1984 United States presidential election in Georgia
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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.
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], 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
[edit]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
[edit]United States presidential election in Georgia, 1984 | ||||||
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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
[edit]County[6] | Ronald Reagan Republican |
Walter Mondale Democratic |
Various candidates Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
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[a] | 0.04% | 362,094 | 20.38% | 1,776,093 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]- Appling
- Atkinson
- Bacon
- Baldwin
- Banks
- Barrow
- Bartow
- Ben Hill
- Berrien
- Bleckley
- Brantley
- Brooks
- Bryan
- Burke
- Bullock
- Butts
- Camden
- Candler
- Carroll
- Charlton
- Chatham
- Chattahoochee
- Chattooga
- Cherokee
- Clarke
- Clinch
- Coffee
- Colquitt
- Cook
- Coweta
- Crisp
- Dawson
- Decatur
- Dodge
- DeKalb
- Dougherty
- Early
- Echols
- Effingham
- Elbert
- Emanuel
- Evans
- Floyd
- Forsyth
- Franklin
- Gilmer
- Glascock
- Glynn
- Gordon
- Grady
- Habersham
- Hall
- Haralson
- Harris
- Hart
- Heard
- Henry
- Houston
- Irwin
- Jackson
- Jasper
- Jeff Davis
- Jefferson
- Jenkins
- Johnson
- Jones
- Lamar
- Lanier
- Laurens
- Liberty
- Lincoln
- Long
- Lumpkin
- McDuffie
- Madison
- Meriwether
- Miller
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- Morgan
- Murray
- Muscogee
- Newton
- Oconee
- Oglethorpe
- Pualding
- Pickens
- Pierce
- Pike
- Polk
- Pulaski
- Putnam
- Rabun
- Randolph
- Richmond
- Schley
- Screven
- Seminole
- Spalding
- Stephens
- Sumter
- Tattnall
- Terrell
- Thomas
- Tift
- Toombs
- Towns
- Treutlen
- Troup
- Turner
- Union
- Upson
- Walton
- Ware
- Wayne
- Wheeler
- White
- Whitfield
- Wilcox
- Wilkes
- Worth
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ These write-in votes were listed only as a statewide total and not separated by county.
References
[edit]- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Ranney 1985, p. 54.
- ^ Ranney 1985, p. 62.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 295.
- ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 335.
- ^ Cleland, Max (1984). 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 (PDF). Georgia Secretary of State.
Works cited
[edit]- Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674941306.
- Ranney, Austin, ed. (1985). The American Elections of 1984. Duke University Press. ISBN 0822302306.