2020 United States presidential election in Georgia

The 2020 United States presidential election in Georgia was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated.[2] Georgia voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, incumbent President Donald Trump, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Georgia has 16 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[3]

2020 United States presidential election in Georgia

November 3, 2020
Turnout	67.7% (preliminary)[1]
Nominee Joe Biden Donald Trump Party Democratic Republican Home state Delaware Florida Running mate Kamala Harris Mike Pence Electoral vote 16 0 Popular vote 2,473,633 2,461,854 Percentage 49.50% 49.26%
County results Biden   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Trump   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100%
President before election Donald Trump Republican Elected President Joe Biden Democratic

Biden narrowly won Georgia by a margin of 0.23%. Leading up to the election, Georgia was seen as a key swing state in both the presidential and senatorial elections—both a regular Class II U.S. Senate election and a special election—due to the rapid growth and diversification of Atlanta's suburbs, where Republicans were once dominant. Polls of the state throughout the campaign indicated a close race, and prior to election day most news organizations considered Georgia a toss-up.

Like in other states, Trump had an early lead on election night due to the state counting in-person votes first on that day, before counting mail-in ballots over the following days. Biden subsequently cut into Trump's margins over the course of the week and eventually overtook Trump on Friday morning. Although Burke County flipped to Trump after supporting Hillary Clinton in 2016, Biden was able to build Hillary Clinton's margins in the densely populated suburban counties of Gwinnett, Cobb, and Henry, increasing her margins of 51%, 48%, and 50% to 58%, 56%, and 59%, respectively. These margins helped Biden narrowly win the state by plurality.

Due to the close margins in the initial election results, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced on November 11 that a full audit by hand would be conducted.[4] The audit was completed on November 18,[5][6] and Biden was confirmed to be the winner on November 19.[7] Biden became the first Democrat to carry the state since Bill Clinton in 1992,[8] as well as the first Democrat to win a statewide election in Georgia since 2006.[9] Additionally, Biden became the first Democrat to carry a state in the Deep South since Clinton carried Louisiana in 1996. This is also the first time since 1992 that Georgia voted more Democratic than neighboring Florida and the first time since 2000 that it voted more Democratic than also-neighboring North Carolina. It was also the first time since 1860 that Laurens County and Monroe County did not vote for the statewide winner.[10] Georgia was one of sixteen states where President Trump received a smaller percentage of the vote than he did in the 2016 election.[lower-alpha 1]

Primary elections

The presidential preference primary was originally scheduled for March 24, 2020. On March 14, it was moved to May 19 due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] On April 9, the preference primary was again rescheduled to June 9, being combined with the regular, usually-separate primary for other federal and state primaries as well as local elections in some counties, the first time in Georgia history that all primaries were combined on the same date.[12] Secretary of State Raffensperger approved sending out absentee ballot application forms to 6.9 million active voters for the combined primary, of which 1.1 million absentee ballots were requested. The total turnout for the combined primary was the highest since the 2008 presidential primary, and broke the record for most absentee ballots cast in a Georgia primary.

Republican primary

Incumbent President Donald Trump ran unopposed in the Republican primary, and thus received all of Georgia's 76 delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention.[13]

2020 Georgia Republican presidential primary

Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates
Donald Trump	947,352	100	76
Total	947,352	100.00	76

Democratic primary

2020 Georgia Democratic presidential primary[14]

Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates[15]
Joe Biden	922,177	84.86%	105
Bernie Sanders (withdrawn)	101,668	9.36%
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn)	21,906	2.02%
Andrew Yang (withdrawn)	9,117	0.84%
Michael Bloomberg (withdrawn)	7,657	0.70%
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn)	6,346	0.58%
Michael Bennet (withdrawn)	5,154	0.47%
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn)	4,317	0.40%
Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn)	4,117	0.38%
Tom Steyer (withdrawn)	1,752	0.16%
John Delaney (withdrawn)	1,476	0.14%
Deval Patrick (withdrawn)	1,042	0.10%
Total	1,086,729	100%	105

More than 200,000 votes were also cast by mail in the March 24 presidential preference primary before it was cancelled amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. These votes were not included in the official primary result, however they were separately counted.[16] Voters who participated in the March 24 primary were able to vote again in the June 9 primary for all other offices.[17]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[18]	Tossup	September 17, 2020
Inside Elections[19]	Tilt D (flip)	October 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[20]	Lean D (flip)	November 2, 2020
Politico[21]	Tossup	September 8, 2020
RCP[22]	Tossup	September 14, 2020
Niskanen[23]	Tossup	September 15, 2020
CNN[24]	Tossup	August 3, 2020
The Economist[25]	Tossup	September 12, 2020
CBS News[26]	Tossup	August 16, 2020
270towin[27]	Tossup	September 25, 2020
ABC News[28]	Tossup	July 31, 2020
NPR[29]	Tossup	August 3, 2020
NBC News[30]	Tossup	August 6, 2020
538[31]	Tossup	October 29, 2020

Polling

Graphical summary

Aggregate polls

Source of poll aggregation	Dates administered	Dates updated	Joe Biden Democratic	Donald Trump Republican	Other/ Undecided [lower-alpha 2]	Margin
270 to Win	Oct 22 – Nov 1, 2020	November 2, 2020	47.6%	47.4%	5.0%	Biden +0.2
Real Clear Politics	Oct 23 – Nov 1, 2020	November 2, 2020	47.2%	48.2%	4.6%	Trump +1.0
FiveThirtyEight	until November 1, 2020	November 2, 2020	48.5%	47.4%	4.1%	Biden +1.1
Average			47.8%	47.7%	4.6%	Biden +0.1

