How Georgia has voted since 1960

Georgia has 16 electoral votes in 2028, and at the current pace of population change it would gain one electoral vote after the 2030 census. Since 1960 it has voted Democratic 5 times, Republican 11 times and for a third-party candidate once. It has backed the national winner in 11 of 17 elections. Donald Trump carried it in 2024 by 2.2 points, 0.7 points more Republican than the nation. In 2024, 68.0% of its eligible voters cast a ballot, ranking 18th among the 50 states and DC (nationally, 64.3%). It last voted Democratic in 2020, for Joe Biden. Its closest result was in 2020, when Joe Biden won it by 11,779 votes.

  1. 1960Kennedy+25.1
  2. 1964Goldwater+8.3
  3. 1968Wallace+12.4
  4. 1972Nixon+50.4
  5. 1976Carter+33.9
  6. 1980Carter+14.8
  7. 1984Reagan+20.4
  8. 1988Bush+20.3
  9. 1992Clinton+0.6
  10. 1996Dole+1.2
  11. 2000Bush+11.8
  12. 2004Bush+16.6
  13. 2008McCain+5.2
  14. 2012Romney+7.8
  15. 2016Trump+5.1
  16. 2020Biden+0.2
  17. 2024Trump+2.2

Each box is one election: the winner in Georgia and the margin in points. Darker boxes were won by 10 points or more, lighter by under 5.

Election night

7 p.m. ET

Polls close at 7 p.m. ET.

Also closing at 7 p.m. ET: FL, SC, VT, VA.

Times from the 2024 general election; states rarely change them, and they will be confirmed for 2028.

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In Congress

Senate

House: 9 Republicans, 5 Democrats

All 14 members
  1. 1 Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R)
  2. 2 Sanford D. Bishop (D)
  3. 3 Brian Jack (R)
  4. 4 Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (D)
  5. 5 Nikema Williams (D)
  6. 6 Lucy McBath (D)
  7. 7 Richard McCormick (R)
  8. 8 Austin Scott (R)
  9. 9 Andrew S. Clyde (R)
  10. 10 Mike Collins (R)
  11. 11 Barry Loudermilk (R)
  12. 12 Rick W. Allen (R)
  13. 13 Everton Blair (D)
  14. 14 Clay Fuller (R)

From Congress.gov, as of Oct. 19, 2026. Vacant seats are not listed.

Margin by election

Georgia margin by electionBars show the Democratic or Republican margin in Georgia in each election since 1960; the line shows the national popular-vote margin. The table below has every figure.R+60R+40R+20EvenD+20D+40D+601960: D+25.1 (nation D+0.2)'601964: R+8.3 (nation D+22.6)'641968: R+3.7 (nation R+0.7)'681972: R+50.4 (nation R+23.2)'721976: D+33.9 (nation D+2.1)'761980: D+14.8 (nation R+9.7)'801984: R+20.4 (nation R+18.2)'841988: R+20.3 (nation R+7.7)'881992: D+0.6 (nation D+5.6)'921996: R+1.2 (nation D+8.5)'962000: R+11.8 (nation D+0.5)'002004: R+16.6 (nation R+2.5)'042008: R+5.2 (nation D+7.3)'082012: R+7.8 (nation D+3.9)'122016: R+5.1 (nation D+2.1)'162020: D+0.2 (nation D+4.5)'202024: R+2.2 (nation R+1.5)'24

Georgia margin National popular vote

By county

Donald Trump won 132 of Georgia's 159 counties in 2024; Kamala Harris won 27.

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Largest counties, 2024

CountyVotesMarginShift from 2020
Fulton County535,238D+44.9→D 33.2
Gwinnett County420,681D+16.5→D 12.0
Cobb County401,369D+14.9→D 11.3
DeKalb County366,008D+64.8→D 47.9
Cherokee County162,281R+39.0→R 29.2
Chatham County141,109D+18.0→D 13.3
Forsyth County138,249R+33.1→R 24.8
Henry County129,034D+29.7→D 24.5
Clayton County111,729D+69.2→D 51.5
Hall County101,973R+43.8→R 33.0

Biggest shifts from 2020 to 2024: toward the Republican, Glascock County (64.0), Echols County (63.2), Brantley County (62.1); toward the Democrat, Clayton County (51.5), DeKalb County (47.9), Rockdale County (37.3) — in points of margin.

County returns from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (official state data), 2000–2024. Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, of all votes cast.

