United States presidential election in Georgia, 1996
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The 1996 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose thirteen representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Georgia was won by Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) by a narrow 1.2-percentage-point margin.[1] The Peach State was the third-closest contest that year with only Kentucky and Nevada being closer. Dole's victory was possible due to the declining support for Democrats in Georgia and many other Southeastern States, though the Democratic Party in Georgia would remain a significant institution until the early 2000s. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Ref-TX), who had unsuccessfully run for president as an Independent in the previous election, won 6.4 percent of the popular vote in the Peach state, a significant total for a third-party candidate. As of August 2018, this is the last time that either a Democratic presidential nominee has finished within two percentage points of the Republican candidate or that any third-party candidate has won more than five percent of the popular vote in Georgia.
During the concurrent U.S. Senate election in Georgia, Secretary of State of Georgia Max Cleland (D) narrowly defeated businessman Guy Millner (R) 48.87 percent to 47.54 percent to win election to the seat that Incumbent Senator Sam Nunn (D) left open to retire. In addition, incumbent U.S. Representatives Sanford Bishop (D-GA-2), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA-8), and Charlie Norwood (R-GA-10) all received strong challenges that year during the House elections but were nonetheless re-elected.
In fact, the host city of the 1996 Summer Olympics took place in Atlanta, which is in Georgia.[2]
Georgia weighed in for this election as 10 points more Republican than the national average. As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Wheeler County, Butts County, Heard County, Polk County, Long County, Hart County, Chattooga County, Elbert County, Treutlen County, Decatur County, Screven County, Wilkes County, Greene County, Dodge County, Clinch County, Crawford County, Lanier County, Miller County, Brooks County, Taylor County, Wilcox County, Cook County, Marion County, Jenkins County, Atkinson County, Berrien County, Lamar County, Crisp County, Emanuel County, Pulaski County, Schley County, Grady County, Irwin County, Johnson County, Seminole County, Putnam County, Montgomery County, Jasper County, and Ben Hill County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[3]
Results
United States presidential election in Georgia, 1996[4] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Bob Dole | Jack Kemp | 1,080,843 | 47.0% | 13 | |
Democratic | Bill Clinton | Al Gore | 1,053,849 | 45.8% | 0 | |
