1984 United States presidential election in Georgia explained

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Election Name:	1984 United States presidential election in Georgia
Country:	Georgia (U.S. state)
Flag Year:	1956
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1980 United States presidential election in Georgia
Previous Year:	1980
Next Election:	1988 United States presidential election in Georgia
Next Year:	1988
Election Date:	November 6, 1984
Image1:	Ronald Reagan presidential portrait (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Ronald Reagan
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	California
Running Mate1:	George H. W. Bush
Electoral Vote1:	12
Popular Vote1:	1,068,722
Percentage1:	60.17%
Nominee2:	Walter Mondale
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Minnesota
Running Mate2:	Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	706,628
Percentage2:	39.79%
Map Size:	290px
President
Before Election:	Ronald Reagan
Before Party:	Republican Party (United States)
After Election:	Ronald Reagan
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

The 1984 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 6, 1984. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1984 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president of the United States.

Georgia was won by incumbent President Ronald Reagan, running with Vice President George H. W. Bush, defeated former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota, running with U.S. Representative Geraldine Ferraro. Georgia weighed in for this election as 2% more Republican than the national average. The 1984 presidential election in the state of Georgia marked the first time a winning candidate won over a million votes in Georgia.

, this is the last election in which Randolph County, Clarke County (home to Athens and the University of Georgia), and DeKalb County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.^[1]

Georgia was one of five states, alongside West Virginia, Hawaii, Maryland and Rhode Island, that Reagan lost in 1980 but won in 1984.

Campaign

Jesse Jackson's voters were 92% black, 6% white, 1% Hispanic, and 1% were members of other groups. 48% of Jackson voters listed Mondale as their second candidate in exit polls conducted by CBS News and The New York Times.

73% of white voters supported Reagan while 27% supported Mondale.

Results

United States presidential election in Georgia, 1984
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Ronald Reagan (incumbent)	George H. W. Bush (incumbent)	1,068,722	60.17%	12
	Democratic	Walter Mondale	Geraldine Ferraro	706,628	39.79%	0
	Write-Ins			743	0.04%	0
Totals				1,776,093	100.0%	12

