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 ).
This is the last time that Georgia has voted more Democratic than the nation as a whole (although it came close to doing so in 2024 when it was less than 1% more Republican than the national popular vote), as well as the last time that the Democratic nominee carried the state with a majority of the vote. 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]
Georgia was the only state in the Deep South between the 1980 and 1988 presidential elections to support the Democratic nominee.[ 2]
