 49.4% 1,290 41.6% 279 3,103 D+7.9
Charlton 1,368 45.1% 1,374 45.3% 289 3,031 R+0.2
Pulaski 1,554 51.3% 1,196 39.5% 280 3,030 D+11.8
Lincoln 1,334 45.4% 1,391 47.3% 214 2,939 R+1.9
Heard 1,248 43.9% 1,170 41.1% 426 2,844 D+2.7
Terrell 1,509 54.8% 1,111 40.3% 135 2,755 D+14.4
Montgomery 1,233 45.9% 1,163 43.3% 289 2,685 D+2.6
Taylor 1,450 54.7% 1,002 37.8% 201 2,653 D+16.9
Hancock 2,135 80.7% 438 16.6% 73 2,646 D+64.1
Irwin 1,225 48.2% 1,085 42.7% 230 2,540 D+5.5
Evans 1,117 44.0% 1,206 47.5% 215 2,538 R+3.5
Seminole 1,265 50.1% 1,003 39.7% 256 2,524 D+10.4
Candler 1,097 43.9% 1,131 45.2% 273 2,501 R+1.4
Jenkins 1,336 54.2% 955 38.8% 172 2,463 D+15.5
Turner 1,272 51.8% 924 37.6% 259 2,455 D+14.2
Randolph 1,438 60.3% 816 34.2% 129 2,383 D+26.1
Talbot 1,579 67.3% 652 27.8% 115 2,346 D+39.5
Johnson 1,194 52.9% 815 36.1% 246 2,255 D+16.8
Stewart 1,537 69.3% 525 23.7% 156 2,218 D+45.6
Wilcox 1,067 50.3% 882 41.6% 173 2,122 D+8.7
Warren 1,230 59.9% 735 35.8% 87 2,052 D+24.1
Miller 909 45.5% 847 42.4% 240 1,996 D+3.1
Long 936 47.5% 791 40.1% 245 1,972 D+7.4
Clinch 973 49.8% 789 40.4% 190 1,952 D+9.4
Calhoun 1,217 65.1% 541 29.0% 110 1,868 D+36.2
Atkinson 823 45.1% 784 42.9% 219 1,826 D+2.1
Marion 977 53.7% 678 37.2% 166 1,821 D+16.4
Treutlen 912 51.8% 723 41.1% 124 1,759 D+10.7
Lanier 818 54.5% 519 34.6% 165 1,502 D+19.9
Baker 955 64.7% 408 27.7% 112 1,475 D+37.1
Wheeler 751 55.3% 460 33.9% 146 1,357 D+21.4
Schley 576 49.2% 470 40.2% 124 1,170 D+9.1
Clay 787 68.9% 293 25.6% 63 1,143 D+43.2
Chattahoochee 565 52.2% 398 36.8% 119 1,082 D+15.4
Glascock 348 34.5% 532 52.8% 128 1,008 R+18.3
Taliaferro 615 69.4% 235 26.5% 36 886 D+42.9
Webster 529 64.3% 235 28.6% 59 823 D+35.7
Quitman 514 64.5% 224 28.1% 59 797 D+36.4
Echols 308 41.5% 335 45.1% 100 743 R+3.6

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