1980 United States presidential election in Georgia

none June 2025 September 2023 1980 United States presidential election 1980 United States presidential election in Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) presidential no 1956 1976 United States presidential election in Georgia 1976 1984 United States presidential election in Georgia 1984 November 4, 1980 x200px Jimmy Carter presidential portrait (cropped 1).jpg Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Walter Mondale 12 893,733 55.76% Official Portrait of President Reagan 1981-cropped.jpg Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) California George H. W. Bush 0 655,168 40.95% 1980 United States presidential election in Georgia results map by county.svg 290px County results Carter #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% Reagan #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% President Jimmy Carter Democratic Party (United States) Ronald Reagan Republican Party (United States) The 1980 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 4, 1980, in Georgia as part of the 1980 United States presidential election. The Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Jimmy Carter, won his home state of Georgia over former California Governor Ronald Reagan by 238,565 votes, one of just seven victories in the election (other than Georgia, Carter also carried Maryland, Minnesota, Hawaii, West Virginia, the District of Columbia and Rhode Island). This was the last time in which the counties of McDuffie, Towns, Gilmer, Whitfield, Union, Rabun, Stephens, Jackson, Banks, Murray, Habersham, Madison, Hall, White, Dawson, Gordon, Paulding, Spalding, Troup, Forsyth, Upson, Coweta, Effingham, Glascock, Bulloch, Houston, Bartow, Oconee, Glynn, Cherokee, Toombs, Thomas, Floyd, Colquitt, Camden, Echols, Charlton, Pierce, Coffee, Bryan, Walton, Ware, Oglethorpe, Evans, Tattnall, Tift, Pike, Harris, Carroll, Appling, Barrow, and Wayne voted for a Democratic 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 the only state in the Deep South between the 1980 and 1988 presidential elections to support the Democratic nominee.Moreland Steed Baker 1991 23 Among white voters, 50% supported Carter, while 47% supported Reagan.Black Black 1992 295Black Black 1992 335 This is currently the most recent election in which the Republican candidate won the election without carrying the state. It is also the most recent election in which the Democratic candidate received a majority of the vote in the state. Primaries +1980 Democratic primaryCandidateVotesDelegatesJimmy Carter (incumbent)338,77266Ted Kennedy32,3150Jerry Brown7,2550Others6,4380Totals384,78066 +1980 Republican primaryCandidateVotesDeleagtesRonald Reagan146,50034George H.W. Bush25,2936John Anderson16,8530Howard Baker1,5710Others9,9530Totals200,17040 Results 1980 United States presidential election in Georgiahttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1980&fips=13&f=0&off=0&elect=0 2015-05-21 1980 Presidential General Election Results – Georgia Dave Leip's U.S. Election AtlasPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Jimmy Carter (incumbent) Walter Mondale (incumbent) 890,733 55.76% 12 Republican Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush 654,168 40.95% 0 Independent John B. Anderson Patrick Lucey 36,055 2.26% 0 Libertarian Ed Clark David Koch 15,627 0.99% 0 Other write-ins 884 0.1% 0 Results by county CountyPoythress David B. https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/data/dlg/ggpd/pdfs/dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bs700-b-ps1-bs4-b1980-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 4, 1980 Georgia Secretary of State 1980 August 12, 2024 Digital Library of Georgia Jimmy CarterDemocratic Ronald ReaganRepublican John B. AndersonIndependent Ed ClarkLibertarian Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Appling 2,985 59.62% 1,961 39.17% 41 0.82% 20 0.40% 1,024 20.45% 5,007 Atkinson 1,449 65.21% 747 33.62% 16 0.72% 10 0.45% 702 31.59% 2,222 Bacon 1,622 52.22% 1,427 45.94% 32 1.03% 25 0.80% 195 6.28% 3,106 Baker 1,035 66.18% 510 32.61% 11 0.70% 8 0.51% 525 33.57% 1,564 Baldwin 4,368 52.46% 3,639 43.71% 230 2.76% 89 1.07% 729 8.75% 8,326 Banks 2,091 72.91% 746 26.01% 18 0.63% 13 0.45% 1,345 46.90% 2,868 Barrow 3,876 61.44% 2,284 36.20% 99 1.57% 50 0.79% 1,592 25.24% 6,309 Bartow 7,490 69.01% 3,135 28.89% 135 1.24% 93 0.86% 4,355 40.12% 10,853 Ben Hill 2,544 62.55% 1,459 35.87% 41 1.01% 23 0.57% 1,085 26.68% 4,067 Berrien 2,869 65.15% 1,487 33.76% 24 0.54% 24 0.54% 1,382 31.39% 4,404 Bibb 31,770 66.01% 15,175 31.53% 848 1.76% 337 0.70% 16,595 34.48% 48,130 Bleckley 2,014 58.55% 1,261 36.66% 47 1.37% 118 3.43% 753 21.89% 3,440 Brantley 2,066 69.40% 882 29.63% 17 0.57% 12 0.40% 1,184 39.77% 2,977 Brooks 2,230 58.27% 1,546 40.40% 39 1.02% 12 0.31% 684 17.87% 3,827 Bryan 1,966 60.77% 1,212 37.47% 51 1.58% 6 0.19% 754 23.30% 3,235 Bulloch 4,921 55.16% 3,750 42.04% 160 1.79% 90 1.01% 1,171 13.12% 8,921 Burke 3,047 61.05% 1,871 37.49% 56 1.12% 17 0.34% 1,176 23.56% 4,991 Butts 2,574 66.94% 1,210 31.47% 38 0.99% 23 0.60% 1,364 35.47% 3,845 Calhoun 1,414 67.75% 652 31.24% 16 0.77% 5 0.24% 762 36.51% 2,087 Camden 2,924 65.81% 1,439 32.39% 62 1.40% 18 0.41% 1,485 33.42% 4,443 Candler 1,358 56.09% 1,030 42.54% 24 0.99% 9 0.37% 328 