1984 United States presidential election in Georgia

none June 2025 September 2023 1984 United States presidential election 1984 United States presidential election in Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) 1956 presidential no 1980 United States presidential election in Georgia 1980 1988 United States presidential election in Georgia 1988 November 6, 1984 x200px File:Ronald Reagan 1985 presidential portrait (4x5 cropped).jpg Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) California George H. W. Bush 12 1,068,722 60.17% Walter Mondale 1977 vice presidential portrait (cropped3).jpg Walter Mondale Democratic Party (United States) Minnesota Geraldine Ferraro 0 706,628 39.79% 290px County results 290px Congressional district results Reagan #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Mondale #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% President Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) Ronald Reagan 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. 2020 11 As of the 2024 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.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 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.Ranney 1985 54 48% of Jackson voters listed Mondale as their second candidate in exit polls conducted by CBS News and The New York Times'.Ranney 1985 62 Among white voters, 73% supported Reagan while 27% supported Mondale.Black Black 1992 295Black Black 1992 335 Results United States presidential election in Georgia, 1984PartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral 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 CountyCleland Max https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/data/dlg/ggpd/pdfs/dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bs700-b-ps1-bs4-b1984-bfolio.pdf 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 Ronald ReaganRepublican Walter MondaleDemocratic 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% 4,595Totals1,068,72260.17%706,62839.79%362,09420.38%1,776,093743 (0.4%) write-in votes were tabulated, but only released as a statewide total and not separated by county. Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em 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 Paulding 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 Results by congressional district Reagan won 9 out of Georgia's 10 Congressional Districts, including 7 that elected Democrats. District Reagan Mondale RepresentativeGeorgia 1 1st 59% 41%Lindsay ThomasGeorgia 2 2nd 58% 42%Charles HatcherGeorgia 3 3rd 55% 45%Richard RayGeorgia 4 4th 66% 34%Elliott H. LevitasPat SwindallGeorgia 5 5th 33% 67%Wyche FowlerGeorgia 6 6th 77% 23%Newt GingrichGeorgia 7 7th 73% 27%George DardenGeorgia 8 8th 52% 48%J. Roy RowlandGeorgia 9 9th 69% 31%Ed JenkinsGeorgia 10 10th 65% 35%Doug Barnard Jr. See also Presidency of Ronald Reagan Notes References Works cited Black Earl Earl Black (political scientist) Black Merle Merle Black The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected Harvard University Press 1992 https://archive.org/details/vitalsouthhowpre0000blac 0674941306 Ranney Austin J. Austin Ranney The American Elections of 1984 Duke University Press 1985 0822302306 Georgia 1984 Category:1984 Georgia (U.S. state) elections