Reform | Ross Perot | Pat Choate | 146,337 | 6.4% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Harry Browne | Jo Jorgensen | 17,870 | 0.8% | 0 | |
Taxpayers | Howard Phillips (write-in) | Herbert Titus | 145 | 0.01% | 0 | |
independent | Charles E. Collins (write-in) | Rosemary Giumarra | 15 | 0.0% | 0 | |
Socialist Workers | James Harris (write-in) | Laura Garza | 12 | 0.0% | 0 | |
Totals | 2,299,071 | 100.00% | 13 | |||
Voter turnout (Voting age) | 42% |
Results by county
Robert Joseph Dole Republican |
William Jefferson Clinton Democratic |
Henry Ross Perot Reform |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # |
Appling | 2,572 | 50.44% | 2,070 | 40.60% | 446 | 8.75% | 11 | 0.22% | 502 | 9.85% | 5,099 |
Atkinson | 784 | 42.94% | 823 | 45.07% | 215 | 11.77% | 4 | 0.22% | -39 | -2.14% | 1,826 |
Bacon | 1,580 | 47.07% | 1,360 | 40.51% | 402 | 11.97% | 15 | 0.45% | 220 | 6.55% | 3,357 |
Baker | 408 | 27.66% | 955 | 64.75% | 105 | 7.12% | 7 | 0.47% | -547 | -37.08% | 1,475 |
Baldwin | 4,570 | 40.79% | 5,740 | 51.23% | 849 | 7.58% | 46 | 0.41% | -1,170 | -10.44% | 11,205 |
Banks | 1,925 | 47.23% | 1,536 | 37.68% | 595 | 14.60% | 20 | 0.49% | 389 | 9.54% | 4,076 |
Barrow | 5,342 | 51.65% | 3,928 | 37.98% | 942 | 9.11% | 130 | 1.26% | 1,414 | 13.67% | 10,342 |
Bartow | 9,250 | 51.32% | 6,853 | 38.02% | 1,770 | 9.82% | 152 | 0.84% | 2,397 | 13.30% | 18,025 |
Ben Hill | 1,516 | 37.08% | 2,198 | 53.77% | 358 | 8.76% | 16 | 0.39% | -682 | -16.68% | 4,088 |
Berrien | 1,950 | 42.87% | 2,066 | 45.42% | 525 | 11.54% | 8 | 0.18% | -116 | -2.55% | 4,549 |
Bibb | 20,778 | 41.61% | 26,727 | 53.53% | 2,268 | 4.54% | 159 | 0.32% | -5,949 | -11.91% | 49,932 |
Bleckley | 1,632 | 49.33% | 1,365 | 41.26% | 300 | 9.07% | 11 | 0.33% | 267 | 8.07% | 3,308 |
Brantley | 1,738 | 47.83% | 1,494 | 41.11% | 386 | 10.62% | 16 | 0.44% | 244 | 6.71% | 3,634 |
Brooks | 1,738 | 42.87% | 1,977 | 48.77% | 314 | 7.75% | 25 | 0.62% | -239 | -5.90% | 4,054 |
Bryan | 3,577 | 57.06% | 2,152 | 34.33% | 513 | 8.18% | 27 | 0.43% | 1,425 | 22.73% | 6,269 |
Bulloch | 6,646 | 50.97% | 5,396 | 41.38% | 939 | 7.20% | 58 | 0.44% | 1,250 | 9.59% | 13,039 |
Burke | 2,590 | 37.47% | 3,915 | 56.63% | 389 | 5.63% | 19 | 0.27% | -1,325 | -19.17% | 6,913 |
Butts | 2,027 | 42.61% | 2,271 | 47.74% | 416 | 8.75% | 43 | 0.90% | -244 | -5.13% | 4,757 |
Calhoun | 541 | 28.96% | 1,217 | 65.15% | 106 | 5.67% | 4 | 0.21% | -676 | -36.19% | 1,868 |
Camden | 4,222 | 49.75% | 3,644 | 42.94% | 572 | 6.74% | 48 | 0.57% | 578 | 6.81% | 8,486 |
Candler | 1,131 | 45.22% | 1,097 | 43.86% | 264 | 10.56% | 9 | 0.36% | 34 | 1.36% | 2,501 |
Carroll | 11,157 | 51.25% | 8,438 | 38.76% | 2,002 | 9.20% | 172 | 0.79% | 2,719 | 12.49% | 21,769 |
Catoosa | 8,237 | 55.89% | 5,185 | 35.18% | 1,257 | 8.53% | 60 | 0.41% | 3,052 | 20.71% | 14,739 |
Charlton | 1,374 | 45.33% | 1,368 | 45.13% | 280 | 9.24% | 9 | 0.30% | 6 | 0.20% | 3,031 |