Polls

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 3]	Margin of error	Donald Trump Republican	Joe Biden Democratic	Jo Jorgensen Libertarian	Other	Undecided
Trafalgar Group	Oct 31 – Nov 2, 2020	1,041 (LV)	± 2.96%	50%	45%	3%	1%[lower-alpha 4]	1%
SurveyMonkey/Axios	Oct 20 – Nov 2, 2020	3,962 (LV)	± 2.5%	48%[lower-alpha 5]	50%	–	–	–
Landmark Communications/WSBTV	Nov 1, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	50%	46%	3%	–	1%
Insider Advantage/Center for American Greatness[upper-alpha 1]	Nov 1, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	48%	46%	4%	–	2%
AYTM/Aspiration	Oct 30 – Nov 1, 2020	380 (LV)	–	48%	52%	–	–	–
Swayable	Oct 27 – Nov 1, 2020	438 (LV)	± 6.2%	44%	54%	2%	–	–
Data for Progress	Oct 27 – Nov 1, 2020	1,036 (LV)	± 3%	48%	50%	1%	0%[lower-alpha 6]	–
AtlasIntel	Oct 30–31, 2020	679 (LV)	± 4%	48%	46%	–	6%	–
Emerson College	Oct 29–31, 2020	749 (LV)	± 3.5%	49%[lower-alpha 7]	48%	–	2%[lower-alpha 8]	–
Morning Consult	Oct 22–31, 2020	1,743 (LV)	± 2.0%	46%	49%	–	–	–
Landmark Communications/WSBTV	Oct 28, 2020	750 (LV)	± 3.6%	48%	47%	3%	–	3%
Public Policy Polling	Oct 27–28, 2020	661 (V)	–	46%	48%	–	4%[lower-alpha 9]	2%
SurveyMonkey/Axios	Oct 1–28, 2020	7,019 (LV)	–	48%	50%	–	–	–
Monmouth University	Oct 23–27, 2020	504 (RV)	± 4.4%	45%	50%	2%	1%[lower-alpha 10]	2%
		504 (LV)		46%[lower-alpha 11]	50%	–	–	–
				48%[lower-alpha 12]	50%	–	–	–
Swayable	Oct 23–26, 2020	373 (LV)	± 6.9%	48%	51%	1%	–	–
Civiqs/Daily Kos	Oct 23–26, 2020	1,041 (LV)	± 3.3%	46%	51%	–	2%[lower-alpha 13]	0%
Wick Surveys	Oct 24–25, 2020	1,000 (LV)	± 3.1%	49%	47%	–	–	–
YouGov/CBS	Oct 20–23, 2020	1,090 (LV)	± 3.4%	49%	49%	–	2%[lower-alpha 14]	0%
University of Georgia/AJC	Oct 14–23, 2020	1,145 (LV)	± 4%	46%	47%	3%	–	4%
Landmark Communications/WSBTV	Oct 21, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	49%	45%	–	–	4%
Citizen Data	Oct 17–20, 2020	1,000 (LV)	± 3%	44%	48%	1%	2%[lower-alpha 15]	5%
Morning Consult	Oct 11–20, 2020	1,672 (LV)	± 2.4%	48%	48%	–	–	–
Emerson College	Oct 17–19, 2020	506 (LV)	± 4.3%	48%[lower-alpha 16]	47%	–	5%[lower-alpha 17]	–
Siena College/NYT Upshot	Oct 13–19, 2020	759 (LV)	± 4.1%	45%	45%	2%	2%[lower-alpha 18]	7%[lower-alpha 19]
Opinion Insight/American Action Forum[upper-alpha 2]	Oct 12–15, 2020	801 (LV)	± 3.46%	46%[lower-alpha 20]	49%	–	3%[lower-alpha 21]	4%[lower-alpha 22]
Garin-Hart-Yang/Jon Ossoff[upper-alpha 3]	Oct 11–14, 2020	600 (LV)	–	44%	51%	–	–	–
Quinnipiac University	Oct 8–12, 2020	1,040 (LV)	± 3.0%	44%	51%	–	1%[lower-alpha 23]	4%
SurveyUSA	Oct 8–12, 2020	677 (LV)	± 5.7%	46%	48%	–	2%[lower-alpha 24]	4%
Data for Progress	Oct 8–11, 2020	782 (LV)	± 3.5%	46%	46%	2%	1%[lower-alpha 25]	5%
Morning Consult	Oct 2–11, 2020	1,837 (LV)	± 2.3%	49%	47%	–	–	–
Public Policy Polling	Oct 8–9, 2020	528 (V)	± 4.3%	46%	47%	–	3%[lower-alpha 26]	3%
Landmark Communications	Oct 7, 2020	600 (LV)	± 4.0%	48.6%	46.8%	0.7%	–	3.9%
YouGov/CCES	Sep 29 – Oct 7, 2020	1,456 (LV)	–	47%	48%	–	–	–
University of Georgia/AJC	Sep 27 – Oct 6, 2020	1,106 (LV)	± 2.9%	47%	46%	3%	–	3%
Landmark Communications/WSB	Sep 30, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4%	45%	47%	3%	–	–
SurveyMonkey/Tableau	Sep 1–30, 2020	3,468 (LV)	–	48%	49%	–	–	2%
Civiqs/Daily Kos	Sep 26–29, 2020	969 (LV)	± 3.5%	47%	50%	–	2%[lower-alpha 27]	1%
Hart Research Associates/Human Rights Campaign[upper-alpha 4]	Sep 24–27, 2020	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	47%	50%	–	–	–
Quinnipiac University	Sep 23–27, 2020	1,125 (LV)	± 2.9%	47%	50%	–	1%[lower-alpha 28]	2%
Redfield & Wilton Strategies	Sep 23–26, 2020	789 (LV)	± 3.49%	44%	45%	2%	1%[lower-alpha 29]	8%
YouGov/CBS	Sep 22–25, 2020	1,164 (LV)	± 3.4%	47%	46%	–	2%[lower-alpha 30]	5%
Monmouth University	Sep 17–21, 2020	402 (RV)	± 4.9%	47%	46%	2%	0%[lower-alpha 31]	4%
		402 (LV)		48%[lower-alpha 32]	46%	2%	–	4%
				50%[lower-alpha 33]	45%	1%	–	3%
Siena College/NYT Upshot	Sep 16–21, 2020	523 (LV)	± 4.9%	45%	45%	2%	0%[lower-alpha 34]	8%[lower-alpha 35]
