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
PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
RepublicanRonald Reagan (incumbent)George H. W. Bush (incumbent)1,068,722 60.17%12
DemocraticWalter MondaleGeraldine Ferraro706,628 39.79%0
Write-Ins7430.04%0
Totals1,776,093100.0%12

Results by county

County[2] Ronald Reagan
Republican
Walter Mondale
Democratic
Various candidates
Write-ins
MarginTotal votes cast
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Appling2,92959.93%1,95840.07%97119.86%4,887
Atkinson94451.17%90148.83%432.34%1,845
Bacon1,77863.77%1,01036.23%76827.54%2,788
Baker67549.41%69150.59%-16-1.18%1,366
Baldwin5,71759.74%3,85340.26%1,86419.48%9,570
Banks1,54959.30%1,06340.70%48618.60%2,612
Barrow4,12363.53%2,36736.47%1,75627.06%6,490
Bartow7,10459.78%4,78040.22%2,32419.56%11,884
Ben Hill2,31355.44%1,85944.56%45410.88%4,172
Berrien2,39558.92%1,67041.08%72517.84%4,065
Bibb24,17047.77%26,42752.23%-2,257-4.46%50,597
Bleckley1,91256.62%1,46543.38%44713.24%3,377
Brantley1,67952.53%1,51747.47%1625.06%3,196
Brooks2,22957.30%1,66142.70%56814.60%3,890
Bryan2,26561.83%1,39838.17%86723.66%3,663
Bulloch6,11762.67%3,64437.33%2,47325.34%9,761
Burke3,13750.08%3,12749.92%100.16%6,264
Butts2,14154.05%1,82045.95%3218.10%3,961
Calhoun77641.88%1,07758.12%-301-16.24%1,853
Camden2,84156.76%2,16443.24%67713.52%5,005
Candler1,49759.62%1,01440.38%48319.24%2,511
Carroll11,43667.17%5,59032.83%5,84634.34%17,026
Catoosa7,90871.91%3,08928.09%4,81943.82%10,997
Charlton1,36855.18%1,11144.82%25710.36%2,479
Chatham38,48257.65%28,27142.35%10,21115.30%66,753
Chattahoochee45951.75%42848.25%313.50%887
Chattooga2,95353.41%2,57646.59%3776.82%5,529
Cherokee11,14676.11%3,49923.89%7,64752.22%14,645
Clarke11,50353.17%10,13246.83%1,3716.34%21,635
Clay41935.84%75064.16%-331-28.32%1,169
Clayton31,55372.84%11,76327.16%19,79045.68%43,316
Clinch86257.97%62542.03%23715.94%1,487
Cobb97,42977.42%28,41422.58%69,01554.84%125,843
Coffee4,20061.47%2,63338.53%1,56722.94%6,833
Colquitt5,81564.45%3,20835.55%2,60728.90%9,023
Columbia12,29476.74%3,72723.26%8,56753.48%16,021
Cook1,86055.19%1,51044.81%35010.38%3,370
Coweta7,98168.62%3,65031.38%4,33137.24%11,631
Crawford1,29847.70%1,42352.30%-125-4.60%2,721
Crisp2,89557.63%2,12842.37%76715.26%5,023
Dade2,75070.51%1,15029.49%1,60041.02%3,900
Dawson1,32267.28%64332.72%67934.56%1,965
Decatur4,13460.88%2,65639.12%1,47821.76%6,790
DeKalb104,69757.52%77,32942.48%27,36815.04%182,026
Dodge2,76552.39%2,51347.61%2524.78%5,278
Dooly1,43545.40%1,72654.60%-291-9.20%3,161
Dougherty16,92056.73%12,90443.27%4,01613.46%29,824
Douglas12,42873.98%4,37126.02%8,05747.96%16,799
Early2,23959.98%1,49440.02%74519.96%3,733
Echols45366.62%22733.38%22633.24%680
Effingham4,26667.49%2,05532.51%2,21134.98%6,321
Elbert3,36655.77%2,67044.23%69611.54%6,036
Emanuel3,92061.46%2,45838.54%1,46222.92%6,378
Evans1,60157.30%1,19342.70%40814.60%2,794
Fannin4,15967.91%1,96532.09%2,19435.82%6,124
Fayette12,57581.47%2,86118.53%9,71462.94%15,436
Floyd15,43763.50%8,87336.50%6,56427.00%24,310
Forsyth6,84175.04%2,27524.96%4,56650.08%9,116
Franklin2,54958.10%1,83841.90%71116.20%4,387
Fulton95,14943.11%125,56756.89%-30,418-13.78%220,716
Gilmer2,97270.66%1,23429.34%1,73841.32%4,206
Glascock82772.29%31727.71%51044.58%1,144
Glynn11,72464.07%6,57435.93%5,15028.14%18,298
Gordon5,56668.10%2,60731.90%2,95936.20%8,173
Grady3,88663.22%2,26136.78%1,62526.44%6,147
Greene1,59944.53%1,99255.47%-393-10.94%3,591
Gwinnett54,74979.48%14,13920.52%40,61058.96%68,888
Habersham4,64768.62%2,12531.38%2,52237.24%6,772
Hall15,07667.01%7,42132.99%7,65534.02%22,497
Hancock64423.39%2,10976.61%-1,465-53.22%2,753
Haralson3,94567.06%1,93832.94%2,00734.12%5,883
Harris3,13859.95%2,09640.05%1,04219.90%5,234
Hart2,84253.24%2,49646.76%3466.48%5,338
Heard1,49264.81%81035.19%68229.62%2,302
Henry9,14269.06%4,09630.94%5,04638.12%13,238
Houston14,25560.71%9,22639.29%5,02921.42%23,481