Chatham | 31,987 | 44.88% | 35,781 | 50.20% | 3,028 | 4.25% | 481 | 0.67% | -3,794 | -5.32% | 71,277 |
Chattahoochee | 398 | 36.78% | 565 | 52.22% | 115 | 10.63% | 4 | 0.37% | -167 | -15.43% | 1,082 |
Chattooga | 2,513 | 39.72% | 3,003 | 47.47% | 796 | 12.58% | 14 | 0.22% | -490 | -7.75% | 6,326 |
Cherokee | 24,527 | 63.41% | 10,802 | 27.93% | 2,872 | 7.43% | 476 | 1.23% | 13,725 | 35.49% | 38,677 |
Clarke | 10,504 | 38.41% | 15,206 | 55.61% | 1,201 | 4.39% | 435 | 1.59% | -4,702 | -17.19% | 27,346 |
Clay | 293 | 25.63% | 787 | 68.85% | 62 | 5.42% | 1 | 0.09% | -494 | -43.22% | 1,143 |
Clayton | 20,625 | 37.34% | 30,687 | 55.55% | 3,494 | 6.32% | 436 | 0.79% | -10,062 | -18.21% | 55,242 |
Clinch | 789 | 40.42% | 973 | 49.85% | 182 | 9.32% | 8 | 0.41% | -184 | -9.43% | 1,952 |
Cobb | 114,188 | 56.93% | 73,750 | 36.77% | 10,438 | 5.20% | 2,197 | 1.10% | 40,438 | 20.16% | 200,573 |
Coffee | 3,934 | 48.72% | 3,407 | 42.19% | 711 | 8.80% | 23 | 0.28% | 527 | 6.53% | 8,075 |
Colquitt | 4,847 | 48.51% | 4,135 | 41.38% | 977 | 9.78% | 33 | 0.33% | 712 | 7.13% | 9,992 |
Columbia | 21,291 | 67.18% | 8,601 | 27.14% | 1,709 | 5.39% | 92 | 0.29% | 12,690 | 40.04% | 31,693 |
Cook | 1,354 | 39.74% | 1,780 | 52.25% | 267 | 7.84% | 6 | 0.18% | -426 | -12.50% | 3,407 |
Coweta | 13,058 | 56.85% | 7,794 | 33.93% | 1,949 | 8.48% | 169 | 0.74% | 5,264 | 22.92% | 22,970 |
Crawford | 1,290 | 41.57% | 1,534 | 49.44% | 270 | 8.70% | 9 | 0.29% | -244 | -7.86% | 3,103 |
Crisp | 2,321 | 43.83% | 2,504 | 47.28% | 445 | 8.40% | 26 | 0.49% | -183 | -3.46% | 5,296 |
Dade | 2,295 | 49.16% | 1,737 | 37.21% | 618 | 13.24% | 18 | 0.39% | 558 | 11.95% | 4,668 |
Dawson | 2,343 | 54.41% | 1,434 | 33.30% | 473 | 10.98% | 56 | 1.30% | 909 | 21.11% | 4,306 |
Decatur | 3,035 | 44.65% | 3,245 | 47.74% | 497 | 7.31% | 20 | 0.29% | -210 | -3.09% | 6,797 |
DeKalb | 60,255 | 29.08% | 137,903 | 66.55% | 6,742 | 3.25% | 2,329 | 1.12% | -77,648 | -37.47% | 207,229 |
Dodge | 2,478 | 42.86% | 2,696 | 46.64% | 587 | 10.15% | 20 | 0.35% | -218 | -3.77% | 5,781 |
Dooly | 990 | 31.33% | 1,951 | 61.74% | 207 | 6.55% | 12 | 0.38% | -961 | -30.41% | 3,160 |
Dougherty | 11,144 | 39.98% | 15,600 | 55.97% | 1,072 | 3.85% | 56 | 0.20% | -4,456 | -15.99% | 27,872 |
Douglas | 14,495 | 54.75% | 9,631 | 36.37% | 2,109 | 7.97% | 242 | 0.91% | 4,864 | 18.37% | 26,477 |
Early | 1,374 | 41.98% | 1,648 | 50.35% | 246 | 7.52% | 5 | 0.15% | -274 | -8.37% | 3,273 |
Echols | 335 | 45.09% | 308 | 41.45% | 97 | 13.06% | 3 | 0.40% | 27 | 3.63% | 743 |
Effingham | 5,022 | 56.76% | 3,031 | 34.26% | 769 | 8.69% | 26 | 0.29% | 1,991 | 22.50% | 8,848 |
Elbert | 2,393 | 40.86% | 2,900 | 49.51% | 552 | 9.42% | 12 | 0.20% | -507 | -8.66% | 5,857 |
Emanuel | 2,451 | 41.73% | 2,947 | 50.18% | 450 | 7.66% | 25 | 0.43% | -496 | -8.45% | 5,873 |
Evans | 1,206 | 47.52% | 1,117 | 44.01% | 204 | 8.04% | 11 | 0.43% | 89 | 3.51% | 2,538 |