University of Georgia/AJC	Sep 11–20, 2020	1,150 (LV)	± 4%	47%	47%	1%	–	4%
Data for Progress (D)	Sep 14–19, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	45%[lower-alpha 36]	45%	1%	0%[lower-alpha 37]	8%
				46%[lower-alpha 38]	46%	–	–	8%
GBAO Strategies/Warnock for Georgia[upper-alpha 5]	Sep 14–16, 2020	600 (LV)	± 4%	46%	49%	–	–	–
Redfield & Wilton Strategies	Sep 12–16, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.46%	46%	45%	2%	1%[lower-alpha 39]	6%
Morning Consult	Aug 29 – Sep 7, 2020	1,486 (LV)	± (2%–4%)	48%[lower-alpha 40]	46%	–	–	–
Fabrizio Ward/Hart Research Associates/AARP	Aug 30 – Sep 5, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	46%	47%	–	1%[lower-alpha 41]	6%
Opinion Insight/American Action Forum[upper-alpha 2]	Aug 30 – Sep 2, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.46%	46%[lower-alpha 42]	47%	2%	1%[lower-alpha 43]	4%
Landmark Communications/WSB	Aug 29–31, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	48%	41%	2%	–	9%
SurveyMonkey/Tableau	Aug 1–31, 2020	2,772 (LV)	–	49%	49%	–	–	2%
Morning Consult	Aug 21–30, 2020	1,392 (LV)	± (2%–4%)	46%	49%	–	–	–
HarrisX/Matt Lieberman[upper-alpha 6]	Aug 20–30, 2020	1,616 (RV)	± 2.4%	46%	52%	–	2%[lower-alpha 44]	–
PPP/Fair Fight Action[upper-alpha 7]	Aug 24–25, 2020	782 (V)	± 3.5%	46%	47%	–	–	6%
Morning Consult	Aug 7–16, 2020	1,265 (LV)	± (2%–4%)	47%	46%	–	–	–
Landmark Communications	Aug 14–15, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	48%	45%	4%	–	3%
SurveyUSA	Aug 6–8, 2020	623 (LV)	± 5.3%	44%	46%	–	4%[lower-alpha 45]	6%
YouGov/CBS	Jul 28–31, 2020	1,109 (LV)	± 3.4%	45%	46%	–	3%[lower-alpha 46]	5%
HIT Strategies/DFER[upper-alpha 8]	Jul 23–31, 2020	400 (RV)	± 4.9%	40%	44%	–	6%[lower-alpha 47]	10%[lower-alpha 48]
SurveyMonkey/Tableau	Jul 1–31, 2020	3,745 (LV)	–	53%	45%	–	–	2%
Monmouth University	Jul 23–27, 2020	402 (RV)	± 2%	47%	47%	3%	–	3%
		402 (LV)		48%[lower-alpha 49]	47%	2%	–	3%
				49%[lower-alpha 50]	46%	2%	–	4%
Morning Consult	Jul 17–26, 2020	1,337 (LV)	± 2.7%	46%	47%	–	–	–
Public Policy Polling/AFSCME[upper-alpha 9]	Jul 23–24, 2020	722 (V)	–	45%	46%	–	–	9%
Trafalgar Group	Jul 15–18, 2020	1,023 (LV)	± 3.0%	50%	43%	2%	2%[lower-alpha 51]	2%
Spry Strategies/American Principles Project[upper-alpha 10]	Jul 11–16, 2020	700 (LV)	± 3.7%	49%	46%	–	–	5%
Garin-Hart-Yang/Jon Ossoff[upper-alpha 11]	Jul 9–15, 2020	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	43%	47%	–	–	10%
Gravis Marketing/OANN	Jul 2, 2020	513 (LV)	± 4.3%	48%	45%	-	–	8%
SurveyMonkey/Tableau	Jun 8–30, 2020	2,059 (LV)	–	49%	49%	–	–	2%
Public Policy Polling/End Citizens United[upper-alpha 12]	Jun 25–26, 2020	734 (RV)	± 3.6%	45%	49%	-	–	6%
Fox News	Jun 20–23, 2020	1,013 (RV)	± 3.0%	45%	47%	-	4%[lower-alpha 52]	5%
Public Policy Polling	Jun 12–13, 2020	661 (V)	± 3.4%	46%	48%	-	–	6%
TargetSmart	May 21–27, 2020	321 (RV)	± 5.5%	44%	40%	-	10%[lower-alpha 53]	6%
Morning Consult	May 17–26, 2020	1,396 (LV)	–	49%	47%	–	–	–
Civiqs/Daily Kos	May 16–18, 2020	1,339 (RV)	± 3.1%	47%	48%	-	3%[lower-alpha 54]	2%
The Progress Campaign (D)	May 6–15, 2020	2,893 (LV)	± 2%	47%	47%	-	–	6%[lower-alpha 55]
BK Strategies/Republican State Leadership Committee[upper-alpha 13]	May 11–13, 2020	700 (LV)	± 3.7%	48%	46%	-	–	–
Public Opinion Strategies (R)	May 4–7, 2020	500 (LV)	± 4.38%	46%	47%	-	–	7%[lower-alpha 56]
Cygnal/David Ralston[upper-alpha 14]	Apr 25–27, 2020	591 (LV)	± 4.0%	45%	44%	-	7%	5%
Battleground Connect/Doug Collins for Senate[upper-alpha 15]	Mar 31 – Apr 1, 2020	1,035 (LV)	± 3.0%	48%	46%	-	–	6%
The Progress Campaign (D)	Mar 12–21, 2020	3,042 (RV)	± 4.5%	49%	47%	-	4%	–
University of Georgia	Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2020	1,117 (LV)	± 2.9%	51%	43%	-	4%	2%
Mason-Dixon	Dec 19–23, 2019	625 (RV)	± 4.0%	51%	44%	-	–	5%
SurveyUSA	Nov 15–18, 2019	1,303 (LV)	± 3.2%	43%	47%	-	–	10%
Climate Nexus	Nov 4–10, 2019	688 (LV)	–	47%	48%	-	–	5%
University of Georgia	Oct 30 – Nov 8, 2019	1,028 (RV)	± 3%	43%	51%	-	3%	4%[lower-alpha 57]
Zogby Analytics	Oct 28–30, 2019	550 (LV)	± 4.2%	44%	46%	-	–	11%

