2016 United States presidential election in Georgia
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The 2016 United States presidential election in Georgia was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Georgia voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Georgia has 16 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[2]
Trump won Georgia by 5.13%, a smaller margin than Mitt Romney's 7.82% in 2012 and even John McCain's 5.20% in 2008. Clinton received 45.3% of the vote, making this one of the few states where she outperformed Barack Obama in 2012.[3] Trump's reduced margin of victory made Georgia one of eleven states (plus the District of Columbia) to vote more Democratic in 2016 than in 2012.[4] This trend would continue into 2020, when Trump became the first Republican to lose Georgia since 1992.
Primary elections
[edit]Georgia held its presidential primaries on March 1, 2016.
Democratic primary
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Four candidates appeared on the ballot:
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Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
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Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
Hillary Clinton | 545,674 | 71.30% | 73 | 11 | 84 |
Bernie Sanders | 215,797 | 28.20% | 29 | 0 | 29 |
Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) | 2,129 | 0.28% | |||
Michael Steinberg | 1,766 | 0.23% | |||
Uncommitted | — | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Total | 765,366 | 100% | 102 | 15 | 117 |
Source: The Green Papers |
Republican primary
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The 76 Republican delegates from Georgia were allocated in this way. There were 42 delegates allocated by congressional district; if a candidate received a majority of votes or they were the only candidate to receive at least 20% of the vote in a congressional district, they would receive the districts 3 delegates. If not, the candidate who won the plurality of the vote in a congressional district would receive 2 delegates and the second-place finisher in the district would receive 1 delegate. There were also 34 at-large delegates; if a candidate got a majority of the vote or they were the only candidate to get the mandatory threshold to receive any delegates (begins at 20%, if no one gets at least 20%, then 15%, if no one gets 15%, then 10%), they would get all of the state's at-large delegates. If not, the delegates would be allocated proportionally among the candidates receiving at least the mandatory threshold.[5]
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
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Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Donald Trump | 502,994 | 38.81% | 42 | 0 | 42 |
Marco Rubio | 316,836 | 24.45% | 16 | 0 | 16 |
Ted Cruz | 305,847 | 23.60% | 18 | 0 | 18 |
Ben Carson | 80,723 | 6.23% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Kasich | 72,508 | 5.59% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) | 7,686 | 0.59% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rand Paul (withdrawn) | 2,910 | 0.22% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) | 2,625 | 0.20% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 1,486 | 0.11% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) | 1,146 | 0.09% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 539 | 0.04% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lindsey Graham (withdrawn) | 428 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
George Pataki (withdrawn) | 236 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total: | 1,295,964 | 100.00% | 76 | 0 | 76 |
Source: The Green Papers |
Green convention
[edit]On June 4, the Georgia Green Party held its state convention and presidential preference vote.[6]
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | National delegates |
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Jill Stein | - | - | 3 |
William Kreml | - | - | 1 |
Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza Curry | - | - | - |
Kent Mesplay | - | - | - |
Darryl Cherney | - | - | - |
Total | - | - | 4 |
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]Source | Ranking | As of |
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ABC News[7] | Tossup | November 7, 2016 |
CNN[8] | Lean R | November 4, 2016 |
Cook Political Report[9] | Lean R | November 7, 2016 |
Electoral-vote.com[10] | Lean R | November 7, 2016 |
Los Angeles Times[11] | Lean R | November 6, 2016 |
NBC[12] | Tossup | November 7, 2016 |
RealClearPolitics[13] | Tossup | November 7, 2016 |
Rothenberg Political Report[14] | Lean R | November 7, 2016 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[15] | Likely R | November 7, 2016 |
Polling
[edit]Throughout the campaign, Republican Donald Trump won the vast majority of pre-election polls. The average of the last three polls showed Donald Trump leading Hillary Clinton 50% to 46%, which was accurate compared to the results.[16]
Statewide results
[edit]The voting age population was 7,168,068, of which 5,443,046, were registered to vote. Turnout for the presidential election was 4,146,825, which is 57.85% of the voting age population and 76.19% of registered voters.
Seventeen candidates received write-in votes, of which the large plurality (13,017) went to Evan McMullin.
Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
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Republican | Donald Trump | Mike Pence | 2,089,104 | 50.38% | 16 | |
Democratic | Hillary Clinton | Tim Kaine | 1,877,963 | 45.29% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Gary Johnson | William Weld | 125,306 | 3.02% | 0 | |
Independent | Evan McMullin (write-in) | Nathan Johnson | 13,138 | 0.32% | 0 | |
Green | Jill Stein (write-in) | Ajamu Baraka | 7,736 | 0.19% | 0 | |
Constitution | Darrell Castle (write-in) | Scott Bradley | 1,126 | 0.03% | 0 | |
Others / Write-In Votes | -
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32,452 | 0.78% | 0 | |
Totals | 4,146,825 | 100.00% | 16 | |||
Source: David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |
By county
[edit]County | Donald Trump Republican |
Hillary Clinton Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Appling | 5,494 | 78.35% | 1,434 | 20.45% | 84 | 1.20% | 4,060 | 57.90% | 7,012 |
Atkinson | 1,878 | 71.95% | 697 | 26.70% | 35 | 1.35% | 1,181 | 45.25% | 2,610 |
Bacon | 3,364 | 83.49% | 608 | 15.09% | 57 | 1.42% | 2,756 | 68.40% | 4,029 |
Baker | 775 | 53.82% | 650 | 45.14% | 15 | 1.04% | 125 | 8.68% | 1,440 |
Baldwin | 7,697 | 47.76% | 7,970 | 49.45% | 449 | 2.79% | -273 | -1.69% | 16,116 |
Banks | 6,134 | 87.94% | 684 | 9.81% | 157 | 2.25% | 5,450 | 78.13% | 6,975 |
Barrow | 21,108 | 72.35% | 6,580 | 22.55% | 1,486 | 5.10% | 14,528 | 49.80% | 29,174 |
Bartow | 29,911 | 75.28% | 8,212 | 20.67% | 1,610 | 4.05% | 21,699 | 54.61% | 39,733 |
Ben Hill | 3,739 | 62.99% | 2,101 | 35.39% | 96 | 1.62% | 1,638 | 27.60% | 5,936 |
Berrien | 5,422 | 81.99% | 1,047 | 15.83% | 144 | 2.18% | 4,375 | 66.16% | 6,613 |
Bibb | 24,043 | 38.24% | 36,787 | 58.50% | 2,050 | 3.26% | -12,744 | -20.26% | 62,880 |
Bleckley | 3,719 | 74.77% | 1,101 | 22.14% | 154 | 3.09% | 2,618 | 52.63% | 4,974 |
Brantley | 5,567 | 88.35% | 619 | 9.82% | 115 | 1.83% | 4,948 | 78.53% | 6,301 |
Brooks | 3,701 | 58.41% | 2,528 | 39.90% | 107 | 1.69% | 1,173 | 18.51% | 6,336 |
Bryan | 10,529 | 68.95% | 4,014 | 26.29% | 728 | 4.76% | 6,515 | 42.66% | 15,271 |
Bulloch | 15,097 | 59.01% | 9,261 | 36.20% | 1,227 | 4.79% | 5,836 | 22.81% | 25,585 |
Burke | 4,491 | 47.73% | 4,731 | 50.28% | 188 | 1.99% | -240 | -2.55% | 9,410 |
Butts | 6,717 | 70.60% | 2,566 | 26.97% | 231 | 2.43% | 4,151 | 43.63% | 9,514 |
Calhoun | 830 | 40.99% | 1,179 | 58.22% | 16 | 0.79% | -349 | -17.23% | 2,025 |
Camden | 12,310 | 64.56% | 5,930 | 31.10% | 829 | 4.34% | 6,380 | 33.46% | 19,069 |
Candler | 2,664 | 70.79% | 1,026 | 27.27% | 73 | 1.94% | 1,638 | 43.52% | 3,763 |
Carroll | 30,029 | 67.54% | 12,464 | 28.03% | 1,966 | 4.43% | 17,565 | 39.51% | 44,459 |
Catoosa | 20,876 | 77.49% | 4,771 | 17.71% | 1,293 | 4.80% | 16,105 | 59.78% | 26,940 |