Fannin | 3,373 | 48.67% | 2,741 | 39.55% | 782 | 11.28% | 34 | 0.49% | 632 | 9.12% | 6,930 |
Fayette | 21,005 | 63.25% | 9,875 | 29.74% | 2,016 | 6.07% | 313 | 0.94% | 11,130 | 33.52% | 33,209 |
Floyd | 12,426 | 48.96% | 10,464 | 41.23% | 2,345 | 9.24% | 143 | 0.56% | 1,962 | 7.73% | 25,378 |
Forsyth | 15,013 | 64.83% | 5,957 | 25.72% | 1,889 | 8.16% | 300 | 1.30% | 9,056 | 39.10% | 23,159 |
Franklin | 2,364 | 43.79% | 2,338 | 43.30% | 665 | 12.32% | 32 | 0.59% | 26 | 0.48% | 5,399 |
Fulton | 89,809 | 36.93% | 143,306 | 58.93% | 7,720 | 3.17% | 2,333 | 0.96% | -53,497 | -22.00% | 243,168 |
Gilmer | 3,121 | 49.06% | 2,464 | 38.74% | 725 | 11.40% | 51 | 0.80% | 657 | 10.33% | 6,361 |
Glascock | 532 | 52.78% | 348 | 34.52% | 128 | 12.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 184 | 18.25% | 1,008 |
Glynn | 12,305 | 56.96% | 8,058 | 37.30% | 1,137 | 5.26% | 102 | 0.47% | 4,247 | 19.66% | 21,602 |
Gordon | 5,232 | 48.35% | 4,239 | 39.18% | 1,284 | 11.87% | 65 | 0.60% | 993 | 9.18% | 10,820 |
Grady | 2,674 | 43.23% | 2,862 | 46.27% | 633 | 10.23% | 16 | 0.26% | -188 | -3.04% | 6,185 |
Greene | 1,702 | 42.39% | 2,115 | 52.68% | 173 | 4.31% | 25 | 0.62% | -413 | -10.29% | 4,015 |
Gwinnett | 96,610 | 59.29% | 53,819 | 33.03% | 10,236 | 6.28% | 2,280 | 1.40% | 42,791 | 26.26% | 162,945 |
Habersham | 4,730 | 51.93% | 3,170 | 34.80% | 1,149 | 12.62% | 59 | 0.65% | 1,560 | 17.13% | 9,108 |
Hall | 19,280 | 59.84% | 10,362 | 32.16% | 2,321 | 7.20% | 256 | 0.79% | 8,918 | 27.68% | 32,219 |
Hancock | 438 | 16.55% | 2,135 | 80.69% | 71 | 2.68% | 2 | 0.08% | -1,697 | -64.13% | 2,646 |
Haralson | 3,260 | 46.89% | 2,850 | 40.99% | 808 | 11.62% | 35 | 0.50% | 410 | 5.90% | 6,953 |
Harris | 3,829 | 53.70% | 2,779 | 38.97% | 489 | 6.86% | 34 | 0.48% | 1,050 | 14.72% | 7,131 |
Hart | 2,884 | 40.22% | 3,486 | 48.61% | 767 | 10.70% | 34 | 0.47% | -602 | -8.39% | 7,171 |
Heard | 1,170 | 41.14% | 1,248 | 43.88% | 406 | 14.28% | 20 | 0.70% | -78 | -2.74% | 2,844 |
Henry | 16,968 | 58.36% | 9,498 | 32.67% | 2,320 | 7.98% | 288 | 0.99% | 7,470 | 25.69% | 29,074 |
Houston | 17,050 | 52.18% | 12,760 | 39.05% | 2,730 | 8.35% | 138 | 0.42% | 4,290 | 13.13% | 32,678 |
Irwin | 1,085 | 42.72% | 1,225 | 48.23% | 224 | 8.82% | 6 | 0.24% | -140 | -5.51% | 2,540 |
Jackson | 4,782 | 50.38% | 3,746 | 39.46% | 899 | 9.47% | 65 | 0.68% | 1,036 | 10.91% | 9,492 |
Jasper | 1,423 | 44.00% | 1,553 | 48.02% | 243 | 7.51% | 15 | 0.46% | -130 | -4.02% | 3,234 |
Jeff Davis | 1,796 | 47.08% | 1,576 | 41.31% | 428 | 11.22% | 15 | 0.39% | 220 | 5.77% | 3,815 |
Jefferson | 2,077 | 35.86% | 3,404 | 58.77% | 298 | 5.15% | 13 | 0.22% | -1,327 | -22.91% | 5,792 |
Jenkins | 955 | 38.77% | 1,336 | 54.24% | 166 | 6.74% | 6 | 0.24% | -381 | -15.47% | 2,463 |
Johnson | 815 | 36.14% | 1,194 | 52.95% | 242 | 10.73% | 4 | 0.18% | -379 | -16.81% | 2,255 |
Jones | 3,272 | 46.80% | 3,195 | 45.70% | 497 | 7.11% | 28 | 0.40% | 77 | 1.10% | 6,992 |