Former candidates

Donald Trump vs. Michael Bloomberg Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 3] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Michael Bloomberg (D) Other Undecided University of Georgia Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2019 1,117 (LV) ± 2.9% 50% 42% 6% 3% SurveyUSA Nov 15–18, 2019 1,303 (LV) ± 3.2% 44% 42% - 14% Donald Trump vs. Pete Buttigieg Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 3] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Pete Buttigieg (D) Other Undecided Mason-Dixon Dec 19–23, 2019 625 (RV) ± 4.0% 52% 43% - 5% SurveyUSA/WXIA-TV Nov 15–18, 2019 1,303 (LV) ± 3.2% 45% 41% - 14% Climate Nexus Nov 4–10, 2019 688 (LV) – 49% 42% – 9% Atlanta Journal-Constitution Oct 30 – Nov 8, 2019 1,028 (RV) ± 3% 43% 46% 4% 5%[lower-alpha 58] Zogby Analytics Oct 28–30, 2019 550 (LV) ± 4.2% 45% 38% - 17% Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 3] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Kamala Harris (D) Other Undecided SurveyUSA/WXIA-TV Nov 15–18, 2019 1,303 (LV) ± 3.2% 46% 43% - 11% Climate Nexus Nov 4–10, 2019 688 (LV) – 49% 44% – 7% Atlanta Journal-Constitution Oct 30 – Nov 8, 2019 1,028 (RV) ± 3% 44% 45% 4% 7%[lower-alpha 59] Zogby Analytics Oct 28–30, 2019 550 (LV) ± 4.2% 44% 42% - 14% Donald Trump vs. Bernie Sanders Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 3] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Bernie Sanders (D) Other Undecided The Progress Campaign (D) Mar 12–21, 2020 3,042 (RV) ± 4.5% 51% 46% 3% – University of Georgia Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2019 1,117 (LV) ± 2.9% 52% 41% 5% 2% Mason-Dixon Dec 19–23, 2019 625 (RV) ± 4.0% 52% 42% – 6% SurveyUSA Nov 15–18, 2019 1,303 (LV) ± 3.2% 44% 47% – 9% Climate Nexus Nov 4–10, 2019 688 (LV) – 48% 46% – 6% University of Georgia Oct 30 – Nov 8, 2019 1,028 (RV) ± 3% 44% 48% 4% 5%[lower-alpha 60] Zogby Analytics Oct 28–30, 2019 550 (LV) ± 4.2% 43% 48% – 9% Donald Trump vs. Elizabeth Warren Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 3] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Elizabeth Warren (D) Other Undecided University of Georgia Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2019 1,117 (LV) ± 2.9% 52% 42% 4% 2% Mason-Dixon Dec 19–23, 2019 625 (RV) ± 4.0% 54% 40% - 6% SurveyUSA/WXIA-TV Nov 15–18, 2019 1,303 (LV) ± 3.2% 45% 46% - 9% Climate Nexus Nov 4–10, 2019 688 (LV) – 47% 47% – 5% Atlanta Journal-Constitution Oct 30 – Nov 8, 2019 1,028 (RV) ± 3% 44% 47% 4% 5%[lower-alpha 61] Zogby Analytics Oct 28–30, 2019 550 (LV) ± 4.2% 44% 42% - 14%

Hypothetical polling
Donald Trump vs. Generic Opponent Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 3] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Generic Opponent Other Undecided AJC Jan 6–15, 2020 1,025 (V) ± 3.1% 43.6% 46.9%[lower-alpha 62] 1.8%[lower-alpha 63] 7.7%[lower-alpha 64]

Turnout

Voter registration for the 2020 general elections ended on October 5 in Georgia, with a final total of 7,233,584 active registered voters,[32] an increase of 1,790,538 new voters since the 2016 election and 805,003 new voters since the 2018 gubernatorial election. Absentee mail ballots were first sent out on September 15. Unlike the June 9 combined primary, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger declined to mail out absentee ballot request forms for the November 3 election, and instead established a website for registered voters to apply for an absentee ballot;[33] in addition, third-party non-profit organizations such as the Voter Participation Center sent out over 2.2 million absentee request forms to registered voters by mail, including to voters who did not have computers nor Internet access.[34] 1,731,117 absentee ballots were requested by mail or online by voters by the deadline of October 23. The Secretary of State's office allowed counties to install multiple drop boxes for absentee voters to bypass the postal system, on the condition that the drop boxes be installed on county government property and surveilled with 24-hour cameras.

