United States presidential elections in Georgia explained

State:Georgia
Number Of Elections:58
Voted Democratic:32
Voted Republican:11
Voted Whig:3
Voted Dem Rep:8
Voted Other:3
Voted Winning:37
Voted Losing:21

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Georgia, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1788, Georgia has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, when it had seceded in the American Civil War.

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentOther national
candidates		data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
2024Donald Trump 2,663,117 50.73 2,548,017 48.53 — 16
2020[1] Joe Biden 2,473,633 49.47 2,461,854 49.24 — 16
2016[2] Donald Trump 2,089,104 50.44 1,877,963 45.35 — 16
2012[3] 1,773,827 45.48 Mitt Romney 2,078,688 53.30 — 16
2008[4] 1,844,123 46.99 John McCain 2,048,759 52.20 — 15
2004[5] George W. Bush 1,914,254 57.97 1,366,149 41.37 — 15
2000[6] George W. Bush 1,419,720 54.67 1,116,230 42.98 — 13
1996[7] 1,053,849 45.84 Bob Dole 1,080,843 47.01 146,337 6.37 13
Bill Clinton 1,008,966 43.47 995,252 42.88 309,657 13.34 13
George H. W. Bush 1,081,331 59.75 714,792 39.50 — 12
Ronald Reagan 1,068,722 60.17 706,628 39.79 — 12
654,168 40.95 Jimmy Carter 890,733 55.76 36,055 2.26 12
Jimmy Carter 979,409 66.74 483,743 32.96 — 12
Richard Nixon 881,496 75.04 289,529 24.65 — 12
380,111 30.40 334,440 26.75 George Wallace 535,550 42.83 12
522,557 45.87 Barry Goldwater 616,584 54.12 — 12
John F. Kennedy 458,638 62.54 274,472 37.43 — 12
216,652 32.65 Adlai Stevenson II 441,094 66.48 — 12
198,979 30.34 Adlai Stevenson II 456,823 69.66 — 12
Harry S. Truman 254,646 60.81 76,691 18.31 85,055 20.31 12
Franklin D. Roosevelt 268,187 81.74 59,880 18.25 — 12
Franklin D. Roosevelt 265,194 84.85 46,360 14.83 — 12
Franklin D. Roosevelt 255,364 87.10 36,942 12.60 — 12
Franklin D. Roosevelt 234,118 91.60 19,863 7.77 — 12
99,369 43.36 Al Smith 129,602 56.56 — 14
30,300 18.19 John W. Davis 123,200 73.96 12,691 7.62 14
41,089 27.72 James M. Cox 107,162 72.28 Parley P. Christensen——14
Woodrow Wilson 127,754 79.51 11,294 7.03 — 14
Woodrow Wilson 93,087 76.63 21,985 18.10 5,191 4.27 14
41,355 31.21 William Jennings Bryan 72,350 54.60 — 13
24,004 18.33 Alton B. Parker 83,466 63.72 — 13
34,260 28.22 William Jennings Bryan 81,180 66.86 — 13
59,395 36.56 William Jennings Bryan 93,885 57.78 — 13
Grover Cleveland 129,446 58.01 48,408 21.70 41,939 18.8 13
40,499 28.33 Grover Cleveland 100,493 70.31 — 12
Grover Cleveland 94,667 65.92 48,603 33.84 — 12
54,470 34.59 Winfield S. Hancock 102,981 65.41 — 11
50,533 27.97 Samuel J. Tilden 130,157 72.03 — 11
62,550 45.03 Horace Greeley 76,356 54.97 — 11
57,109 35.7 Horatio Seymour 102,707 64.3 — 9
1864 — n/a No vote due to secession.

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes
style"text-align:left" 1860Abraham Lincolnno ballotsStephen A. Douglas11,58110.9John C. Breckinridge52,17648.9John Bell42,96040.310

Elections from 1828 to 1856

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentOther national
candidates		data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
James Buchanan 56,581 57.14 no ballots 42,439 42.86 10
Franklin Pierce 40,516 64.7 16,660 26.6 no ballots 10
Zachary Taylor 47,532 51.49 44,785 48.51 no ballots 10
James K. Polk 44,147 51.19 42,100 48.81 — 10
William Henry Harrison 40,339 55.78 31,983 44.22 — 11
22,778 48.2 Hugh Lawson White 24,481 51.8 various 11
Andrew Jackson 20,750 100 no ballots no ballots 11
Andrew Jackson 19,362 96.79 642 3.21 — 9

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become president, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" VotesRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" VotesRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" VotesRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes
style"text-align:left" no popular vote no popular vote no popular vote William H. Crawford no popular vote 9

Elections from 1788-89 to 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all 8 of Georgia's electoral votes, and all electoral votes nationwide except one vote in New Hampshire. To the extent that a popular vote was held, it was primarily directed to filling the office of vice president.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)Runner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
James Monroe - 8 Monroe effectively ran unopposed.
James Monroe 8
James Madison 8
James Madison 6
Thomas Jefferson 6
Thomas Jefferson 4
Thomas Jefferson 4
George Washington - 4 Washington effectively ran unopposed.
1788-89George Washington - 5 Washington effectively ran unopposed.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election Night Reporting. 2020-11-20. results.enr.clarityelections.com.
  2. https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2016/federalelections2016.pdf 2016 official Federal Election Commission report
  3. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2012/federalelections2012.pdf 2012 official Federal Election Commission report
  4. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2008/federalelections2008.pdf 2008 official Federal Election Commission report
  5. Web site: Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. May 2005 . Federal Elections Commission.
  6. Web site: 2000 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  7. Web site: 1996 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.

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