1980 United States presidential election in Georgia
County Results
Carter
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Reagan
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
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 ).
As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last time Georgia voted more Democratic than the nation as a whole. It is also 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.[ 1] Henry County would not do so again until 2016 .
Georgia was the only state in the Deep South between the 1980 and 1988 presidential elections to support the Democratic nominee.[ 2] 50% of white voters supported Carter while 47% supported Reagan.
Primaries
1980 Democratic Primary
Candidate
Votes
Delegates
Jimmy Carter (incumbent)
338,772
66
Ted Kennedy
32,315
0
Jerry Brown
7,255
0
Others
6,438
0
Totals
384,780
66
1980 Republican Primary
Candidate
Votes
Deleagtes
Ronald Reagan
146,500
34
George H.W. Bush
25,293
6
John Anderson
16,853
0
Howard Baker
1,571
0
Others
9,953
0
Totals
200,170
40
Results
Results by county
County
Jimmy Carter Democratic
Ronald Reagan Republican
John B. Anderson Independent
Ed Clark Libertarian
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%
4,695
Totals
890,733
55.76%
654,168
40.95%
36,055
2.26%
15,627
0.98%
236,565
14.81%
1,597,467
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
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