Early in-person voting began on October 12. Complaints regarding hours-long early-voting lines soon arose across the state, especially in Metro Atlanta counties; state officials attributed the long durations of lines to voter enthusiasm and lack of preparation by county boards of elections.

Raffensperger recorded 126,876 votes having been cast early or absentee across the state on October 12, a record turnout for the first day of early voting in a Georgia general election.[35] The record turnout continued throughout the first week, with 1,555,622 having been cast by October 19. By October 21, 2,124,571 votes had been cast, over 50% of total votes cast in the 2016 election, and by October 30, over 50% of registered voters had cast their ballots.

Results

Following the November 3 general election, voters whose mail-in ballots were rejected could submit corrections until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 6.[36][37]

2020 United States presidential election in Georgia[38][39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joe Biden Kamala Harris	2,473,633	49.47%	+4.12%
	Republican	Donald Trump Mike Pence	2,461,854	49.24%	-1.16%
	Libertarian	Jo Jorgensen Spike Cohen	62,229	1.24%	-1.77%
	Green	Howie Hawkins (write-in) Angela Walker	1,013	0.02%
	Write-in		1,231	0.02%
Total votes			4,999,960	100.00%

By county

Note: The percentages in this table are not the same as the totals above. This is because the table below includes write-in votes with the candidates unreported by the Georgia Secretary of State.