Charlton | 2,951 | 73.21% | 1,004 | 24.91% | 76 | 1.88% | 1,947 | 48.30% | 4,031 |
Chatham | 45,688 | 40.41% | 62,290 | 55.10% | 5,073 | 4.49% | -16,602 | -14.69% | 113,051 |
Chattahoochee | 751 | 54.03% | 594 | 42.73% | 45 | 3.24% | 157 | 11.30% | 1,390 |
Chattooga | 6,462 | 78.31% | 1,613 | 19.55% | 177 | 2.14% | 4,849 | 58.76% | 8,252 |
Cherokee | 80,649 | 71.51% | 25,231 | 22.37% | 6,904 | 6.12% | 55,418 | 49.14% | 112,784 |
Clarke | 12,717 | 27.96% | 29,603 | 65.10% | 3,156 | 6.94% | -16,886 | -37.14% | 45,476 |
Clay | 566 | 44.46% | 697 | 54.75% | 10 | 0.79% | -131 | -10.29% | 1,273 |
Clayton | 12,645 | 13.51% | 78,220 | 83.59% | 2,715 | 2.90% | -65,575 | -70.08% | 93,580 |
Clinch | 1,727 | 70.09% | 686 | 27.84% | 51 | 2.07% | 1,041 | 42.25% | 2,464 |
Cobb | 152,912 | 45.77% | 160,121 | 47.93% | 21,025 | 6.30% | -7,209 | -2.16% | 334,058 |
Coffee | 9,588 | 68.50% | 4,094 | 29.25% | 316 | 2.25% | 5,494 | 39.25% | 13,998 |
Colquitt | 9,898 | 72.65% | 3,463 | 25.42% | 263 | 1.93% | 6,435 | 47.23% | 13,624 |
Columbia | 43,085 | 66.07% | 18,887 | 28.96% | 3,235 | 4.97% | 24,198 | 37.11% | 65,207 |
Cook | 4,176 | 68.68% | 1,753 | 28.83% | 151 | 2.49% | 2,423 | 39.85% | 6,080 |
Coweta | 42,533 | 68.37% | 16,583 | 26.66% | 3,094 | 4.97% | 25,950 | 41.71% | 62,210 |
Crawford | 3,635 | 70.23% | 1,421 | 27.45% | 120 | 2.32% | 2,214 | 42.78% | 5,176 |
Crisp | 4,549 | 60.26% | 2,837 | 37.58% | 163 | 2.16% | 1,712 | 22.68% | 7,549 |
Dade | 5,051 | 79.41% | 965 | 15.17% | 345 | 5.42% | 4,086 | 64.24% | 6,361 |
Dawson | 9,900 | 83.76% | 1,448 | 12.25% | 472 | 3.99% | 8,452 | 71.51% | 11,820 |
Decatur | 6,020 | 58.35% | 4,124 | 39.97% | 173 | 1.68% | 1,896 | 18.38% | 10,317 |
DeKalb | 51,468 | 16.19% | 251,370 | 79.08% | 15,011 | 4.73% | -199,902 | -62.89% | 317,849 |
Dodge | 5,021 | 71.64% | 1,839 | 26.24% | 149 | 2.12% | 3,182 | 45.40% | 7,009 |
Dooly | 1,951 | 50.56% | 1,872 | 48.51% | 36 | 0.93% | 79 | 2.05% | 3,859 |
Dougherty | 10,232 | 29.83% | 23,311 | 67.96% | 760 | 2.21% | -13,079 | -38.13% | 34,303 |
Douglas | 24,817 | 42.70% | 31,005 | 53.34% | 2,301 | 3.96% | -6,188 | -10.64% | 58,123 |
Early | 2,552 | 53.13% | 2,168 | 45.14% | 83 | 1.73% | 384 | 7.99% | 4,803 |
Echols | 1,007 | 85.19% | 156 | 13.20% | 19 | 1.61% | 851 | 71.99% | 1,182 |
Effingham | 17,874 | 75.73% | 4,853 | 20.56% | 876 | 3.71% | 13,021 | 55.17% | 23,603 |
Elbert | 5,292 | 65.93% | 2,539 | 31.63% | 196 | 2.44% | 2,753 | 34.30% | 8,027 |
Emanuel | 5,335 | 67.57% | 2,435 | 30.84% | 126 | 1.59% | 2,900 | 36.73% | 7,896 |
Evans | 2,404 | 66.26% | 1,130 | 31.15% | 94 | 2.59% | 1,274 | 35.11% | 3,628 |
Fannin | 9,632 | 81.10% | 1,923 | 16.19% | 321 | 2.71% | 7,709 | 64.91% | 11,876 |
Fayette | 35,048 | 56.98% | 23,284 | 37.85% | 3,179 | 5.17% | 11,764 | 19.13% | 61,511 |
