1984 United States presidential election in Georgia

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1984 United States presidential election in Georgia
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  1980 November 6, 1984 1988  
  Ronald Reagan presidential portrait (cropped).jpg Walter Mondale 1977 vice presidential portrait (cropped).jpg
Nominee Ronald Reagan Walter Mondale
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Minnesota
Running mate George H. W. Bush Geraldine Ferraro
Electoral vote120
Popular vote1,068,722 706,628
Percentage60.17%39.79%

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1984 US Presidential election in Georgia by congressional district.svg

President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

Ronald Reagan
Republican

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.

Contents

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.

As of the 2020 presidential election , 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. [2] 48% of Jackson voters listed Mondale as their second candidate in exit polls conducted by CBS News and The New York Times'. [3]

73% of white voters supported Reagan while 27% supported Mondale. [4] [5]

Results

United States presidential election in Georgia, 1984
PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Ronald Reagan (incumbent) George H. W. Bush (incumbent)1,068,72260.17%12
Democratic Walter Mondale Geraldine Ferraro 706,62839.79%0
Write-Ins7430.04%0
Totals1,776,093100.0%12

Results by county

County [6] Ronald Reagan
Republican
Walter Mondale
Democratic
Various candidates
Write-ins
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Appling 2,92959.93%1,95840.07%97119.86%4,887
Atkinson 94451.17%90148.83%432.34%1,845
Bacon 1,77863.77%1,01036.23%76827.54%2,788
Baker 67549.41%69150.59%-16-1.18%1,366
Baldwin 5,71759.74%3,85340.26%1,86419.48%9,570
Banks 1,54959.30%1,06340.70%48618.60%2,612
Barrow 4,12363.53%2,36736.47%1,75627.06%6,490
Bartow 7,10459.78%4,78040.22%2,32419.56%11,884
Ben Hill 2,31355.44%1,85944.56%45410.88%4,172
Berrien 2,39558.92%1,67041.08%72517.84%4,065
Bibb 24,17047.77%26,42752.23%-2,257-4.46%50,597
Bleckley 1,91256.62%1,46543.38%44713.24%3,377
Brantley 1,67952.53%1,51747.47%1625.06%3,196
Brooks 2,22957.30%1,66142.70%56814.60%3,890
Bryan 2,26561.83%1,39838.17%86723.66%3,663
Bulloch 6,11762.67%3,64437.33%2,47325.34%9,761
Burke 3,13750.08%3,12749.92%100.16%6,264
Butts 2,14154.05%1,82045.95%3218.10%3,961
Calhoun 77641.88%1,07758.12%-301-16.24%1,853
Camden 2,84156.76%2,16443.24%67713.52%5,005
Candler 1,49759.62%1,01440.38%48319.24%2,511
Carroll 11,43667.17%5,59032.83%5,84634.34%17,026
Catoosa 7,90871.91%3,08928.09%4,81943.82%10,997
Charlton 1,36855.18%1,11144.82%25710.36%2,479
Chatham 38,48257.65%28,27142.35%10,21115.30%66,753
Chattahoochee 45951.75%42848.25%313.50%887
Chattooga 2,95353.41%2,57646.59%3776.82%5,529
Cherokee 11,14676.11%3,49923.89%7,64752.22%14,645
Clarke 11,50353.17%10,13246.83%1,3716.34%21,635
Clay 41935.84%75064.16%-331-28.32%1,169
Clayton 31,55372.84%11,76327.16%19,79045.68%43,316