Results by county

County^[2]	Ronald Reagan Republican		Walter Mondale Democratic		Various candidates Write-ins		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%
	Appling		2,929		59.93%		1,958		40.07%						971		19.86%		4,887
	Atkinson		944		51.17%		901		48.83%						43		2.34%		1,845
	Bacon		1,778		63.77%		1,010		36.23%						768		27.54%		2,788
	Baker		675		49.41%		691		50.59%						-16		-1.18%		1,366
	Baldwin		5,717		59.74%		3,853		40.26%						1,864		19.48%		9,570
	Banks		1,549		59.30%		1,063		40.70%						486		18.60%		2,612
	Barrow		4,123		63.53%		2,367		36.47%						1,756		27.06%		6,490
	Bartow		7,104		59.78%		4,780		40.22%						2,324		19.56%		11,884
	Ben Hill		2,313		55.44%		1,859		44.56%						454		10.88%		4,172
	Berrien		2,395		58.92%		1,670		41.08%						725		17.84%		4,065
	Bibb		24,170		47.77%		26,427		52.23%						-2,257		-4.46%		50,597
	Bleckley		1,912		56.62%		1,465		43.38%						447		13.24%		3,377
	Brantley		1,679		52.53%		1,517		47.47%						162		5.06%		3,196
	Brooks		2,229		57.30%		1,661		42.70%						568		14.60%		3,890
	Bryan		2,265		61.83%		1,398		38.17%						867		23.66%		3,663
	Bulloch		6,117		62.67%		3,644		37.33%						2,473		25.34%		9,761
	Burke		3,137		50.08%		3,127		49.92%						10		0.16%		6,264
	Butts		2,141		54.05%		1,820		45.95%						321		8.10%		3,961
	Calhoun		776		41.88%		1,077		58.12%						-301		-16.24%		1,853
	Camden		2,841		56.76%		2,164		43.24%						677		13.52%		5,005
	Candler		1,497		59.62%		1,014		40.38%						483		19.24%		2,511
	Carroll		11,436		67.17%		5,590		32.83%						5,846		34.34%		17,026
	Catoosa		7,908		71.91%		3,089		28.09%						4,819		43.82%		10,997
	Charlton		1,368		55.18%		1,111		44.82%						257		10.36%		2,479
	Chatham		38,482		57.65%		28,271		42.35%						10,211		15.30%		66,753
	Chattahoochee		459		51.75%		428		48.25%						31		3.50%		887
	Chattooga		2,953		53.41%		2,576		46.59%						377		6.82%		5,529
	Cherokee		11,146		76.11%		3,499		23.89%						7,647		52.22%		14,645
	Clarke		11,503		53.17%		10,132		46.83%						1,371		6.34%		21,635
	Clay		419		35.84%		750		64.16%						-331		-28.32%		1,169
	Clayton		31,553		72.84%		11,763		27.16%						19,790		45.68%		43,316
	Clinch		862		57.97%		625		42.03%						237		15.94%		1,487
	Cobb		97,429		77.42%		28,414		22.58%						69,015		54.84%		125,843
	Coffee		4,200		61.47%		2,633		38.53%						1,567		22.94%		6,833
	Colquitt		5,815		64.45%		3,208		35.55%						2,607		28.90%		9,023
	Columbia		12,294		76.74%		3,727		23.26%						8,567		53.48%		16,021
	Cook		1,860		55.19%		1,510		44.81%						350		10.38%		3,370
	Coweta		7,981		68.62%		3,650		31.38%						4,331		37.24%		11,631
	Crawford		1,298		47.70%		1,423		52.30%						-125		-4.60%		2,721
	Crisp		2,895		57.63%		2,128		42.37%						767		15.26%		5,023
	Dade		2,750		70.51%		1,150		29.49%						1,600		41.02%		3,900
	Dawson		1,322		67.28%		643		32.72%						679		34.56%		1,965
	Decatur		4,134		60.88%		2,656		39.12%						1,478		21.76%		6,790
	DeKalb		104,697		57.52%		77,329		42.48%						27,368		15.04%		182,026
	Dodge		2,765		52.39%		2,513		47.61%						252		4.78%		5,278
	Dooly		1,435		45.40%		1,726		54.60%						-291		-9.20%		3,161
	Dougherty		16,920		56.73%		12,904		43.27%						4,016		13.46%		29,824
	Douglas		12,428		73.98%		4,371		26.02%						8,057		47.96%		16,799
	Early		2,239		59.98%		1,494		40.02%						745		19.96%		3,733
	Echols		453		66.62%		227		33.38%						226		33.24%		680
	Effingham		4,266		67.49%		2,055		32.51%						2,211		34.98%		6,321
	Elbert		3,366		55.77%		2,670		44.23%						696		11.54%		6,036
	Emanuel		3,920		61.46%		2,458		38.54%						1,462		22.92%		6,378
	Evans		1,601		57.30%		1,193		42.70%						408		14.60%		2,794
	Fannin		4,159		67.91%		1,965		32.09%						2,194		35.82%		6,124
	Fayette		12,575		81.47%		2,861		18.53%						9,714		62.94%		15,436