County[40]	Joseph R. Biden Democratic		Donald J. Trump Republican		Jo Jorgensen Libertarian		Howie Hawkins Green	Brian Carroll American Solidarity	Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	#	#	%
Appling	1,779	21.33%	6,526	78.24%	36	0.43%	0	0	-4,747	-56.91%	8,341
Atkinson	825	26.15%	2,300	72.90%	30	0.95%	0	0	-1,475	-46.75%	3,155
Bacon	625	13.39%	4,018	86.08%	25	0.54%	0	0	-3,393	-72.69%	4,668
Baker	652	41.93%	897	57.68%	6	0.39%	0	0	-245	-15.76%	1,555
Baldwin	9,140	50.08%	8,903	48.78%	208	1.14%	4	1	237	1.30%	18,251
Banks	932	10.59%	7,795	88.57%	74	0.84%	3	0	-6,863	-77.98%	8,801
Barrow	10,453	27.57%	26,804	70.68%	664	1.75%	18	5	-16,351	-43.12%	37,921
Bartow	12,092	23.96%	37,674	74.65%	701	1.39%	14	2	-25,582	-50.69%	50,467
Ben Hill	2,392	36.46%	4,110	62.65%	58	0.88%	0	0	-1,718	-26.19%	6,560
Berrien	1,269	16.39%	6,419	82.90%	55	0.71%	1	0	-5,150	-66.51%	7,743
Bibb[41]	43,468	61.39%	26,585	37.55%	749	1.06%	19	17	16,883	23.85%	70,802
Bleckley	1,311	22.98%	4,328	75.85%	67	1.17%	1	0	-3,017	-52.87%	5,706
Brantley	699	9.02%	6,991	90.25%	56	0.72%	0	0	-6,292	-81.23%	7,746
Brooks	2,790	39.30%	4,260	60.00%	50	0.70%	0	0	-1,470	-20.70%	7,100
Bryan	6,739	31.58%	14,244	66.75%	357	1.67%	9	4	-7,505	-35.17%	21,340
Bulloch	11,243	37.37%	18,386	61.12%	455	1.51%	13	4	-7,143	-23.74%	30,084
Burke	5,209	48.76%	5,400	50.54%	75	0.70%	1	0	-191	-1.79%	10,684
Butts	3,274	27.81%	8,406	71.41%	91	0.77%	2	1	-5,132	-43.60%	11,771
Calhoun	1,260	57.43%	923	42.07%	11	0.50%	0	0	337	15.36%	2,194
Camden[42]	7,967	33.63%	15,251	64.38%	470	1.98%	10	0	-7,284	-30.75%	23,688
Candler	1,269	28.64%	3,133	70.71%	29	0.65%	0	0	-1,864	-42.07%	4,431
Carroll	16,238	29.81%	37,476	68.80%	760	1.40%	11	11	-21,238	-38.99%	54,474
Catoosa[43]	6,932	21.27%	25,167	77.22%	494	1.52%	8	22	-18,235	-55.95%	32,593
Charlton	1,103	24.16%	3,419	74.88%	44	0.96%	0	0	-2,316	-50.72%	4,566
Chatham[44]	78,254	58.65%	53,237	39.90%	1,929	1.45%	32	32	25,017	18.75%	133,420
Chattahoochee[45]	667	42.16%	880	55.63%	35	2.21%	0	0	-213	-13.46%	1,582
Chattooga	1,854	18.45%	8,064	80.24%	132	1.31%	3	0	-6,210	-61.79%	10,050
Cherokee[46]	42,794	29.55%	99,587	68.76%	2,449	1.69%	19	17	-56,793	-39.21%	144,830
Clarke[47]	36,048	70.22%	14,446	28.14%	839	1.63%	37	25	21,602	42.08%	51,333
Clay	790	55.09%	637	44.42%	7	0.49%	1	0	153	10.67%	1,434
Clayton[48]	95,476	84.99%	15,813	14.08%	1,055	0.94%	31	5	79,663	70.91%	112,344
Clinch	747	26.08%	2,105	73.50%	12	0.42%	0	0	-1,358	-47.42%	2,864
Cobb[49]	221,846	56.34%	165,459	42.02%	6,441	1.64%	123	85	56,387	14.32%	393,746
Coffee	4,511	29.65%	10,578	69.53%	125	0.82%	0	0	-6,067	-39.88%	15,214
Colquitt	4,187	26.03%	11,777	73.23%	119	0.74%	1	0	-7,590	-47.19%	16,083
Columbia[50]	29,236	36.28%	50,013	62.07%	1,330	1.65%	14	18	-20,777	-25.78%	80,579
Cook	2,059	29.27%	4,900	69.65%	76	1.08%	1	0	-2,841	-40.38%	7,035
Coweta[51]	24,210	31.52%	51,501	67.06%	1,088	1.42%	18	18	-27,291	-35.54%	76,799
Crawford	1,615	26.47%	4,428	72.57%	59	0.97%	0	0	-2,813	-46.10%	6,102
Crisp	2,986	37.14%	4,987	62.04%	66	0.82%	3	0	-2,001	-24.89%	8,039
Dade	1,261	16.96%	6,066	81.60%	107	1.44%	4	9	-4,805	-64.64%	7,434
Dawson[52]	2,486	15.46%	13,398	83.32%	197	1.23%	2	1	-10,912	-67.86%	16,081
Decatur[53]	4,780	41.11%	6,758	58.12%	89	0.77%	1	2	-1,978	-17.01%	11,627
DeKalb[54]	308,227	83.12%	58,373	15.74%	4,204	1.13%	65	25	249,854	67.38%	370,804
Dodge	2,171	26.90%	5,843	72.40%	56	0.69%	1	0	-3,672	-45.50%	8,070
Dooly	1,911	46.55%	2,159	52.59%	35	0.85%	1	0	-248	-6.04%	4,105
Dougherty	24,577	69.60%	10,454	29.61%	280	0.79%	2	1	14,123	40.00%	35,311
Douglas[55]	42,809	61.95%	25,451	36.83%	837	1.21%	25	4	17,358	25.12%	69,097
Early	2,437	46.98%	2,722	52.48%	28	0.54%	0	0	-285	-5.49%	5,187
Echols	167	11.59%	1,256	87.16%	18	1.25%	1	0	-1,089	-75.57%	1,441
Effingham	7,720	24.45%	23,358	73.99%	492	1.56%	2	2	-15,638	-49.53%	31,570
Elbert	2,879	31.39%	6,226	67.89%	66	0.72%	1	0	-3,347	-36.50%	9,171