Clinch 86257.97%62542.03%23715.94%1,487
Cobb 97,42977.42%28,41422.58%69,01554.84%125,843
Coffee 4,20061.47%2,63338.53%1,56722.94%6,833
Colquitt 5,81564.45%3,20835.55%2,60728.90%9,023
Columbia 12,29476.74%3,72723.26%8,56753.48%16,021
Cook 1,86055.19%1,51044.81%35010.38%3,370
Coweta 7,98168.62%3,65031.38%4,33137.24%11,631
Crawford 1,29847.70%1,42352.30%-125-4.60%2,721
Crisp 2,89557.63%2,12842.37%76715.26%5,023
Dade 2,75070.51%1,15029.49%1,60041.02%3,900
Dawson 1,32267.28%64332.72%67934.56%1,965
Decatur 4,13460.88%2,65639.12%1,47821.76%6,790
DeKalb 104,69757.52%77,32942.48%27,36815.04%182,026
Dodge 2,76552.39%2,51347.61%2524.78%5,278
Dooly 1,43545.40%1,72654.60%-291-9.20%3,161
Dougherty 16,92056.73%12,90443.27%4,01613.46%29,824
Douglas 12,42873.98%4,37126.02%8,05747.96%16,799
Early 2,23959.98%1,49440.02%74519.96%3,733
Echols 45366.62%22733.38%22633.24%680
Effingham 4,26667.49%2,05532.51%2,21134.98%6,321
Elbert 3,36655.77%2,67044.23%69611.54%6,036
Emanuel 3,92061.46%2,45838.54%1,46222.92%6,378
Evans 1,60157.30%1,19342.70%40814.60%2,794
Fannin 4,15967.91%1,96532.09%2,19435.82%6,124
Fayette 12,57581.47%2,86118.53%9,71462.94%15,436
Floyd 15,43763.50%8,87336.50%6,56427.00%24,310
Forsyth 6,84175.04%2,27524.96%4,56650.08%9,116
Franklin 2,54958.10%1,83841.90%71116.20%4,387
Fulton 95,14943.11%125,56756.89%-30,418-13.78%220,716
Gilmer 2,97270.66%1,23429.34%1,73841.32%4,206
Glascock 82772.29%31727.71%51044.58%1,144
Glynn 11,72464.07%6,57435.93%5,15028.14%18,298
Gordon 5,56668.10%2,60731.90%2,95936.20%8,173
Grady 3,88663.22%2,26136.78%1,62526.44%6,147
Greene 1,59944.53%1,99255.47%-393-10.94%3,591
Gwinnett 54,74979.48%14,13920.52%40,61058.96%68,888
Habersham 4,64768.62%2,12531.38%2,52237.24%6,772
Hall 15,07667.01%7,42132.99%7,65534.02%22,497
Hancock 64423.39%2,10976.61%-1,465-53.22%2,753
Haralson 3,94567.06%1,93832.94%2,00734.12%5,883
Harris 3,13859.95%2,09640.05%1,04219.90%5,234
Hart 2,84253.24%2,49646.76%3466.48%5,338
Heard 1,49264.81%81035.19%68229.62%2,302
Henry 9,14269.06%4,09630.94%5,04638.12%13,238
Houston 14,25560.71%9,22639.29%5,02921.42%23,481
Irwin 1,33059.51%90540.49%42519.02%2,235
Jackson 4,20260.73%2,71739.27%1,48521.46%6,919
Jasper 1,43156.05%1,12243.95%30912.10%2,553
Jeff Davis 2,23361.80%1,38038.20%85323.60%3,613
Jefferson 2,99951.57%2,81648.43%1833.14%5,815
Jenkins 1,39955.80%1,10844.20%29111.60%2,507
Johnson 1,73359.11%1,19940.89%53418.22%2,932
Jones 3,40155.01%2,78144.99%62010.02%6,182
Lamar 2,19857.80%1,60542.20%59315.60%3,803
Lanier 85253.48%74146.52%1116.96%1,593
Laurens 7,18156.76%5,47143.24%1,71013.52%12,652
Lee 2,97269.83%1,28430.17%1,68839.66%4,256
Liberty 3,22953.53%2,80346.47%4267.06%6,032
Lincoln 1,35754.89%1,11545.11%2429.78%2,472
Long 1,09957.39%81642.61%28314.78%1,915
Lowndes 10,43762.86%6,16737.14%4,27025.72%16,604
Lumpkin 1,99164.21%1,11035.79%88128.42%3,101
McDuffie 3,28462.08%2,00637.92%1,27824.16%5,290
McIntosh 1,51245.71%1,79654.29%-284-8.58%3,308
Macon 1,51537.54%2,52162.46%-1,006-24.92%4,036
Madison 3,76869.04%1,69030.96%2,07838.08%5,458
Marion 84647.08%95152.92%-105-5.84%1,797