Floyd | 24,114 | 69.17% | 9,159 | 26.27% | 1,587 | 4.56% | 14,955 | 42.90% | 34,860 |
Forsyth | 69,851 | 70.58% | 23,462 | 23.71% | 5,651 | 5.71% | 46,389 | 46.87% | 98,964 |
Franklin | 7,054 | 82.50% | 1,243 | 14.54% | 253 | 2.96% | 5,811 | 67.96% | 8,550 |
Fulton | 117,783 | 26.85% | 297,051 | 67.70% | 23,917 | 5.45% | -179,268 | -40.85% | 438,751 |
Gilmer | 10,477 | 81.55% | 1,965 | 15.29% | 406 | 3.16% | 8,512 | 66.26% | 12,848 |
Glascock | 1,235 | 88.85% | 138 | 9.93% | 17 | 1.22% | 1,097 | 78.92% | 1,390 |
Glynn | 21,512 | 62.47% | 11,775 | 34.19% | 1,150 | 3.34% | 9,737 | 28.28% | 34,437 |
Gordon | 15,191 | 79.69% | 3,181 | 16.69% | 690 | 3.62% | 12,010 | 63.00% | 19,062 |
Grady | 6,053 | 65.33% | 3,013 | 32.52% | 199 | 2.15% | 3,040 | 32.81% | 9,265 |
Greene | 5,490 | 61.55% | 3,199 | 35.87% | 230 | 2.58% | 2,291 | 25.68% | 8,919 |
Gwinnett | 146,989 | 44.41% | 166,153 | 50.20% | 17,808 | 5.39% | -19,164 | -5.79% | 330,950 |
Habersham | 13,190 | 80.76% | 2,483 | 15.20% | 660 | 4.04% | 10,707 | 65.56% | 16,333 |
Hall | 51,733 | 72.72% | 16,180 | 22.74% | 3,229 | 4.54% | 35,553 | 49.98% | 71,142 |
Hancock | 843 | 23.49% | 2,701 | 75.28% | 44 | 1.23% | -1,858 | -51.79% | 3,588 |
Haralson | 9,585 | 83.79% | 1,475 | 12.89% | 379 | 3.32% | 8,110 | 70.90% | 11,439 |
Harris | 11,936 | 72.33% | 4,086 | 24.76% | 480 | 2.91% | 7,850 | 47.57% | 16,502 |
Hart | 7,286 | 71.71% | 2,585 | 25.44% | 290 | 2.85% | 4,701 | 46.27% | 10,161 |
Heard | 3,370 | 79.41% | 743 | 17.51% | 131 | 3.08% | 2,627 | 61.90% | 4,244 |
Henry | 45,724 | 46.02% | 50,057 | 50.38% | 3,586 | 3.60% | -4,333 | -4.36% | 99,367 |
Houston | 35,430 | 58.65% | 22,553 | 37.34% | 2,423 | 4.01% | 12,877 | 21.31% | 60,406 |
Irwin | 2,716 | 74.01% | 891 | 24.28% | 63 | 1.71% | 1,825 | 49.73% | 3,670 |
Jackson | 21,784 | 79.44% | 4,491 | 16.38% | 1,148 | 4.18% | 17,293 | 63.06% | 27,423 |
Jasper | 4,360 | 71.86% | 1,544 | 25.45% | 163 | 2.69% | 2,816 | 46.41% | 6,067 |
Jeff Davis | 4,104 | 80.17% | 901 | 17.60% | 114 | 2.23% | 3,203 | 62.57% | 5,119 |
Jefferson | 3,063 | 43.91% | 3,821 | 54.77% | 92 | 1.32% | -758 | -10.86% | 6,976 |
Jenkins | 1,895 | 62.01% | 1,123 | 36.75% | 38 | 1.24% | 772 | 25.26% | 3,056 |
Johnson | 2,519 | 68.34% | 1,136 | 30.82% | 31 | 0.84% | 1,383 | 37.52% | 3,686 |
Jones | 8,305 | 65.98% | 3,961 | 31.47% | 321 | 2.55% | 4,344 | 34.51% | 12,587 |
Lamar | 5,190 | 67.87% | 2,270 | 29.68% | 187 | 2.45% | 2,920 | 38.19% | 7,647 |
Lanier | 1,984 | 69.10% | 806 | 28.07% | 81 | 2.83% | 1,178 | 41.03% | 2,871 |
Laurens | 12,411 | 63.33% | 6,752 | 34.46% | 433 | 2.21% | 5,659 | 28.87% | 19,596 |
Lee | 10,646 | 74.73% | 3,170 | 22.25% | 430 | 3.02% | 7,476 | 52.48% | 14,246 |
Liberty | 6,134 | 37.68% | 9,556 | 58.70% | 589 | 3.62% | -3,422 | -21.02% | 16,279 |