	Floyd		15,437		63.50%		8,873		36.50%						6,564		27.00%		24,310
	Forsyth		6,841		75.04%		2,275		24.96%						4,566		50.08%		9,116
	Franklin		2,549		58.10%		1,838		41.90%						711		16.20%		4,387
	Fulton		95,149		43.11%		125,567		56.89%						-30,418		-13.78%		220,716
	Gilmer		2,972		70.66%		1,234		29.34%						1,738		41.32%		4,206
	Glascock		827		72.29%		317		27.71%						510		44.58%		1,144
	Glynn		11,724		64.07%		6,574		35.93%						5,150		28.14%		18,298
	Gordon		5,566		68.10%		2,607		31.90%						2,959		36.20%		8,173
	Grady		3,886		63.22%		2,261		36.78%						1,625		26.44%		6,147
	Greene		1,599		44.53%		1,992		55.47%						-393		-10.94%		3,591
	Gwinnett		54,749		79.48%		14,139		20.52%						40,610		58.96%		68,888
	Habersham		4,647		68.62%		2,125		31.38%						2,522		37.24%		6,772
	Hall		15,076		67.01%		7,421		32.99%						7,655		34.02%		22,497
	Hancock		644		23.39%		2,109		76.61%						-1,465		-53.22%		2,753
	Haralson		3,945		67.06%		1,938		32.94%						2,007		34.12%		5,883
	Harris		3,138		59.95%		2,096		40.05%						1,042		19.90%		5,234
	Hart		2,842		53.24%		2,496		46.76%						346		6.48%		5,338
	Heard		1,492		64.81%		810		35.19%						682		29.62%		2,302
	Henry		9,142		69.06%		4,096		30.94%						5,046		38.12%		13,238
	Houston		14,255		60.71%		9,226		39.29%						5,029		21.42%		23,481
	Irwin		1,330		59.51%		905		40.49%						425		19.02%		2,235
	Jackson		4,202		60.73%		2,717		39.27%						1,485		21.46%		6,919
	Jasper		1,431		56.05%		1,122		43.95%						309		12.10%		2,553
	Jeff Davis		2,233		61.80%		1,380		38.20%						853		23.60%		3,613
	Jefferson		2,999		51.57%		2,816		48.43%						183		3.14%		5,815
	Jenkins		1,399		55.80%		1,108		44.20%						291		11.60%		2,507
	Johnson		1,733		59.11%		1,199		40.89%						534		18.22%		2,932
	Jones		3,401		55.01%		2,781		44.99%						620		10.02%		6,182
	Lamar		2,198		57.80%		1,605		42.20%						593		15.60%		3,803
	Lanier		852		53.48%		741		46.52%						111		6.96%		1,593
	Laurens		7,181		56.76%		5,471		43.24%						1,710		13.52%		12,652
	Lee		2,972		69.83%		1,284		30.17%						1,688		39.66%		4,256
	Liberty		3,229		53.53%		2,803		46.47%						426		7.06%		6,032
	Lincoln		1,357		54.89%		1,115		45.11%						242		9.78%		2,472
	Long		1,099		57.39%		816		42.61%						283		14.78%		1,915
	Lowndes		10,437		62.86%		6,167		37.14%						4,270		25.72%		16,604
	Lumpkin		1,991		64.21%		1,110		35.79%						881		28.42%		3,101
	McDuffie		3,284		62.08%		2,006		37.92%						1,278		24.16%		5,290
	McIntosh		1,512		45.71%		1,796		54.29%						-284		-8.58%		3,308
	Macon		1,515		37.54%		2,521		62.46%						-1,006		-24.92%		4,036
	Madison		3,768		69.04%		1,690		30.96%						2,078		38.08%		5,458
	Marion		846		47.08%		951		52.92%						-105		-5.84%		1,797
	Meriwether		3,195		52.73%		2,864		47.27%						331		5.46%		6,059
	Miller		1,348		71.93%		526		28.07%						822		43.86%		1,874
	Mitchell		2,737		49.51%		2,791		50.49%						-54		-0.98%		5,528
	Monroe		2,420		52.51%		2,189		47.49%						231		5.02%		4,609
	Montgomery		1,365		58.96%		950		41.04%						415		17.92%		2,315
	Morgan		2,301		57.31%		1,714		42.69%						587		14.62%		4,015
	Murray		3,521		68.10%		1,649		31.90%						1,872		36.20%		5,170
	Muscogee		23,816		53.34%		20,835		46.66%						2,981		6.68%		44,651
	Newton		5,810		63.16%		3,389		36.84%						2,421		26.32%		9,199
	Oconee		3,471		70.29%		1,467		29.71%						2,004		40.58%		4,938
	Oglethorpe		2,122		63.15%		1,238		36.85%						884		26.30%		3,360
	Paulding		6,048		69.77%		2,621		30.23%						3,427		39.54%		8,669
	Peach		2,652		44.05%		3,369		55.95%						-717		-11.90%		6,021
	Pickens		2,801		67.82%		1,329		32.18%						1,472		35.64%		4,130
	Pierce		1,978		56.86%		1,501		43.14%						477		13.72%		3,479
	Pike		1,855		60.66%		1,203		39.34%						652		21.32%		3,058