Emanuel	2,884	30.35%	6,551	68.95%	66	0.69%	2	0	-3,667	-38.60%	9,501
Evans	1,324	31.17%	2,888	68.00%	35	0.82%	1	0	-1,564	-36.83%	4,247
Fannin[56]	2,571	17.31%	12,169	81.95%	110	0.74%	0	0	-9,598	-64.63%	14,850
Fayette	33,065	45.93%	37,952	52.72%	976	1.36%	6	11	-4,887	-6.79%	71,993
Floyd	12,008	28.83%	29,123	69.93%	517	1.24%	9	14	-17,115	-41.09%	41,648
Forsyth[57]	42,203	32.64%	85,122	65.83%	1,980	1.53%	28	24	-42,919	-33.19%	129,305
Franklin[58]	1,593	14.80%	9,069	84.25%	103	0.96%	2	0	-7,476	-69.45%	10,765
Fulton[59]	381,144	72.65%	137,240	26.16%	6,275	1.20%	147	96	243,904	46.49%	524,659
Gilmer	2,932	17.74%	13,429	81.26%	164	0.99%	1	1	-10,497	-63.52%	16,525
Glascock	155	9.90%	1,403	89.59%	8	0.51%	0	0	-1,248	-79.69%	1,566
Glynn[60]	15,879	37.82%	25,616	61.01%	489	1.16%	4	2	-9,737	-23.19%	41,984
Gordon	4,384	18.24%	19,405	80.74%	244	1.02%	4	5	-15,021	-62.50%	24,033
Grady	3,619	33.80%	7,034	65.70%	54	0.50%	0	0	-3,415	-31.90%	10,707
Greene	4,088	36.35%	7,068	62.84%	91	0.81%	1	1	-2,980	-26.50%	11,247
Gwinnett[61]	241,827	58.43%	166,413	40.21%	5,625	1.36%	132	111	75,414	18.22%	413,865
Habersham[62]	3,563	17.44%	16,637	81.43%	232	1.14%	3	7	-13,074	-63.99%	20,432
Hall	25,031	27.65%	64,170	70.89%	1,322	1.46%	28	28	-39,139	-43.24%	90,523
Hancock	2,985	71.67%	1,159	27.83%	21	0.50%	0	0	1,826	43.84%	4,165
Haralson	1,792	12.58%	12,331	86.55%	125	0.88%	0	1	-10,539	-73.97%	14,248
Harris	5,457	27.30%	14,319	71.63%	215	1.08%	5	4	-8,862	-44.33%	19,991
Hart	3,157	24.81%	9,464	74.36%	106	0.83%	5	1	-6,307	-49.56%	12,727
Heard	824	15.28%	4,516	83.77%	51	0.95%	0	0	-3,692	-68.48%	5,391
Henry[63]	73,276	59.70%	48,187	39.26%	1,279	1.04%	11	2	25,089	20.44%	122,742
Houston[64]	32,232	43.08%	41,534	55.51%	1,057	1.41%	21	6	-9,302	-12.43%	74,823
Irwin	1,008	24.18%	3,134	75.19%	26	0.62%	0	0	-2,126	-51.01%	4,168
Jackson[65]	7,642	20.29%	29,497	78.30%	531	1.41%	5	2	-21,855	-58.02%	37,670
Jasper	1,761	23.04%	5,822	76.16%	61	0.80%	2	1	-4,061	-53.13%	7,644
Jeff Davis	1,028	17.81%	4,695	81.36%	48	0.83%	3	0	-3,667	-63.54%	5,771
Jefferson	4,061	53.14%	3,537	46.28%	44	0.58%	0	0	524	6.86%	7,642
Jenkins	1,266	36.64%	2,161	62.55%	28	0.81%	0	0	-895	-25.90%	3,455
Johnson	1,222	29.80%	2,850	69.51%	28	0.68%	0	0	-1,628	-39.71%	4,100
Jones	4,888	32.66%	9,965	66.58%	113	0.76%	2	1	-5,077	-33.92%	14,966
Lamar	2,615	28.93%	6,330	70.03%	94	1.04%	0	0	-3,715	-41.10%	9,039
Lanier	1,019	28.50%	2,509	70.16%	48	1.34%	0	0	-1,490	-41.67%	3,576
Laurens	8,073	35.52%	14,493	63.76%	163	0.72%	0	1	-6,420	-28.25%	22,729
Lee	4,558	27.27%	12,007	71.84%	149	0.89%	2	1	-7,449	-44.57%	16,714
Liberty	13,099	61.24%	7,959	37.21%	331	1.55%	0	0	5,140	24.03%	21,389
Lincoln	1,435	30.86%	3,179	68.37%	36	0.77%	0	0	-1,744	-37.51%	4,650
Long	2,033	35.94%	3,528	62.38%	95	1.68%	1	1	-1,495	-26.43%	5,656
Lowndes	20,117	43.40%	25,691	55.42%	547	1.18%	12	3	-5,574	-12.02%	46,355
Lumpkin	3,126	20.13%	12,163	78.31%	242	1.56%	7	5	-9,037	-58.19%	15,531
Macon	2,857	61.28%	1,783	38.25%	22	0.47%	0	0	1,074	23.04%	4,662
Madison	3,411	22.84%	11,326	75.83%	200	1.34%	4	2	-7,915	-52.99%	14,937
Marion[66]	1,311	36.18%	2,275	62.78%	38	1.05%	1	0	-964	-26.60%	3,624
McDuffie	4,168	39.87%	6,169	59.01%	118	1.13%	0	1	-2,001	-19.14%	10,455
McIntosh	2,612	39.01%	4,016	59.98%	68	1.02%	0	0	-1,404	-20.97%	6,696
Meriwether	4,287	39.41%	6,524	59.98%	66	0.61%	1	2	-2,237	-20.57%	10,877
Miller	749	26.42%	2,066	72.87%	20	0.71%	0	0	-1,317	-46.46%	2,835
Mitchell	3,995	44.57%	4,935	55.06%	33	0.37%	0	1	-940	-10.49%	8,963
Monroe	4,384	28.12%	11,060	70.93%	148	0.95%	2	0	-6,676	-42.82%	15,592
Montgomery	979	24.68%	2,960	74.63%	27	0.68%	0	1	-1,981	-49.95%	3,966
Morgan	3,355	28.66%	8,230	70.30%	122	1.04%	2	2	-4,875	-41.64%	11,707
Murray	2,302	14.96%	12,943	84.11%	144	0.94%	3	1	-10,641	-69.15%	15,389
Muscogee[67]	49,529	61.49%	30,049	37.31%	965	1.20%	8	12	19,480	24.19%	80,543
Newton	29,794	54.93%	23,869	44.01%	576	1.06%	14	3	5,925	10.92%	54,239