Lincoln | 2,759 | 67.26% | 1,273 | 31.03% | 70 | 1.71% | 1,486 | 36.23% | 4,102 |
Long | 2,626 | 63.78% | 1,360 | 33.03% | 131 | 3.19% | 1,266 | 30.75% | 4,117 |
Lowndes | 21,635 | 56.84% | 15,064 | 39.58% | 1,364 | 3.58% | 6,571 | 17.26% | 38,063 |
Lumpkin | 9,619 | 76.85% | 2,220 | 17.74% | 678 | 5.41% | 7,399 | 59.11% | 12,517 |
Macon | 1,540 | 35.92% | 2,705 | 63.10% | 42 | 0.98% | -1,165 | -27.18% | 4,287 |
Madison | 9,201 | 76.16% | 2,425 | 20.07% | 455 | 3.77% | 6,776 | 56.09% | 12,081 |
Marion | 1,921 | 60.22% | 1,213 | 38.03% | 56 | 1.75% | 708 | 22.19% | 3,190 |
McDuffie | 5,432 | 58.27% | 3,699 | 39.68% | 191 | 2.05% | 1,733 | 18.59% | 9,322 |
McIntosh | 3,487 | 58.73% | 2,303 | 38.79% | 147 | 1.48% | 1,184 | 19.94% | 5,937 |
Meriwether | 5,222 | 56.47% | 3,804 | 41.13% | 222 | 2.40% | 1,418 | 15.34% | 9,248 |
Miller | 1,891 | 74.33% | 623 | 24.49% | 30 | 1.18% | 1,268 | 49.84% | 2,544 |
Mitchell | 4,279 | 54.30% | 3,493 | 44.33% | 108 | 1.37% | 786 | 9.97% | 7,880 |
Monroe | 8,832 | 69.61% | 3,571 | 28.15% | 284 | 2.24% | 5,261 | 41.46% | 12,687 |
Montgomery | 2,670 | 74.66% | 847 | 23.69% | 59 | 1.65% | 1,823 | 50.97% | 3,576 |
Morgan | 6,559 | 68.78% | 2,663 | 27.93% | 314 | 3.29% | 3,896 | 40.85% | 9,536 |
Murray | 10,341 | 82.67% | 1,800 | 14.39% | 368 | 2.94% | 8,541 | 68.28% | 12,509 |
Muscogee | 26,976 | 38.80% | 39,851 | 57.32% | 2,698 | 3.88% | -12,875 | -18.52% | 69,525 |
Newton | 20,913 | 47.27% | 21,943 | 49.60% | 1,382 | 3.13% | -1,030 | -2.33% | 44,238 |
Oconee | 13,425 | 65.96% | 5,581 | 27.42% | 1,347 | 6.62% | 7,844 | 38.54% | 20,353 |
Oglethorpe | 4,625 | 69.30% | 1,831 | 27.43% | 218 | 3.27% | 2,794 | 41.87% | 6,674 |
Paulding | 44,662 | 68.21% | 18,025 | 27.53% | 2,793 | 4.26% | 26,637 | 40.68% | 65,480 |
Peach | 5,413 | 50.08% | 5,100 | 47.18% | 296 | 2.74% | 313 | 2.90% | 10,809 |
Pickens | 11,651 | 82.51% | 1,979 | 14.02% | 490 | 3.47% | 9,672 | 68.49% | 14,120 |
Pierce | 6,302 | 86.20% | 903 | 12.35% | 106 | 1.45% | 5,399 | 73.85% | 7,311 |
Pike | 7,278 | 83.03% | 1,240 | 14.15% | 248 | 2.82% | 6,038 | 68.88% | 8,766 |
Polk | 11,014 | 77.16% | 2,867 | 20.08% | 394 | 2.76% | 8,147 | 57.08% | 14,275 |
Pulaski | 2,437 | 67.60% | 1,104 | 30.62% | 64 | 1.78% | 1,333 | 36.98% | 3,605 |
Putnam | 6,544 | 68.68% | 2,758 | 28.95% | 226 | 2.37% | 3,786 | 39.73% | 9,528 |
Quitman | 575 | 55.08% | 461 | 44.16% | 8 | 0.76% | 114 | 10.92% | 1,044 |
Rabun | 6,287 | 78.12% | 1,444 | 17.94% | 317 | 3.94% | 4,843 | 60.18% | 8,048 |
Randolph | 1,271 | 43.84% | 1,598 | 55.12% | 30 | 1.04% | -327 | -11.28% | 2,899 |
Richmond | 24,461 | 32.17% | 48,814 | 64.21% | 2,750 | 3.62% | -24,353 | -32.04% | 76,025 |
Rockdale | 13,478 | 35.39% | 23,255 | 61.06% | 1,354 | 3.55% | -9,777 | -25.67% | 38,087 |