	Polk		5,435		62.49%		3,262		37.51%						2,173		24.98%		8,697
	Pulaski		1,509		51.17%		1,440		48.83%						69		2.34%		2,949
	Putnam		1,830		57.80%		1,336		42.20%						494		15.60%		3,166
	Quitman		361		42.42%		490		57.58%						-129		-15.16%		851
	Rabun		2,191		63.36%		1,267		36.64%						924		26.72%		3,458
	Randolph		1,578		52.04%		1,454		47.96%						124		4.08%		3,032
	Richmond		29,869		58.48%		21,208		41.52%						8,661		16.96%		51,077
	Rockdale		10,121		75.46%		3,291		24.54%						6,830		50.92%		13,412
	Schley		614		60.37%		403		39.63%						211		20.74%		1,017
	Screven		2,583		59.65%		1,747		40.35%						836		19.30%		4,330
	Seminole		1,636		54.79%		1,350		45.21%						286		9.58%		2,986
	Spalding		8,571		63.73%		4,878		36.27%						3,693		27.46%		13,449
	Stephens		4,057		64.10%		2,272		35.90%						1,785		28.20%		6,329
	Stewart		805		38.10%		1,308		61.90%						-503		-23.80%		2,113
	Sumter		4,607		55.29%		3,725		44.71%						882		10.58%		8,332
	Talbot		778		34.24%		1,494		65.76%						-716		-31.52%		2,272
	Taliaferro		318		36.64%		550		63.36%						-232		-26.72%		868
	Tattnall		3,641		65.08%		1,954		34.92%						1,687		30.16%		5,595
	Taylor		1,292		49.09%		1,340		50.91%						-48		-1.82%		2,632
	Telfair		1,980		49.14%		2,049		50.86%						-69		-1.72%		4,029
	Terrell		1,744		52.18%		1,598		47.82%						146		4.36%		3,342
	Thomas		6,427		61.41%		4,039		38.59%						2,388		22.82%		10,466
	Tift		4,429		61.81%		2,736		38.19%						1,693		23.62%		7,165
	Toombs		4,470		65.21%		2,385		34.79%						2,085		30.42%		6,855
	Towns		1,960		66.06%		1,007		33.94%						953		32.12%		2,967
	Treutlen		1,086		56.30%		843		43.70%						243		12.60%		1,929
	Troup		9,340		63.92%		5,272		36.08%						4,068		27.84%		14,612
	Turner		1,329		51.14%		1,270		48.86%						59		2.28%		2,599
	Twiggs		1,143		39.44%		1,755		60.56%						-612		-21.12%		2,898
	Union		1,914		63.25%		1,112		36.75%						802		26.50%		3,026
	Upson		4,803		62.01%		2,943		37.99%						1,860		24.02%		7,746
	Walker		10,734		68.22%		5,000		31.78%						5,734		36.44%		15,734
	Walton		4,995		66.81%		2,481		33.19%						2,514		33.62%		7,476
	Ware		5,547		55.57%		4,435		44.43%						1,112		11.14%		9,982
	Warren		1,087		46.35%		1,258		53.65%						-171		-7.30%		2,345
	Washington		2,887		48.76%		3,034		51.24%						-147		-2.48%		5,921
	Wayne		3,698		60.31%		2,434		39.69%						1,264		20.62%		6,132
	Webster		402		42.95%		534		57.05%						-132		-14.10%		936
	Wheeler		833		51.84%		774		48.16%						59		3.68%		1,607
	White		2,369		68.49%		1,090		31.51%						1,279		36.98%		3,459
	Whitfield		11,957		69.35%		5,284		30.65%						6,673		38.70%		17,241
	Wilcox		1,218		50.12%		1,212		49.88%						6		0.24%		2,430
	Wilkes		1,837		53.67%		1,586		46.33%						251		7.34%		3,423
	Wilkinson		1,756		45.52%		2,102		54.48%						-346		-8.96%		3,858
	Worth		2,910		63.33%		1,685		36.67%						1,225		26.66%		4,595
Totals	1,068,722	60.17%	706,628	39.79%	743	0.04%	362,094	20.38%	1,776,093

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

• Presidency of Ronald Reagan

Works cited

• Book: Black . Earl . Earl Black (political scientist) . Black . Merle . Merle Black . The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected . . 1992 . 0674941306.
• Book: Ranney . Austin . J. Austin Ranney . The American Elections of 1984 . . 1985 . 0822302306.

Notes and References

1. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
2. Book: Cleland, Max . OFFICIAL State of Georgia - tabulation by counties for Presidential electors: U.S. senator, U.S. Representatives, state officers and constitutional amendments, general election November 6, 1984 and nonpartisan general election November 6, 1984 . Georgia Secretary of State . 1984.