13.55% 2,421 Carroll 8,202 56.66% 5,815 40.17% 294 2.03% 164 1.13% 2,387 16.49% 14,475 Catoosa 4,921 44.50% 5,962 53.91% 121 1.09% 55 0.50% -1,041 -9.41% 11,059 Charlton 1,469 64.26% 779 34.08% 26 1.14% 12 0.52% 690 30.18% 2,286 Chatham 28,413 50.04% 26,499 46.67% 1,244 2.19% 625 1.10% 1,914 3.37% 56,781 Chattahoochee 476 63.30% 256 34.04% 16 2.13% 4 0.53% 220 29.26% 752 Chattooga 4,279 67.60% 1,946 30.74% 61 0.96% 44 0.70% 2,333 36.86% 6,330 Cherokee 6,020 51.55% 5,250 44.96% 230 1.97% 178 1.52% 770 6.59% 11,678 Clarke 10,519 52.86% 8,094 40.68% 1,060 5.33% 226 1.14% 2,425 12.18% 19,899 Clay 909 73.25% 316 25.46% 9 0.73% 7 0.56% 593 47.79% 1,241 Clayton 17,540 46.10% 19,160 50.35% 923 2.43% 428 1.12% -1,620 -4.25% 38,051 Clinch 1,325 71.08% 513 27.52% 18 0.97% 8 0.43% 812 43.56% 1,864 Cobb 39,157 40.87% 51,977 54.25% 3,229 3.37% 1,453 1.52% -12,820 -13.38% 95,816 Coffee 4,038 60.99% 2,499 37.74% 58 0.88% 26 0.39% 1,539 23.25% 6,621 Colquitt 5,353 59.03% 3,593 39.62% 80 0.88% 43 0.47% 1,760 19.41% 9,069 Columbia 5,335 44.69% 6,293 52.71% 248 2.08% 62 0.52% -958 -8.02% 11,938 Cook 2,461 66.80% 1,188 32.25% 25 0.68% 10 0.27% 1,273 34.55% 3,684 Coweta 5,697 54.66% 4,480 42.99% 161 1.54% 84 0.81% 1,217 11.67% 10,422 Crawford 1,673 70.44% 642 27.03% 35 1.47% 25 1.05% 1,031 43.41% 2,375 Crisp 3,403 63.64% 1,861 34.80% 54 1.01% 29 0.54% 1,542 28.84% 5,347 Dade 1,735 44.16% 2,114 53.81% 62 1.58% 18 0.46% -379 -9.65% 3,929 Dawson 1,072 58.36% 729 39.68% 23 1.25% 13 0.71% 343 18.68% 1,837 Decatur 3,242 51.93% 2,919 46.76% 54 0.86% 28 0.45% 323 5.17% 6,243 DeKalb 82,743 49.43% 74,904 44.74% 7,241 4.33% 2,517 1.50% 7,839 4.69% 167,405 Dodge 4,635 71.83% 1,719 26.64% 56 0.87% 43 0.67% 2,916 45.19% 6,453 Dooly 2,364 67.50% 1,083 30.93% 31 0.89% 24 0.69% 1,281 36.57% 3,502 Dougherty 13,430 50.46% 12,726 47.82% 326 1.22% 133 0.50% 704 2.64% 26,615 Douglas 6,807 47.81% 6,945 48.78% 304 2.14% 182 1.28% -138 -0.97% 14,238 Early 2,110 57.31% 1,538 41.77% 23 0.62% 11 0.30% 572 15.54% 3,682 Echols 515 65.77% 259 33.08% 8 1.02% 1 0.13% 256 32.69% 783 Effingham 2,783 51.76% 2,528 47.02% 38 0.71% 28 0.52% 255 4.74% 5,377 Elbert 4,014 66.23% 1,967 32.45% 50 0.82% 30 0.49% 2,047 33.78% 6,061 Emanuel 3,971 63.53% 2,199 35.18% 45 0.72% 36 0.58% 1,772 28.35% 6,251 Evans 1,456 56.54% 1,090 42.33% 20 0.78% 9 0.35% 366 14.21% 2,575 Fannin 2,526 43.34% 3,196 54.83% 61 1.05% 46 0.79% -670 -11.49% 5,829 Fayette 3,798 36.00% 6,351 60.20% 272 2.58% 128 1.21% -2,553 -24.20% 10,549 Floyd 13,710 58.10% 9,220 39.07% 398 1.69% 268 1.14% 4,490 19.03% 23,596 Forsyth 4,325 55.91% 3,157 40.81% 160 2.07% 94 1.22% 1,168 15.10% 7,736 Franklin 3,528 71.13% 1,387 27.96% 30 0.60% 