Lamar | 1,988 | 43.75% | 2,125 | 46.76% | 409 | 9.00% | 22 | 0.48% | -137 | -3.01% | 4,544 |
Lanier | 519 | 34.55% | 818 | 54.46% | 160 | 10.65% | 5 | 0.33% | -299 | -19.91% | 1,502 |
Laurens | 6,118 | 47.79% | 5,792 | 45.24% | 818 | 6.39% | 75 | 0.59% | 326 | 2.55% | 12,803 |
Lee | 3,983 | 61.15% | 2,005 | 30.78% | 506 | 7.77% | 19 | 0.29% | 1,978 | 30.37% | 6,513 |
Liberty | 3,042 | 37.42% | 4,462 | 54.89% | 580 | 7.13% | 45 | 0.55% | -1,420 | -17.47% | 8,129 |
Lincoln | 1,391 | 47.33% | 1,334 | 45.39% | 208 | 7.08% | 6 | 0.20% | 57 | 1.94% | 2,939 |
Long | 791 | 40.11% | 936 | 47.46% | 236 | 11.97% | 9 | 0.46% | -145 | -7.35% | 1,972 |
Lowndes | 10,578 | 48.92% | 9,470 | 43.79% | 1,518 | 7.02% | 58 | 0.27% | 1,108 | 5.12% | 21,624 |
Lumpkin | 2,576 | 49.86% | 1,949 | 37.73% | 588 | 11.38% | 53 | 1.03% | 627 | 12.14% | 5,166 |
McDuffie | 3,254 | 50.96% | 2,725 | 42.68% | 395 | 6.19% | 11 | 0.17% | 529 | 8.29% | 6,385 |
McIntosh | 1,219 | 35.35% | 1,927 | 55.89% | 293 | 8.50% | 9 | 0.26% | -708 | -20.53% | 3,448 |
Macon | 1,006 | 26.54% | 2,618 | 69.06% | 159 | 4.19% | 8 | 0.21% | -1,612 | -42.52% | 3,791 |
Madison | 3,992 | 53.40% | 2,571 | 34.39% | 868 | 11.61% | 45 | 0.60% | 1,421 | 19.01% | 7,476 |
Marion | 678 | 37.23% | 977 | 53.65% | 159 | 8.73% | 7 | 0.38% | -299 | -16.42% | 1,821 |
Meriwether | 2,259 | 36.13% | 3,492 | 55.85% | 480 | 7.68% | 22 | 0.35% | -1,233 | -19.72% | 6,253 |
Miller | 847 | 42.43% | 909 | 45.54% | 235 | 11.77% | 5 | 0.25% | -62 | -3.11% | 1,996 |
Mitchell | 2,033 | 36.39% | 3,165 | 56.66% | 372 | 6.66% | 16 | 0.29% | -1,132 | -20.26% | 5,586 |
Monroe | 3,054 | 48.19% | 2,768 | 43.67% | 488 | 7.70% | 28 | 0.44% | 286 | 4.51% | 6,338 |
Montgomery | 1,163 | 43.31% | 1,233 | 45.92% | 284 | 10.58% | 5 | 0.19% | -70 | -2.61% | 2,685 |
Morgan | 2,118 | 45.92% | 2,111 | 45.77% | 364 | 7.89% | 19 | 0.41% | 7 | 0.15% | 4,612 |
Murray | 3,289 | 46.17% | 2,861 | 40.16% | 938 | 13.17% | 36 | 0.51% | 428 | 6.01% | 7,124 |
Muscogee | 19,360 | 41.86% | 24,867 | 53.77% | 1,891 | 4.09% | 130 | 0.28% | -5,507 | -11.91% | 46,248 |
Newton | 7,274 | 47.10% | 6,759 | 43.77% | 1,258 | 8.15% | 152 | 0.98% | 515 | 3.33% | 15,443 |
Oconee | 5,116 | 58.05% | 2,992 | 33.95% | 615 | 6.98% | 90 | 1.02% | 2,124 | 24.10% | 8,813 |
Oglethorpe | 1,826 | 48.03% | 1,570 | 41.29% | 369 | 9.71% | 37 | 0.97% | 256 | 6.73% | 3,802 |
Paulding | 10,152 | 57.57% | 5,699 | 32.32% | 1,603 | 9.09% | 179 | 1.02% | 4,453 | 25.25% | 17,633 |
Peach | 2,676 | 39.63% | 3,582 | 53.05% | 471 | 6.98% | 23 | 0.34% | -906 | -13.42% | 6,752 |
Pickens | 3,041 | 46.31% | 2,693 | 41.01% | 783 | 11.93% | 49 | 0.75% | 348 | 5.30% | 6,566 |
Pierce | 2,319 | 56.73% | 1,420 | 34.74% | 333 | 8.15% | 16 | 0.39% | 899 | 21.99% | 4,088 |
Pike | 2,054 | 52.52% | 1,474 | 37.69% | 357 | 9.13% | 26 | 0.66% | 580 | 14.83% | 3,911 |
