GEORGIA 16 Electoral Votes 
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Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Georgia Secretary of State)
Total Population, July 1, 2016 est.
10,310,371
Total Registration (active), Nov. 2016
  5,443,046 >

Georgia has: 159 counties.
Largest counties (four over 600,000): Fulton, Gwinnett, DeKalb, Cobb.
Largest cities: Atlanta, Augusta-Richmond, Columbus, Savannah, Athens-Clarke Co.. 

Government
Governor: Nathan Deal (R) elected in 2010, re-elected in 2014.  
State Legislature: Georgia General Assembly   House: 180 seats  Senate: 56 seats
Local: Cities and Counties   NACO
U.S. House: 10R, 4D - 1. B.Carter (R) | 2. S.Bishop (D) | 3. L.Westmoreland (R) | 4. H.Johnson (D) | 5. J.Lewis (D) 6. T.Price (R) | 7. R.Woodall (R) | 8. A.Scott (R)9. D.Collins (R) | 10. J.Hice (R) | 11. B.Loudermilk (R) | 12. R.Allen (R) 13. D.Scott (D) | 14. T.Graves (R).    >
U.S. Senate: David Perdue (R) re-elected in 2014, Johnny Isakson (R) re-elected in 2016.
2016

U.S. Senate: Sen. Johnny Isakson (R), first elected in 2004, won a third term, defeating investment executive Jim Barksdale (D) by 2,135,806 (54.80%) to 1,599,726 (41.04%) and 162,260 (4.16%) for attorney/CPA Allen Buckley (L).
U.S. House:
In CD-3 (west-central Georgia), Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R), first elected in 2006, is retiring.  This is a solid Republican district; West Point Mayor Drew Ferguson (R) defeated Angela Pendley (D) by 68.35% to 31.65%.  Five Members had no challenger on the ballot: B.Carter (R-1), D.Collins (R-9), J.Hice (R-10), D.Scott (D-13) and T.Graves (R-14).
State Legislature: Republicans kept solid majorities in both chambers.  In the House the balance went from 116R, 61D, 1I and 2v to 118R, 62D
, and in the Senate from 39R, 17D to 38R, 18D.  Ballotpedia notes that "Georgia continued to have some of the country's least competitive legislative elections in 2016."
Ballot Measures: Georgians voted on four proposed amendments to the state Constitution, approving three and defeating one which would have provided greater flexibility and state accountability to fix failing schools. > 
Post-Election: On Nov. 29, 2016 President Trump announced U.S. Rep. Tom Price (R) as his nominee for HHS Secretary; the full Senate confirmed Price on Feb. 10, 2017 and he was sworn in on that day.  CD-6 includes northern suburbs of Atlanta; Newt Gingrich held the seat for two decades from 1979-99.  In the April 18, 2017 special election Jon Ossoff (D) obtained 48.12% of the vote, finishing ahead of a crowd of Republicans but short of the requisite 50-percent of the vote.  He faces Karen Handel (R) in a June 20 run-off.  With more than a month to go the race was already the most expensive congressional race in American history.

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The Peach State
General Election -- Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Voting Eligible Population*: 6.955,436.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 59.2%.


Voter Registration Deadline
: Oct. 11, 2016.
Advanced (In-Person) Voting Begins: Oct. 17, 2016.



Trump
Clinton
Johnson
Election Day
863,089
753,766
69,198
Abs. by Mail
102,766
98,417
6,533
Advance in Person
1,120,743
1,020,966
49,249
Provisional
2,506
4,814
326
Total
2,089,104
1,877,963
125,306

Official Results >


+Trump/Pence (Rep.)
2,089,104
(50.77)
Clinton/Kaine (Dem.)
1,877,963
(45.64)
Johnson/Weld (Lib.)
125,306
(3.05)
McMullin (w/in)
13,017
(0.32)
Stein (w/in)
7,674
(0.19)
Castle (w/in)
1,110
(0.03)
14 more w/ins
558
(0.01)
Total........4,114,732