Irwin1,33059.51%90540.49%42519.02%2,235
Jackson4,20260.73%2,71739.27%1,48521.46%6,919
Jasper1,43156.05%1,12243.95%30912.10%2,553
Jeff Davis2,23361.80%1,38038.20%85323.60%3,613
Jefferson2,99951.57%2,81648.43%1833.14%5,815
Jenkins1,39955.80%1,10844.20%29111.60%2,507
Johnson1,73359.11%1,19940.89%53418.22%2,932
Jones3,40155.01%2,78144.99%62010.02%6,182
Lamar2,19857.80%1,60542.20%59315.60%3,803
Lanier85253.48%74146.52%1116.96%1,593
Laurens7,18156.76%5,47143.24%1,71013.52%12,652
Lee2,97269.83%1,28430.17%1,68839.66%4,256
Liberty3,22953.53%2,80346.47%4267.06%6,032
Lincoln1,35754.89%1,11545.11%2429.78%2,472
Long1,09957.39%81642.61%28314.78%1,915
Lowndes10,43762.86%6,16737.14%4,27025.72%16,604
Lumpkin1,99164.21%1,11035.79%88128.42%3,101
McDuffie3,28462.08%2,00637.92%1,27824.16%5,290
McIntosh1,51245.71%1,79654.29%-284-8.58%3,308
Macon1,51537.54%2,52162.46%-1,006-24.92%4,036
Madison3,76869.04%1,69030.96%2,07838.08%5,458
Marion84647.08%95152.92%-105-5.84%1,797
Meriwether3,19552.73%2,86447.27%3315.46%6,059
Miller1,34871.93%52628.07%82243.86%1,874
Mitchell2,73749.51%2,79150.49%-54-0.98%5,528
Monroe2,42052.51%2,18947.49%2315.02%4,609
Montgomery1,36558.96%95041.04%41517.92%2,315
Morgan2,30157.31%1,71442.69%58714.62%4,015
Murray3,52168.10%1,64931.90%1,87236.20%5,170
Muscogee23,81653.34%20,83546.66%2,9816.68%44,651
Newton5,81063.16%3,38936.84%2,42126.32%9,199
Oconee3,47170.29%1,46729.71%2,00440.58%4,938
Oglethorpe2,12263.15%1,23836.85%88426.30%3,360
Paulding6,04869.77%2,62130.23%3,42739.54%8,669
Peach2,65244.05%3,36955.95%-717-11.90%6,021
Pickens2,80167.82%1,32932.18%1,47235.64%4,130
Pierce1,97856.86%1,50143.14%47713.72%3,479
Pike1,85560.66%1,20339.34%65221.32%3,058
Polk5,43562.49%3,26237.51%2,17324.98%8,697
Pulaski1,50951.17%1,44048.83%692.34%2,949
Putnam1,83057.80%1,33642.20%49415.60%3,166
Quitman36142.42%49057.58%-129-15.16%851
Rabun2,19163.36%1,26736.64%92426.72%3,458
Randolph1,57852.04%1,45447.96%1244.08%3,032
Richmond29,86958.48%21,20841.52%8,66116.96%51,077
Rockdale10,12175.46%3,29124.54%6,83050.92%13,412
Schley61460.37%40339.63%21120.74%1,017
Screven2,58359.65%1,74740.35%83619.30%4,330
Seminole1,63654.79%1,35045.21%2869.58%2,986
Spalding8,57163.73%4,87836.27%3,69327.46%13,449
Stephens4,05764.10%2,27235.90%1,78528.20%6,329
Stewart80538.10%1,30861.90%-503-23.80%2,113
Sumter4,60755.29%3,72544.71%88210.58%8,332
Talbot77834.24%1,49465.76%-716-31.52%2,272
Taliaferro31836.64%55063.36%-232-26.72%868
Tattnall3,64165.08%1,95434.92%1,68730.16%5,595
Taylor1,29249.09%1,34050.91%-48-1.82%2,632
Telfair1,98049.14%2,04950.86%-69-1.72%4,029
Terrell1,74452.18%1,59847.82%1464.36%3,342
Thomas6,42761.41%4,03938.59%2,38822.82%10,466
Tift4,42961.81%2,73638.19%1,69323.62%7,165
Toombs4,47065.21%2,38534.79%2,08530.42%6,855
Towns1,96066.06%1,00733.94%95332.12%2,967
Treutlen1,08656.30%84343.70%24312.60%1,929
Troup9,34063.92%5,27236.08%4,06827.84%14,612
Turner1,32951.14%1,27048.86%592.28%2,599
Twiggs1,14339.44%1,75560.56%-612-21.12%2,898
Union1,91463.25%1,11236.75%80226.50%3,026
Upson4,80362.01%2,94337.99%1,86024.02%7,746
Walker10,73468.22%5,00031.78%5,73436.44%15,734
Walton4,99566.81%2,48133.19%2,51433.62%7,476
Ware5,54755.57%4,43544.43%1,11211.14%9,982
Warren1,08746.35%1,25853.65%-171-7.30%2,345
Washington2,88748.76%3,03451.24%-147-2.48%5,921
Wayne3,69860.31%2,43439.69%1,26420.62%6,132
Webster40242.95%53457.05%-132-14.10%936
Wheeler83351.84%77448.16%593.68%1,607
White2,36968.49%1,09031.51%1,27936.98%3,459
Whitfield11,95769.35%5,28430.65%6,67338.70%17,241
Wilcox1,21850.12%1,21249.88%60.24%2,430
Wilkes1,83753.67%1,58646.33%2517.34%3,423
Wilkinson1,75645.52%2,10254.48%-346-8.96%3,858
Worth2,91063.33%1,68536.67%1,22526.66%4,595
Totals1,068,72260.17%706,62839.79%7430.04%362,09420.38%1,776,093

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Works cited

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.