15 0.30% 2,141 43.17% 4,960 Fulton 118,748 61.62% 64,909 33.68% 6,738 3.50% 2,328 1.21% 53,839 27.94% 192,723 Gilmer 2,246 49.50% 2,170 47.83% 72 1.59% 49 1.08% 76 1.67% 4,537 Glascock 614 53.95% 510 44.82% 7 0.62% 7 0.62% 104 9.13% 1,138 Glynn 7,540 49.69% 7,214 47.54% 296 1.95% 123 0.81% 326 2.15% 15,173 Gordon 5,199 60.86% 3,107 36.37% 141 1.65% 95 1.11% 2,092 24.49% 8,542 Grady 3,023 59.08% 2,018 39.44% 56 1.09% 20 0.39% 1,005 19.64% 5,117 Greene 2,571 71.96% 961 26.90% 29 0.81% 12 0.34% 1,610 45.06% 3,573 Gwinnett 21,958 42.68% 27,185 52.84% 1,497 2.91% 812 1.58% -5,227 -10.16% 51,452 Habersham 4,394 64.80% 2,224 32.80% 100 1.47% 63 0.93% 2,170 32.00% 6,781 Hall 12,124 59.08% 7,760 37.81% 463 2.26% 174 0.85% 4,364 21.27% 20,521 Hancock 2,205 78.50% 573 20.40% 23 0.82% 8 0.28% 1,632 58.10% 2,809 Haralson 3,606 60.50% 2,229 37.40% 71 1.19% 54 0.91% 1,377 23.10% 5,960 Harris 2,807 56.80% 2,001 40.49% 100 2.02% 34 0.69% 806 16.31% 4,942 Hart 4,539 73.03% 1,577 25.37% 59 0.95% 40 0.64% 2,962 47.66% 6,215 Heard 1,348 59.05% 875 38.33% 35 1.53% 25 1.10% 473 20.72% 2,283 Henry 5,635 50.01% 5,326 47.27% 163 1.45% 144 1.28% 309 2.74% 11,268 Houston 10,915 52.74% 9,005 43.51% 536 2.59% 239 1.15% 1,910 9.23% 20,695 Irwin 1,555 59.08% 1,056 40.12% 11 0.42% 10 0.38% 499 18.96% 2,632 Jackson 4,591 66.07% 2,209 31.79% 107 1.54% 42 0.60% 2,382 34.28% 6,949 Jasper 1,546 62.24% 879 35.39% 38 1.53% 21 0.85% 667 26.85% 2,484 Jeff Davis 2,059 62.19% 1,191 35.97% 40 1.21% 21 0.63% 868 26.22% 3,311 Jefferson 3,305 66.39% 1,605 32.24% 44 0.88% 24 0.48% 1,700 34.15% 4,978 Jenkins 1,632 65.46% 824 33.05% 24 0.96% 13 0.52% 808 32.41% 2,493 Johnson 1,854 61.21% 1,123 37.07% 29 0.96% 23 0.76% 731 24.14% 3,029 Jones 3,239 62.05% 1,828 35.02% 112 2.15% 41 0.79% 1,411 27.03% 5,220 Lamar 2,453 64.08% 1,298 33.91% 42 1.10% 35 0.91% 1,155 30.17% 3,828 Lanier 1,116 69.58% 470 29.30% 9 0.56% 9 0.56% 646 40.28% 1,604 Laurens 7,860 62.76% 4,392 35.07% 147 1.17% 124 0.99% 3,468 27.69% 12,523 Lee 1,670 45.62% 1,942 53.05% 26 0.71% 23 0.63% -272 -7.43% 3,661 Liberty 3,099 66.18% 1,507 32.18% 49 1.05% 28 0.60% 1,592 34.00% 4,683 Lincoln 1,617 66.27% 806 33.03% 10 0.41% 7 0.29% 811 33.24% 2,440 Long 1,202 68.96% 514 29.49% 23 1.32% 4 0.23% 688 39.47% 1,743 Lowndes 5,989 46.38% 6,622 51.29% 214 1.66% 87 0.67% -633 -4.91% 12,912 Lumpkin 1,951 63.24% 1,024 33.19% 83 2.69% 27 0.88% 927 30.05% 3,085 McDuffie 2,667 56.95% 1,928 41.17% 59 1.26% 29 0.62% 739 15.78% 4,683 McIntosh 2,104 69.01% 876 28.73% 38 1.25% 31 1.02% 1,228 40.28% 3,049 Macon 3,025 76.02% 894 22.47% 39 0.98% 21 0.53% 2,131 53.55% 3,979 Madison 2,980 55.17% 2,330 43.14% 59 1.09% 32 0.59% 650 12.03% 5,401 