Polk | 4,130 | 43.25% | 4,298 | 45.01% | 1,076 | 11.27% | 46 | 0.48% | -168 | -1.76% | 9,550 |
Pulaski | 1,196 | 39.47% | 1,554 | 51.29% | 268 | 8.84% | 12 | 0.40% | -358 | -11.82% | 3,030 |
Putnam | 2,306 | 44.81% | 2,340 | 45.47% | 474 | 9.21% | 26 | 0.51% | -34 | -0.66% | 5,146 |
Quitman | 224 | 28.11% | 514 | 64.49% | 59 | 7.40% | 0 | 0.00% | -290 | -36.39% | 797 |
Rabun | 2,213 | 46.42% | 1,943 | 40.76% | 585 | 12.27% | 26 | 0.55% | 270 | 5.66% | 4,767 |
Randolph | 816 | 34.24% | 1,438 | 60.34% | 126 | 5.29% | 3 | 0.13% | -622 | -26.10% | 2,383 |
Richmond | 23,670 | 41.62% | 30,738 | 54.05% | 2,310 | 4.06% | 151 | 0.27% | -7,068 | -12.43% | 56,869 |
Rockdale | 13,006 | 57.31% | 7,656 | 33.73% | 1,750 | 7.71% | 284 | 1.25% | 5,350 | 23.57% | 22,696 |
Schley | 470 | 40.17% | 576 | 49.23% | 123 | 10.51% | 1 | 0.09% | -106 | -9.06% | 1,170 |
Screven | 1,862 | 44.13% | 2,087 | 49.47% | 263 | 6.23% | 7 | 0.17% | -225 | -5.33% | 4,219 |
Seminole | 1,003 | 39.74% | 1,265 | 50.12% | 250 | 9.90% | 6 | 0.24% | -262 | -10.38% | 2,524 |
Spalding | 7,376 | 50.74% | 6,017 | 41.39% | 1,059 | 7.29% | 84 | 0.58% | 1,359 | 9.35% | 14,536 |
Stephens | 3,890 | 48.77% | 3,072 | 38.51% | 979 | 12.27% | 36 | 0.45% | 818 | 10.25% | 7,977 |
Stewart | 525 | 23.67% | 1,537 | 69.30% | 152 | 6.85% | 4 | 0.18% | -1,012 | -45.63% | 2,218 |
Sumter | 3,358 | 41.64% | 4,239 | 52.57% | 451 | 5.59% | 16 | 0.20% | -881 | -10.93% | 8,064 |
Talbot | 652 | 27.79% | 1,579 | 67.31% | 111 | 4.73% | 4 | 0.17% | -927 | -39.51% | 2,346 |
Taliaferro | 235 | 26.52% | 615 | 69.41% | 36 | 4.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -380 | -42.89% | 886 |
Tattnall | 2,518 | 46.23% | 2,369 | 43.49% | 541 | 9.93% | 19 | 0.35% | 149 | 2.74% | 5,447 |
Taylor | 1,002 | 37.77% | 1,450 | 54.66% | 195 | 7.35% | 6 | 0.23% | -448 | -16.89% | 2,653 |
Telfair | 1,143 | 34.30% | 1,856 | 55.70% | 322 | 9.66% | 11 | 0.33% | -713 | -21.40% | 3,332 |
Terrell | 1,111 | 40.33% | 1,509 | 54.77% | 129 | 4.68% | 6 | 0.22% | -398 | -14.45% | 2,755 |
Thomas | 5,649 | 49.04% | 5,183 | 45.00% | 667 | 5.79% | 19 | 0.16% | 466 | 4.05% | 11,518 |
Tift | 5,613 | 53.07% | 4,198 | 39.69% | 728 | 6.88% | 38 | 0.36% | 1,415 | 13.38% | 10,577 |
Toombs | 3,646 | 51.81% | 2,763 | 39.26% | 602 | 8.55% | 26 | 0.37% | 883 | 12.55% | 7,037 |
Towns | 2,030 | 48.58% | 1,664 | 39.82% | 459 | 10.98% | 26 | 0.62% | 366 | 8.76% | 4,179 |
Treutlen | 723 | 41.10% | 912 | 51.85% | 122 | 6.94% | 2 | 0.11% | -189 | -10.74% | 1,759 |
Troup | 8,716 | 55.06% | 5,940 | 37.52% | 1,090 | 6.89% | 85 | 0.54% | 2,776 | 17.54% | 15,831 |
Turner | 924 | 37.64% | 1,272 | 51.81% | 246 | 10.02% | 13 | 0.53% | -348 | -14.18% | 2,455 |
Twiggs | 958 | 30.80% | 1,927 | 61.96% | 210 | 6.75% | 15 | 0.48% | -969 | -31.16% | 3,110 |
Union | 2,685 | 48.70% | 2,175 | 39.45% | 622 | 11.28% | 31 | 0.56% | 510 | 9.25% | 5,513 |