Stephen L. Allen 5  -  Robert Buchanan 31    -  David C. Byrne 8  -   Darrell Castle 1,110  -  Loren Collins 22  -  Scott Cubbler 24  -  Claire E. Elliott 15  -  Cherunda Fox 78  -  Thomas Hoefling 70  -  Laurence Lotlikoff 34  - Mike Maturen 151  -  Evan McMullin 13,017  -  Ricky Muhammad 30  -  Michael L. Smith 53  -  Jill Stein 7,674  -  Marc Urbach 5  -  Sandra Wilson 32

total ballots cast:  4,165,405

Overview:  The Republican presidential ticket has carried Georgia every election since 1996 and that continued in 2016. 
    The Clinton campaign established a presence in the first part of Aug. 2016, the DNC announced Georgia as the first of its Victory Leaders Councils on Sept. 1 (+), the state party organized several events around early voting in mid-October (+), and Clinton ally Priorities USA Action announced its first advertising in the state on Oct. 20 (+).
However, HFA did not mention Georgia in an Oct. 17 race update (+), and there was only one visit by a Democratic candidate; Tim Kaine did a couple of fundraisers and an OTR event on Sept. 24.  The Republican ticket put more time in the state.
   Trump won with a plurality of 211,141 votes (5.13 percentage points), carrying 127 counties to 32 for Clinton.  Of note, among the counties Clinton did carry were Cobb and Gwinnett in the Atlanta area.
General Election Visits
[SOSClinton  |  Trump
BALLOT [PDF]
[State Primary: May 24, 2016 / Runoff July 26, 2016]
Presidential Preference Primary: Tuesday, March 1, 2016
USEP: Voting Age Pop.: 7,781,773.  Voting Eligible Pop.: 6,900,387.  Total Ballots Cast:  2,061,329.  VEP Turnout Rate: 29.9%.
Democrats
117 Delegates: 67 District, 22 At-Large, 13 PLEO, 15 Unpledged.


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Republicans
76 Delegates: 3 RNC; 31 at-large; 42 by CD (3 x 14 CDs).

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General Election Winners in Georgia, 1992-2012
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Clinton
43.47%
Dole
47.01%
Bush
54.68%
Bush
57.97%
McCain
52.20%
Romney
53.30%
  and the details...
 
General Election -- Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Voting Eligible Population*: 6,682,600.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 58.4%.


Voter Registration Deadline
: October 8, 2012.
Advanced (In-Person) Voting Begins: October 15, 2012.




Official Results >


+Romney/Ryan (Rep.)
2,078,688
(53.30)
Obama/Biden (Dem.)
1,773,827
(45.48)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.)
45,324
(1.16)
w/ins (8)
2,211
(0.06)
Total........3,900,050


Rocky Anderson 154  -  David Byrne 2  -   Virgil Goode 432  -  Darrell Hykes 55  -
James Harris 21  -   Erin Kent Magee 1  -  Jill Reid  30  -   Jill Stein 1,516

Ballots Cast: 3,919,355.
2012 Overview
Georgia remained solidly in the Republican column as the Romney/Ryan ticket gained a plurality of 304,861 votes (7.82 percentage points), carrying 124 counties to 35 for Obama/Biden.  There were a few, mostly fundraising visits (+). The Peach State had additional significance as a neighbor to battleground states Florida and North Carolina.  
Obama  |  (Romney)
BALLOT [PDF]

General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Voting Eligible Population*: 6,390,590.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 61.4%.

Early Voting Statistics
Number of ballots cast: 2,084,179
Ballots voted in person: 1,784,163
Mail-in ballots returned:    300,016

Turn out Demographics:

Female
Male
Black
452,212    268,443
White
702,287    561,792
Asia-PI
7,328    5,366
Hisp-Lt
8,880    6,522 
Native AM
171    140
Other 71,018  

Total 2,084,179

Total Registration: 5,244,232.