Results by year

YearWinnerDemocratRepublicanOtherMarginNationTurnoutEV
2024 Donald TrumpTrumpHarris 48.5%2,548,017Trump 50.7%2,663,1170.8%R+2.2R+1.568.0%16
2020 Joe BidenBidenBiden 49.5%2,473,633Trump 49.2%2,461,8541.3%D+0.2D+4.567.1%16
2016 Donald TrumpTrumpClinton 45.3%1,877,963Trump 50.4%2,089,1044.3%R+5.1D+2.159.8%16
2012 Mitt RomneyRomney lostObama 45.5%1,773,827Romney 53.3%2,078,6881.2%R+7.8D+3.959.4%16
2008 John McCainMcCain lostObama 47.0%1,844,123McCain 52.2%2,048,7590.8%R+5.2D+7.362.7%15
2004 George W. BushBushKerry 41.4%1,366,149Bush 58.0%1,914,2540.7%R+16.6R+2.557.4%15
2000 George W. BushBushGore 43.2%1,116,230Bush 55.0%1,419,7201.8%R+11.8D+0.548.8%13
1996 Bob DoleDole lostClinton 45.8%1,053,849Dole 47.0%1,080,843Perot 6.4%R+1.2D+8.545.8%13
1992 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 43.5%1,008,966Bush 42.9%995,252Perot 13.3%D+0.6D+5.648.5%13
1988 George H.W. BushBushDukakis 39.5%714,792Bush 59.8%1,081,3310.8%R+20.3R+7.740.6%12
1984 Ronald ReaganReaganMondale 39.8%706,628Reagan 60.2%1,068,7220.0%R+20.4R+18.243.1%12
1980 Jimmy CarterCarter lostCarter 55.8%890,955Reagan 41.0%654,1683.2%D+14.8R+9.742.1%12
1976 Jimmy CarterCarterCarter 66.9%979,409Ford 33.1%483,7430.0%D+33.9D+2.1—12
1972 Richard NixonNixonMcGovern 24.7%Nixon 75.0%0.3%R+50.4R+23.2—12
1968 George WallaceWallace lostHumphrey 26.8%Nixon 30.4%Wallace 42.8%R+3.7R+0.7—12
1964 Barry GoldwaterGoldwater lostJohnson 45.9%Goldwater 54.1%0.0%R+8.3D+22.6—12
1960 John F. KennedyKennedyKennedy 62.5%Nixon 37.4%0.0%D+25.1D+0.2—12

Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, in percentage points; Nation is the same for the national popular vote. "Other" is everyone else combined, or the leading third-party candidate where one took 5% or more. Vote counts from 1976. Turnout is ballots cast as a share of eligible voters, from 1980 (UF Election Lab; the newest year is preliminary).

Electoral votes

Electoral votes change after each census, when House seats are reapportioned.

  • 1219601950 census
  • 121964–19681960 census
  • 121972–19801970 census
  • 121984–19881980 census
  • 131992–20001990 census
  • 152004–20082000 census
  • 162012–20202010 census
  • 162024–20282020 census
  • 172032–2040projected

Projected: Georgia's share of House seats after the 2030 census if each state's population keeps changing at its pace since 2020, from the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey population estimates (July 1, 2024). If the count were taken today it would have 16. An estimate, not a forecast.

Before 1960

Georgia cast electoral votes in 42 presidential elections before 1960, the first in 1789. It backed the eventual president in 24 of them. It cast no electoral votes in 1864.

YearCarried byElectorsMarginBacked winner
1956Adlai Stevenson Democratic12+33.2–
1952Adlai Stevenson Democratic12+39.3–
1948Harry S. Truman Democratic12+40.7✓
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic12+65.2✓
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic12+83.4✓
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic12+74.7✓
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic12+84.4✓
1928Al Smith Democratic14+34.2–
1924John W. Davis Democratic14+55.9–
1920James M. Cox Democratic14+42.3–
1916Woodrow Wilson Democratic14+83.6✓
1912Woodrow Wilson Democratic14+58.6✓
1908William Jennings Bryan Democratic13+26.9–
1904Alton B. Parker Democratic13+55.3–
1900William Jennings Bryan Democratic13+40.6–
1896William Jennings Bryan Democratic-Populist13+22.4–
1892Grover Cleveland Democratic13+36.8✓
1888Grover Cleveland Democratic12+42.6–
1884Grover Cleveland Democratic12+32.2✓
1880Winfield S. Hancock Democratic11+30.8–
1876Samuel J. Tilden Democratic11+44.1–
1872Horace Greeley Liberal Republican and DemocraticSplit: Brown 6, not counted 3, Jenkins 211+9.9–
1868Horatio Seymour Democratic9+28.5–
1860John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic10+8.6–
1856James Buchanan Democratic10+14.3✓
1852Franklin Pierce Democratic10+41.7✓
1848Zachary Taylor Whig10+3.0✓
1844James K. Polk Democratic10+2.4✓
1840William Henry Harrison Whig11+11.6✓
1836Hugh Lawson White Whig11+3.6–
1832Andrew Jackson Democratic11Unopposed✓
1828Andrew Jackson Democratic9+93.6✓
1824William H. Crawford Democratic-Republican9—–
1820James Monroe Democratic-Republican8—✓
1816James Monroe Democratic-Republican8—✓
1812James Madison Democratic-Republican8—✓
1808James Madison Democratic-Republican6—✓
1804Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican6—✓
1800Thomas Jefferson Democratic-RepublicanVotes (two per elector): Jefferson 4, Burr 44—✓
1796Thomas Jefferson Democratic-RepublicanVotes (two per elector): Jefferson 4, Clinton 44—–
1792George WashingtonVotes (two per elector): Washington 4, Clinton 44—✓
1789George WashingtonVotes (two per elector): Washington 5, Milton 2, Armstrong 1, Telfair 1, Lincoln 15—✓

Margin: the winner's lead over the runner-up in the state's popular vote, in points. A dash means the legislature chose the electors (common before the 1830s) or no popular vote is on record. Each year links to that election's map and full results.