Schley | 1,472 | 76.55% | 401 | 20.85% | 50 | 2.60% | 1,071 | 55.70% | 1,923 |
Screven | 3,305 | 57.83% | 2,300 | 40.24% | 110 | 1.93% | 1,005 | 17.59% | 5,715 |
Seminole | 2,345 | 65.36% | 1,189 | 33.14% | 54 | 1.50% | 1,156 | 32.22% | 3,588 |
Spalding | 15,646 | 60.58% | 9,357 | 36.23% | 823 | 3.19% | 6,289 | 24.35% | 25,826 |
Stephens | 7,686 | 78.31% | 1,837 | 18.72% | 292 | 2.97% | 5,849 | 59.59% | 9,815 |
Stewart | 805 | 39.12% | 1,222 | 59.38% | 31 | 1.50% | -417 | -20.26% | 2,058 |
Sumter | 5,276 | 47.76% | 5,520 | 49.97% | 251 | 2.27% | -244 | -2.21% | 11,047 |
Talbot | 1,196 | 36.68% | 2,002 | 61.39% | 63 | 1.93% | -806 | -24.71% | 3,261 |
Taliaferro | 349 | 38.91% | 545 | 60.76% | 3 | 0.33% | -196 | -21.85% | 897 |
Tattnall | 5,096 | 73.54% | 1,681 | 24.26% | 153 | 2.20% | 3,415 | 49.28% | 6,930 |
Taylor | 2,064 | 60.56% | 1,296 | 38.03% | 48 | 1.41% | 768 | 22.53% | 3,408 |
Telfair | 2,450 | 64.54% | 1,313 | 34.59% | 33 | 0.87% | 1,137 | 29.95% | 3,796 |
Terrell | 1,874 | 44.58% | 2,267 | 53.92% | 63 | 1.50% | -393 | -9.34% | 4,204 |
Thomas | 11,228 | 59.45% | 7,142 | 37.82% | 515 | 2.73% | 4,086 | 21.63% | 18,885 |
Tift | 9,584 | 67.13% | 4,347 | 30.45% | 345 | 2.42% | 5,237 | 36.68% | 14,276 |
Toombs | 6,615 | 72.39% | 2,338 | 25.59% | 185 | 2.02% | 4,277 | 46.80% | 9,138 |
Towns | 5,383 | 79.16% | 1,210 | 17.79% | 207 | 3.05% | 4,173 | 61.37% | 6,800 |
Treutlen | 1,809 | 66.93% | 862 | 31.89% | 32 | 1.18% | 947 | 35.04% | 2,703 |
Troup | 15,750 | 60.32% | 9,713 | 37.20% | 648 | 2.48% | 6,037 | 23.12% | 26,111 |
Turner | 2,095 | 61.53% | 1,246 | 36.59% | 64 | 1.88% | 849 | 24.94% | 3,405 |
Twiggs | 2,035 | 50.14% | 1,971 | 48.56% | 53 | 1.30% | 64 | 1.58% | 4,059 |
Union | 9,852 | 81.67% | 1,963 | 16.27% | 248 | 2.06% | 7,889 | 65.40% | 12,063 |
Upson | 7,292 | 66.69% | 3,475 | 31.78% | 167 | 1.53% | 3,817 | 34.91% | 10,934 |
Walker | 18,950 | 77.73% | 4,215 | 17.29% | 1,214 | 4.98% | 14,735 | 60.44% | 24,379 |
Walton | 31,125 | 76.18% | 8,292 | 20.29% | 1,441 | 3.53% | 22,833 | 55.89% | 40,858 |
Ware | 8,513 | 69.87% | 3,440 | 28.23% | 231 | 1.90% | 5,073 | 41.64% | 12,184 |
Warren | 991 | 42.46% | 1,314 | 56.30% | 29 | 1.24% | -323 | -13.84% | 2,334 |
Washington | 4,149 | 48.90% | 4,200 | 49.50% | 136 | 1.60% | -51 | -0.60% | 8,485 |
Wayne | 8,153 | 78.09% | 2,041 | 19.55% | 246 | 2.36% | 6,112 | 58.54% | 10,440 |
Webster | 630 | 56.45% | 473 | 42.38% | 13 | 1.17% | 157 | 14.07% | 1,116 |
Wheeler | 1,421 | 67.60% | 646 | 30.73% | 35 | 1.67% | 775 | 36.87% | 2,102 |
White | 9,761 | 81.94% | 1,674 | 14.05% | 477 | 4.01% | 8,087 | 67.89% | 11,912 |
Whitfield | 21,537 | 69.98% | 7,937 | 25.79% | 1,302 | 4.23% | 13,600 | 44.19% | 30,776 |
Wilcox | 2,096 | 70.43% | 852 | 28.63% | 28 | 0.94% | 1,244 | 41.80% | 2,976 |
