1996 United States presidential election in Georgia
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 13 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
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Elections in Georgia |
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Georgia was won by Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) by a narrow 1.2% margin.[2] 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% of the popular vote in the Peach state, a significant total for a third-party candidate. Until the 2020 election (which Democrats won), this was the last time that a Democratic presidential nominee finished within 2% of the Republican candidate; this was also the last time any third-party candidate has won more than 5% 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% to 47.54% 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.
Georgia weighed in for this election as 10 points more Republican than the national average. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Wheeler, Butts, Heard, Polk, Long, Hart, Chattooga, Elbert, Treutlen, Decatur, Screven, Wilkes, Greene, Dodge, Clinch, Crawford, Lanier, Miller, Brooks, Taylor, Turner, Wilcox, Cook, Marion, Jenkins, Atkinson, Berrien, Lamar, Crisp, Emanuel, Pulaski, Schley, Grady, Irwin, Johnson, Seminole, Putnam, Montgomery, Jasper, and Ben Hill counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[3] This would remain the last election in which the margin of victory was within 3 points in the state until 2020.
Georgia was one of three states won by Clinton in 1992 that Bob Dole was able to flip, the others being Montana and Colorado.
Results
1996 United States presidential election in Georgia[4] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Republican | Bob Dole | Jack Kemp | 1,080,843 | 47.01% | 13 | |
Democratic | Bill Clinton | Al Gore | 1,053,849 | 45.84% | 0 | |
Reform | Ross Perot | Pat Choate | 146,337 | 6.37% | 0 | |
Libertarian | Harry Browne | Jo Jorgensen | 17,870 | 0.78% | 0 | |
Taxpayers | Howard Phillips (write-in) | Herbert Titus | 145[lower-alpha 1] | 0.01% | 0 | |
Independent | Charles E. Collins (write-in) | Rosemary Giumarra | 15[lower-alpha 1] | 0.00% | 0 | |
Socialist Workers | James Harris (write-in) | Laura Garza | 12[lower-alpha 1] | 0.00% | 0 | |
Totals | 2,299,071 | 100.00% | 13 | |||
Voter turnout (Voting age) | 42% |
Results by county
County | Robert Joseph Dole Republican |
William Jefferson Clinton Democratic |
Henry Ross Perot Reform |
Harry Edson Browne Libertarian |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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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 13 electors because it had 11 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appeared on the ballot or qualified to receive write-in votes had to submit a list of 13 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 13 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.[6]
- 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
Notes
- These write-in votes were not separated by county but given only as a state-wide total.[5]
References
- ("Voting and Registration in the Election of November 1996". United States Census Bureau. July 1998. Retrieved December 19, 2020.)
- http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/1996_1105/federal.htm
- 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
- "GA US President Race, November 05, 1996". Our Campaigns.
- https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/members_1996.html