Marion 1,174 66.22% 567 31.98% 16 0.90% 16 0.90% 607 34.24% 1,773 Meriwether 3,876 66.77% 1,838 31.66% 59 1.02% 32 0.55% 2,038 35.11% 5,805 Miller 1,127 54.90% 900 43.84% 19 0.93% 7 0.34% 227 11.06% 2,053 Mitchell 3,566 60.89% 2,231 38.10% 40 0.68% 19 0.32% 1,335 22.79% 5,856 Monroe 2,542 65.85% 1,242 32.18% 43 1.11% 33 0.85% 1,300 33.67% 3,860 Montgomery 1,663 62.99% 948 35.91% 23 0.87% 6 0.23% 715 27.08% 2,640 Morgan 2,276 62.00% 1,323 36.04% 57 1.55% 15 0.41% 953 25.96% 3,671 Murray 3,094 65.82% 1,538 32.72% 42 0.89% 27 0.57% 1,556 33.10% 4,701 Muscogee 23,272 58.82% 15,203 38.42% 811 2.05% 280 0.71% 8,069 20.40% 39,566 Newton 5,611 61.96% 3,206 35.40% 150 1.66% 89 0.98% 2,405 26.56% 9,056 Oconee 2,141 49.03% 2,065 47.29% 106 2.43% 55 1.26% 76 1.74% 4,367 Oglethorpe 1,611 56.41% 1,187 41.56% 44 1.54% 14 0.49% 424 14.85% 2,856 Paulding 4,686 60.72% 2,845 36.87% 97 1.26% 89 1.15% 1,841 23.85% 7,717 Peach 3,415 66.05% 1,642 31.76% 68 1.32% 45 0.87% 1,773 34.29% 5,170 Pickens 2,358 57.84% 1,612 39.54% 73 1.79% 34 0.83% 746 18.30% 4,077 Pierce 1,918 64.25% 1,027 34.41% 21 0.70% 19 0.64% 891 29.84% 2,985 Pike 1,755 56.72% 1,271 41.08% 45 1.45% 23 0.74% 484 15.64% 3,094 Polk 5,421 63.31% 2,949 34.44% 116 1.35% 76 0.89% 2,472 28.87% 8,562 Pulaski 1,997 61.79% 1,153 35.67% 54 1.67% 28 0.87% 844 26.12% 3,232 Putnam 1,951 61.41% 1,166 36.70% 35 1.10% 25 0.79% 785 24.71% 3,177 Quitman 589 70.37% 240 28.67% 2 0.24% 6 0.72% 349 41.70% 837 Rabun 2,327 66.58% 1,070 30.62% 67 1.92% 31 0.89% 1,257 35.96% 3,495 Randolph 1,861 67.85% 879 32.05% 1 0.04% 2 0.07% 982 35.80% 2,743 Richmond 24,104 53.72% 19,619 43.72% 887 1.98% 261 0.58% 4,485 10.00% 44,871 Rockdale 4,395 43.66% 5,300 52.65% 219 2.18% 153 1.52% -905 -8.99% 10,067 Schley 613 56.50% 453 41.75% 9 0.83% 10 0.92% 160 14.75% 1,085 Screven 2,117 57.78% 1,490 40.67% 36 0.98% 21 0.57% 627 17.11% 3,664 Seminole 1,794 61.10% 1,117 38.04% 16 0.54% 9 0.31% 677 23.06% 2,936 Spalding 7,176 58.19% 4,809 39.00% 248 2.01% 98 0.79% 2,367 19.19% 12,331 Stephens 4,529 67.68% 2,045 30.56% 69 1.03% 49 0.73% 2,484 37.12% 6,692 Stewart 1,440 69.00% 611 29.28% 23 1.10% 13 0.62% 829 39.72% 2,087 Sumter 4,956 61.49% 2,957 36.69% 103 1.28% 44 0.55% 1,999 24.80% 8,060 Talbot 1,635 72.89% 572 25.50% 20 0.89% 16 0.71% 1,063 47.39% 2,243 Taliaferro 670 70.23% 270 28.30% 8 0.84% 6 0.63% 400 41.93% 954 Tattnall 2,864 57.26% 2,082 41.62% 37 0.74% 19 0.38% 782 15.64% 5,002 Taylor 1,845 68.38% 815 30.21% 19 0.70% 19 0.70% 1,030 38.17% 2,698 Telfair 2,700 68.51% 1,173 29.76% 41 1.04% 27 0.69% 1,527 38.75% 3,941 Terrell 2,010 58.77% 1,378 40.29% 21 0.61% 11 0.32% 632 18.48% 3,420 Thomas 5,695 56.05% 4,294 42.26% 117 