Official Results >


+McCain/Palin (Rep.)
2,048,744
(52.20)
Obama/Biden (Dem.)
1,844,137
(46.99)
Barr/Root (Lib.) 28,812
(0.73)
Baldwin (w/in)
1,314
(0.03)
Nader (w/in)
1,120
(0.03)
7 more w/ins
313
 -
Total........3,924,440


GA SoS certifies, GA Constitution Party press release




2008 Overview
With an African-American population of over two million, Georgia could have been a pick-up for the Democrats if everything had aligned in their favor.  The Obama campaign did make a play in the state, spending a couple hundred thousand dollars on advertising in the Spring and building an organization in the summer, before pulling back staff.  Over 750,000 Georgians registered to vote between the primary and the general election.  Visits by the principals were limited.  Obama did a couple of fundraisers in Atlanta on July 7 and a town hall in Powder Springs on July 8, and McCain did a fundraiser in Atlanta on Aug. 18.  In the closing week, the Obama campaign ran some late advertising. 
McCain won with a plurality of 204,607 votes (6.21 percentage points
), carrying 125 counties to 34 for Obama.  McCain improved upon Bush's 2004 total by 134,490 votes, while Obama bested Kerry's total by 477,988 votes.  The two candidates with Georgia roots, Barr and McKinney, did not fare particularly well; Barr obtained 28,812 votes (0.73%) while McKinney managed just 250 votes as a write-in.
Obama/Allies  |  McCain/Allies  |  Nader

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Voting Eligible Population*: 5,878,186.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 56.2%


Advance Voting: Any registered voter can cast a ballot in person at their county voter registration office during normal business hours on October 25-29, 2004.

Total Advance Voting: 387,596.

Total Registration: 4,248,802.
Voter Registration Deadline: October 4, 2004.
Official Results


+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
1,914,254
(57.97)
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
1,366,149
(41.37)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.) 18,387 (0.56)
Ralph Nader (w/in) 2,231
(0.07)
Michael Peroutka (w/in)
580
(0.02)
David Cobb (w/in)
228
(0.01)
4 other w/ins
46
Total........3,301,873
 





2004 Overview
President Bush improved upon his 2000 showing winning by 548,105 votes (16.60 percentage points).  Bush carried 133 counties to 26 for Kerry.  Two of the campaigns' most prominent surrogates, retiring Sen. Zell Miller (D) for Bush and former Sen. Max Cleland (D) for Kerry, hailed from Georgia. 
General Election Details
Kerry/Allies  |  Bush-Cheney '04

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Voting Eligible Population*: 5,639,668.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 45.8%.

2,690,624 total ballots were cast (difference from total votes for president is 93,991 or 3.5%).

Total Registration: 3,856,676.
Official Results


+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
1,419,720
 (54.68)
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
1,116,230
(42.99)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
36,332
(1.40)
Buchanan/Foster (Ind.)
10,926
(0.42)
Ralph Nader (w/in)
13,432
(0.51)
Howard Phillips (w/in)
140
 -
James Harris (w/in)
11
GloriaDawnStrickland(w/in)
8
Joe Schriner (w/in)
5
Total........2,596,804


Notes.  Only four candidates appeared on the presidential ballot (there were also five certified write-in candidates).  Independent candidates for president were required to submit 38,113 signatures of qualified, registered voters (one percent of the total number of voters registered and eligible to vote in Georgia in the 1996 presidential election). 
2000 Overview
In 1992 (Clinton) and again in 1996 (Dole) less than 30,000 votes separated the Republican and Democratic presidential tickets in Georgia; in 2000, however, Bush-Cheney walloped Gore-Lieberman by 313,490 votes (11.69 percentage points).  Bush carried 125 counties to Gore's 34.  Libertarian Harry Browne achieved one of his best showings in Georgia, while Ralph Nader, despite being a write-in candidate, finished ahead of Pat Buchanan.
General Election Activity



1992 and 1996 General Elections

1992
Clinton (Dem.).....1,008,966
(43.47)
Bush (Rep.)...........995,252
(42.88)
Perot (Ind.) ...........309,657
(13.34)
Others (1+w/ins).......7,250
(0.31)
Total........2,321,125
1996
Dole (Rep.)..........1,080,843
(47.01)
Clinton (Dem.).....1,053,849
(45.84)
Perot (Ref.)............146,337
(6.36)
Others (1+w/ins)......18,042
(0.78)
Total........2,299,071
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