Wilkes | 2,572 | 57.33% | 1,848 | 41.19% | 66 | 1.48% | 724 | 16.14% | 4,486 |
Wilkinson | 2,333 | 54.29% | 1,894 | 44.08% | 70 | 1.63% | 439 | 10.21% | 4,297 |
Worth | 6,152 | 73.95% | 2,020 | 24.28% | 147 | 1.77% | 4,132 | 49.67% | 8,319 |
Totals | 2,089,104 | 50.38% | 1,877,963 | 45.29% | 179,758 | 4.33% | 211,141 | 5.09% | 4,146,825 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]- Baker (largest city: Newton)
- Dooly (largest city: Vienna)
- Early (largest city: Blakely)
- Peach (largest city: Fort Valley)
- Quitman (largest city: Georgetown)
- Twiggs (largest city: Jeffersonville)
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]- Cobb (largest city: Marietta)
- Gwinnett (largest city: Peachtree Corners)
- Henry (largest city: Stockbridge)
By congressional district
[edit]Trump won 10 of 14 congressional districts.[17]
District | Trump | Clinton | Representative |
---|---|---|---|
1st | 56% | 41% | Buddy Carter |
2nd | 43% | 55% | Sanford Bishop |
3rd | 64% | 33% | Lynn Westmoreland |
Drew Ferguson | |||
4th | 22% | 75% | Hank Johnson |
5th | 12% | 85% | John Lewis |
6th | 48% | 47% | Tom Price |
7th | 51% | 45% | Rob Woodall |
8th | 63% | 34% | Austin Scott |
9th | 78% | 19% | Doug Collins |
10th | 61% | 36% | Jody Hice |
11th | 60% | 35% | Barry Loudermilk |
12th | 57% | 41% | Rick W. Allen |
13th | 27% | 71% | David Scott |
14th | 75% | 22% | Tom Graves |
Analysis
[edit]The Atlanta metropolitan area in particular shifted strongly towards the Democratic Party, with Clinton becoming the first Democrat to win Henry County since Georgia native Jimmy Carter in 1980 and Cobb and Gwinnett counties since 1976 (when Carter won every county in the state).
Trump thus became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Cobb County since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956, as well as the first to do so without carrying Douglas, Gwinnett or Rockdale Counties since Richard Nixon in 1968, and the first to do so without carrying Baldwin, Henry, Newton, or Sumter Counties since Ronald Reagan in 1980. The leftward shift in urban Georgia between 2012 and 2016 foreshadowed Georgia's transition from a Republican stronghold into a competitive (albeit slightly red-leaning) swing state.
Georgia weighed in for this election as 7.23% more Republican than the national average, despite the fact that from 1996 to 2012 it had voted to the right of the nation by at least 10 points.
See also
[edit]Elections in Georgia |
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- 2016 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums
- 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries
- 2016 Republican Party presidential debates and forums
- 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries
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