Upson | 3,783 | 47.08% | 3,491 | 43.45% | 731 | 9.10% | 30 | 0.37% | 292 | 3.63% | 8,035 |
Walker | 8,817 | 50.10% | 6,743 | 38.32% | 1,969 | 11.19% | 69 | 0.39% | 2,074 | 11.79% | 17,598 |
Walton | 7,934 | 52.82% | 5,618 | 37.40% | 1,323 | 8.81% | 145 | 0.97% | 2,316 | 15.42% | 15,020 |
Ware | 4,746 | 49.55% | 4,171 | 43.54% | 636 | 6.64% | 26 | 0.27% | 575 | 6.00% | 9,579 |
Warren | 735 | 35.82% | 1,230 | 59.94% | 83 | 4.04% | 4 | 0.19% | -495 | -24.12% | 2,052 |
Washington | 2,348 | 33.94% | 4,057 | 58.64% | 488 | 7.05% | 26 | 0.38% | -1,709 | -24.70% | 6,919 |
Wayne | 3,709 | 52.05% | 2,734 | 38.37% | 665 | 9.33% | 18 | 0.25% | 975 | 13.68% | 7,126 |
Webster | 235 | 28.55% | 529 | 64.28% | 59 | 7.17% | 0 | 0.00% | -294 | -35.72% | 823 |
Wheeler | 460 | 33.90% | 751 | 55.34% | 141 | 10.39% | 5 | 0.37% | -291 | -21.44% | 1,357 |
White | 2,959 | 54.59% | 1,864 | 34.39% | 556 | 10.26% | 41 | 0.76% | 1,095 | 20.20% | 5,420 |
Whitfield | 12,368 | 56.69% | 7,720 | 35.39% | 1,637 | 7.50% | 92 | 0.42% | 4,648 | 21.30% | 21,817 |
Wilcox | 882 | 41.56% | 1,067 | 50.28% | 171 | 8.06% | 2 | 0.09% | -185 | -8.72% | 2,122 |
Wilkes | 1,417 | 39.51% | 1,971 | 54.96% | 184 | 5.13% | 14 | 0.39% | -554 | -15.45% | 3,586 |
Wilkinson | 1,332 | 34.08% | 2,278 | 58.28% | 287 | 7.34% | 12 | 0.31% | -946 | -24.20% | 3,909 |
Worth | 2,752 | 48.07% | 2,300 | 40.17% | 521 | 9.10% | 152 | 2.66% | 452 | 7.90% | 5,725 |
Totals | 1,080,843 | 47.02% | 1,053,849 | 45.84% | 146,337 | 6.37% | 17,870 | 0.78% | 26,994 | 1.17% | 2,298,899 |
Electors
Technically the voters of Georgia cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Georgia was allocated thirteen electors because it had eleven congressional districts and two senators. All candidates who appeared on the ballot or qualified to receive write-in votes had to submit a list of thirteen electors, who pledged to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever won the majority of votes in the state was awarded all thirteen electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector.
The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 1996 to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols.
The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All were pledged to and voted for Bob Dole and Jack Kemp.[5]
- Thomas J. Barnette
- Dot Burns
- Jeanne Ferst
- Briggs A. Goggans
- Camilla Johnson-Moore
- Brenda R. (B.J.) Lopez
- Mack Mattingly
- Russell K. (Rusty) Paul
- Oscar N. Persons
- Alec Poitevint
- John M. Stuckey, Jr.
- Stan Wise
- Ray Wooldridge
References
- ↑ http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/1996_1105/federal.htm
- ↑ https://www.olympic.org/atlanta-1996
- ↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ↑ Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1996 Presidential General Election Results – Georgia
- ↑ https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/members_1996.html