Meriwether 3,19552.73%2,86447.27%3315.46%6,059
Miller 1,34871.93%52628.07%82243.86%1,874
Mitchell 2,73749.51%2,79150.49%-54-0.98%5,528
Monroe 2,42052.51%2,18947.49%2315.02%4,609
Montgomery 1,36558.96%95041.04%41517.92%2,315
Morgan 2,30157.31%1,71442.69%58714.62%4,015
Murray 3,52168.10%1,64931.90%1,87236.20%5,170
Muscogee 23,81653.34%20,83546.66%2,9816.68%44,651
Newton 5,81063.16%3,38936.84%2,42126.32%9,199
Oconee 3,47170.29%1,46729.71%2,00440.58%4,938
Oglethorpe 2,12263.15%1,23836.85%88426.30%3,360
Paulding 6,04869.77%2,62130.23%3,42739.54%8,669
Peach 2,65244.05%3,36955.95%-717-11.90%6,021
Pickens 2,80167.82%1,32932.18%1,47235.64%4,130
Pierce 1,97856.86%1,50143.14%47713.72%3,479
Pike 1,85560.66%1,20339.34%65221.32%3,058
Polk 5,43562.49%3,26237.51%2,17324.98%8,697
Pulaski 1,50951.17%1,44048.83%692.34%2,949
Putnam 1,83057.80%1,33642.20%49415.60%3,166
Quitman 36142.42%49057.58%-129-15.16%851
Rabun 2,19163.36%1,26736.64%92426.72%3,458
Randolph 1,57852.04%1,45447.96%1244.08%3,032
Richmond 29,86958.48%21,20841.52%8,66116.96%51,077
Rockdale 10,12175.46%3,29124.54%6,83050.92%13,412
Schley 61460.37%40339.63%21120.74%1,017
Screven 2,58359.65%1,74740.35%83619.30%4,330
Seminole 1,63654.79%1,35045.21%2869.58%2,986
Spalding 8,57163.73%4,87836.27%3,69327.46%13,449
Stephens 4,05764.10%2,27235.90%1,78528.20%6,329
Stewart 80538.10%1,30861.90%-503-23.80%2,113
Sumter 4,60755.29%3,72544.71%88210.58%8,332
Talbot 77834.24%1,49465.76%-716-31.52%2,272
Taliaferro 31836.64%55063.36%-232-26.72%868
Tattnall 3,64165.08%1,95434.92%1,68730.16%5,595
Taylor 1,29249.09%1,34050.91%-48-1.82%2,632
Telfair 1,98049.14%2,04950.86%-69-1.72%4,029
Terrell 1,74452.18%1,59847.82%1464.36%3,342
Thomas 6,42761.41%4,03938.59%2,38822.82%10,466
Tift 4,42961.81%2,73638.19%1,69323.62%7,165
Toombs 4,47065.21%2,38534.79%2,08530.42%6,855
Towns 1,96066.06%1,00733.94%95332.12%2,967
Treutlen 1,08656.30%84343.70%24312.60%1,929
Troup 9,34063.92%5,27236.08%4,06827.84%14,612
Turner 1,32951.14%1,27048.86%592.28%2,599
Twiggs 1,14339.44%1,75560.56%-612-21.12%2,898
Union 1,91463.25%1,11236.75%80226.50%3,026
Upson 4,80362.01%2,94337.99%1,86024.02%7,746
Walker 10,73468.22%5,00031.78%5,73436.44%15,734
Walton 4,99566.81%2,48133.19%2,51433.62%7,476
Ware 5,54755.57%4,43544.43%1,11211.14%9,982
Warren 1,08746.35%1,25853.65%-171-7.30%2,345
Washington 2,88748.76%3,03451.24%-147-2.48%5,921
Wayne 3,69860.31%2,43439.69%1,26420.62%6,132
Webster 40242.95%53457.05%-132-14.10%936
Wheeler 83351.84%77448.16%593.68%1,607
White 2,36968.49%1,09031.51%1,27936.98%3,459
Whitfield 11,95769.35%5,28430.65%6,67338.70%17,241
Wilcox 1,21850.12%1,21249.88%60.24%2,430
Wilkes 1,83753.67%1,58646.33%2517.34%3,423
Wilkinson 1,75645.52%2,10254.48%-346-8.96%3,858
Worth 2,91063.33%1,68536.67%1,22526.66%4,595
Totals1,068,72260.17%706,62839.79%743 [lower-alpha 1] 0.04%362,09420.38%1,776,093

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes

  1. These write-in votes were listed only as a statewide total and not separated by county.

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