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The2016 United States presidential election in Georgia was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus theDistrict of Columbia participated.Georgia voters chose electors to represent them in theElectoral College via a popular vote, pitting theRepublican Party's nominee, businessmanDonald Trump, and running mateIndiana GovernorMike Pence againstDemocratic Party nominee, formerSecretary of StateHillary Clinton, and her running mate VirginiaSenatorTim Kaine. Georgia has 16 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[2]
Trump won Georgia by 5.13%, a smaller margin thanMitt Romney's 7.82% in2012 and evenJohn McCain's 5.20% in2008. Clinton received 45.3% of the vote, making this one of the few states where she outperformedBarack Obama in 2012.[3] Trump's reduced margin of victory made Georgia one of eleven states (plus theDistrict of Columbia) to vote more Democratic in 2016 than in 2012.[4] This trend would continue into2020, when Trump became the first Republican to lose Georgia sinceGeorge H. W. Bush in1992, though he won it back in2024 by a 2.2% margin.
2016 was the last presidential election in which Georgia voted to the right of any of its neighboring states (Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina), particularlyFlorida andNorth Carolina. As of the 2024 presidential race, 2016 is the last time thatBurke County voted Democrat, and the last time the Democratic presidential nominee won the nationwide popular vote without winning Georgia.
Georgia held its presidential primaries on March 1, 2016.
Four candidates appeared on the ballot:
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| Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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| Martin O'Malley(withdrawn) | 2,129 | 0.28% | |||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 | N/a | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Total | 765,366 | 100% | 102 | 15 | 117 |
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The 76 Republican delegates from Georgia were allocated in this way. There were 42 delegates allocated bycongressional 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.[6]
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
On June 4, the Georgia Green Party held its state convention and presidential preference vote.[7]
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | National delegates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jill Stein | - | - | 3 |
| William Kreml | - | - | 1 |
| Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza Curry | - | - | - |
| Kent Mesplay | - | - | - |
| Darryl Cherney | - | - | - |
| Total | - | - | 4 |
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| ABC News[8] | Tossup | November 7, 2016 |
| CNN[9] | Lean R | November 4, 2016 |
| Cook Political Report[10] | Lean R | November 7, 2016 |
| Electoral-vote.com[11] | Lean R | November 7, 2016 |
| Los Angeles Times[12] | Lean R | November 6, 2016 |
| NBC[13] | Tossup | November 7, 2016 |
| RealClearPolitics[14] | Tossup | November 7, 2016 |
| Rothenberg Political Report[15] | Lean R | November 7, 2016 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[16] | Likely R | November 7, 2016 |
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.[17]
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 toEvan McMullin.
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - | - | 32,452 | 0.78% | 0 | |
| Totals | 4,146,825 | 100.00% | 16 | |||
| Source:David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections | ||||||
| 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 | 50.77% | 1,877,963 | 45.64% | 179,758 | 4.33% | 211,141 | 5.13% | 4,146,825 |
Swing by county
Trend relative to the state by county
County flipsDemocratic Hold Gain from Republican | Republican Hold Gain from Democratic
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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Trump won ten of 14 congressional districts.[18]
| District | Trump | Clinton | Representative |
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| 1st | 56% | 41% | Buddy Carter |
| 2nd | 43% | 55% | Sanford Bishop |
| 3rd | 64% | 33% | Lynn Westmoreland |
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| 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 |
The fast-growing and increasingly diverseAtlanta metropolitan area in particular shifted strongly towards the Democratic Party, with Clinton becoming the first Democrat to winHenry County since Georgia nativeJimmy Carter in1980, andCobb andGwinnett counties since1976 (when Carter won every county in the state).
The leftward shift in urban Georgia between2012 and 2016 foreshadowed Georgia's transition from a Republican stronghold into a competitive (albeit slightly red-leaning)swing state. In contrast to whiteworking class voters shifting rightward in much of the country, in Georgia whitecollege-educated voters in theMetro Atlanta shifted leftward (see the map).
Trump thus became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Cobb County sinceDwight D. Eisenhower in1956, as well as the first to do so without carryingDouglas, Gwinnett orRockdale Counties sinceRichard Nixon in1968, and the first to do so without carrying Henry,Newton,Baldwin, orSumter Counties (the latter two being in theBlack Belt) sinceRonald Reagan in 1980.
As of 2024, this is the most recent presidential election in which Georgia was not seriously contested, as well as last in which the Democratic candidate wonBurke County, a Black Belt county andAugusta suburb that was formerly predominantly-Black but has seen a decline in said demographic.
Georgia weighed in for this election as 7.23% more Republican than the national average, despite the fact that it had voted to the right of the nation by at least 10 points from1996 to 2012.
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