1.15% 55 0.54% 1,401 13.79% 10,161 Tift 4,572 56.99% 3,280 40.89% 99 1.23% 71 0.89% 1,292 16.10% 8,022 Toombs 3,255 52.53% 2,835 45.75% 68 1.10% 39 0.63% 420 6.78% 6,197 Towns 1,510 49.27% 1,475 48.12% 57 1.86% 23 0.75% 35 1.15% 3,065 Treutlen 1,307 65.22% 668 33.33% 21 1.05% 8 0.40% 639 31.89% 2,004 Troup 7,716 57.46% 5,398 40.20% 191 1.42% 124 0.92% 2,318 17.26% 13,429 Turner 1,990 68.13% 898 30.74% 16 0.55% 17 0.58% 1,092 37.39% 2,921 Twiggs 2,213 74.26% 747 25.07% 8 0.27% 12 0.40% 1,466 49.19% 2,980 Union 1,700 51.34% 1,546 46.69% 43 1.30% 22 0.66% 154 4.65% 3,311 Upson 4,713 61.73% 2,788 36.52% 77 1.01% 57 0.75% 1,925 25.21% 7,635 Walker 6,809 48.18% 7,088 50.16% 171 1.21% 64 0.45% -279 -1.98% 14,132 Walton 4,525 61.96% 2,618 35.85% 112 1.53% 48 0.66% 1,907 26.11% 7,303 Ware 6,307 62.22% 3,715 36.65% 77 0.76% 38 0.37% 2,592 25.57% 10,137 Warren 1,517 65.36% 779 33.56% 20 0.86% 5 0.22% 738 31.80% 2,321 Washington 3,452 64.35% 1,822 33.97% 60 1.12% 30 0.56% 1,630 30.38% 5,364 Wayne 3,843 62.42% 2,213 35.94% 52 0.84% 49 0.80% 1,630 26.48% 6,157 Webster 608 64.68% 312 33.19% 8 0.85% 12 1.28% 296 31.49% 940 Wheeler 1,599 73.15% 550 25.16% 28 1.28% 9 0.41% 1,049 47.99% 2,186 White 2,017 61.36% 1,175 35.75% 58 1.76% 37 1.13% 842 25.61% 3,287 Whitfield 9,691 58.95% 6,404 38.96% 229 1.39% 115 0.70% 3,287 19.99% 16,439 Wilcox 1,780 67.68% 827 31.44% 13 0.49% 10 0.38% 953 36.24% 2,630 Wilkes 2,350 64.86% 1,212 33.45% 31 0.86% 30 0.83% 1,138 31.41% 3,623 Wilkinson 2,365 66.96% 1,116 31.60% 31 0.88% 20 0.57% 1,249 35.36% 3,532 Worth 2,567 54.68% 2,076 44.22% 35 0.75% 17 0.36% 491 10.46% 4,695Totals890,73355.76%654,16840.95%36,0552.26%15,6270.98%236,56514.81%1,597,467 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Catoosa Clayton Cobb Columbia Dade Douglas Fannin Fayette Gwinnett Lee Lowndes Rockdale Walker Results by congressional district District Reagan Carter RepresentativeGeorgia 1 1st 42.9% 55.5%Bo GinnGeorgia 2 2nd 42.0% 57.0%Dawson Mathis (96th Congress)Charles Hatcher (97th Congress)Georgia 3 3rd 37.4% 60.9%Jack BrinkleyGeorgia 4 4th 44.7% 51.1%Elliott H. LevitasGeorgia 5 5th 35.2% 60.8%Wyche FowlerGeorgia 6 6th 40.7% 57.4%Newt GingrichGeorgia 7 7th 47.4% 50.1%Larry McDonaldGeorgia 8 8th 34.2% 64.4%Billy Lee EvansGeorgia 9 9th 42.7% 55.4%Ed JenkinsGeorgia 10 10th 41.0% 57.0%Doug Barnard Jr. 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 Moreland Laurence Steed Robert Baker Tod The 1988 Presidential Election in the South: Continuity Amidst Change in Southern Party Politics Praeger Publishers 1991 https://archive.org/details/1988presidential0000unse 0275931455 Georgia 1980 Category:1980 Georgia (U.S. state) elections