Oconee[68]	8,162	32.43%	16,595	65.94%	411	1.63%	8	16	-8,433	-33.51%	25,168
Oglethorpe	2,436	29.96%	5,593	68.79%	102	1.25%	2	1	-3,157	-38.83%	8,131
Paulding	29,704	34.79%	54,525	63.86%	1,156	1.35%	22	11	-24,821	-29.07%	85,385
Peach	5,920	47.19%	6,502	51.83%	123	0.98%	0	0	-582	-4.64%	12,545
Pickens	2,808	16.41%	14,075	82.23%	233	1.36%	1	1	-11,267	-65.83%	17,116
Pierce	1,100	12.16%	7,899	87.30%	49	0.54%	1	0	-6,799	-75.14%	9,048
Pike	1,505	14.04%	9,127	85.14%	88	0.82%	1	0	-7,622	-71.10%	10,720
Polk[69]	3,658	21.02%	13,589	78.10%	152	0.87%	0	1	-9,931	-57.08%	17,399
Pulaski	1,217	29.98%	2,805	69.11%	37	0.91%	0	0	-1,588	-39.12%	4,059
Putnam[70]	3,448	29.08%	8,291	69.94%	116	0.98%	1	0	-4,843	-40.85%	11,855
Quitman	497	44.94%	604	54.61%	5	0.45%	0	0	-107	-9.67%	1,106
Rabun	1,984	20.74%	7,474	78.11%	110	1.15%	2	3	-5,490	-57.38%	9,568
Randolph	1,671	54.36%	1,391	45.25%	12	0.39%	0	0	280	9.11%	3,074
Richmond[71]	59,124	67.95%	26,781	30.78%	1,111	1.28%	23	29	32,343	37.17%	87,016
Rockdale[72]	31,244	69.92%	13,012	29.12%	430	0.96%	8	2	18,232	40.80%	44,686
Schley	462	20.31%	1,800	79.12%	13	0.57%	0	0	-1,338	-58.81%	2,275
Screven	2,661	40.15%	3,916	59.08%	51	0.77%	1	0	-1,255	-18.93%	6,628
Seminole	1,254	32.29%	2,611	67.22%	19	0.49%	0	0	-1,357	-34.94%	3,884
Spalding	11,784	39.13%	18,057	59.96%	275	0.91%	4	0	-6,273	-20.83%	30,116
Stephens	2,385	20.07%	9,368	78.82%	132	1.11%	0	0	-6,983	-58.75%	11,885
Stewart	1,182	59.40%	801	40.25%	7	0.35%	0	0	381	19.15%	1,990
Sumter	6,318	52.00%	5,732	47.18%	100	0.82%	1	0	586	4.82%	12,150
Talbot	2,114	60.02%	1,392	39.52%	16	0.45%	1	1	722	20.50%	3,522
Taliaferro	561	60.45%	360	38.79%	7	0.75%	0	0	201	21.66%	928
Tattnall	2,061	25.19%	6,053	73.97%	69	0.84%	1	0	-3,992	-48.78%	8,183
Taylor	1,387	36.13%	2,418	62.99%	34	0.89%	0	0	-1,031	-26.86%	3,839
Telfair	1,487	34.32%	2,825	65.20%	21	0.48%	0	0	-1,338	-30.88%	4,333
Terrell	2,376	53.80%	2,004	45.38%	36	0.82%	0	0	372	8.42%	4,416
Thomas	8,708	39.85%	12,954	59.28%	191	0.87%	4	0	-4,246	-19.43%	21,853
Tift	5,322	32.68%	10,784	66.23%	177	1.09%	0	1	-5,462	-33.54%	16,283
Toombs	2,939	26.93%	7,872	72.13%	103	0.94%	0	0	-4,933	-45.20%	10,914
Towns	1,550	19.43%	6,384	80.01%	45	0.56%	0	0	-4,834	-60.58%	7,979
Treutlen	952	30.94%	2,101	68.28%	24	0.78%	0	0	-1,149	-37.34%	3,077
Troup	11,578	38.53%	18,143	60.38%	328	1.09%	0	8	-6,565	-21.85%	30,049
Turner	1,410	37.18%	2,349	61.95%	33	0.87%	0	0	-939	-24.76%	3,792
Twiggs	2,044	45.99%	2,370	53.33%	30	0.68%	0	0	-326	-7.34%	4,444
Union	2,801	18.00%	12,651	81.30%	108	0.69%	4	0	-9,850	-63.30%	15,560
Upson	4,201	32.55%	8,608	66.70%	96	0.74%	1	1	-4,407	-34.15%	12,905
Walker	5,769	19.65%	23,174	78.95%	411	1.40%	8	8	-17,405	-59.29%	29,354
Walton	12,682	24.82%	37,842	74.06%	571	1.12%	4	0	-25,160	-49.24%	51,095
Ware	4,211	29.67%	9,865	69.51%	116	0.82%	0	0	-5,654	-39.84%	14,192
Warren	1,469	55.41%	1,166	43.98%	16	0.60%	0	0	303	11.43%	2,651
Washington	4,730	50.01%	4,663	49.30%	66	0.70%	3	0	67	0.71%	9,459
Wayne	2,687	21.03%	9,987	78.16%	104	0.81%	1	0	-7,300	-57.13%	12,778
Webster	639	45.97%	748	53.81%	3	0.22%	0	0	-109	-7.84%	1,390
Wheeler	689	30.15%	1,583	69.28%	13	0.57%	0	0	-894	-39.12%	2,285
White	2,411	16.27%	12,222	82.49%	183	1.24%	4	8	-9,811	-66.22%	14,816
Whitfield[73]	10,670	29.04%	25,636	69.77%	440	1.20%	0	0	-14,966	-40.73%	36,746
Wilcox	862	26.27%	2,403	73.24%	16	0.49%	0	0	-1,541	-46.97%	3,281
Wilkes	2,160	42.95%	2,823	56.13%	46	0.91%	0	0	-663	-13.18%	5,029
Wilkinson	2,075	43.50%	2,664	55.85%	31	0.65%	0	0	-589	-12.35%	4,770
Worth	2,395	25.79%	6,830	73.56%	60	0.65%	0	0	-4,435	-47.77%	9,285
Totals	2,473,633	49.51%	2,461,854	49.25%	62,138	1.24%	1,087	756	12,670	0.26%	4,998,482

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Burke (largest municipality: Waynesboro)

By congressional district

Trump won 8 of 14 congressional districts.[74]

District	Trump	Biden	Representative
1st	55%	43%	Buddy Carter
2nd	43%	56%	Sanford Bishop
3rd	62%	37%	Drew Ferguson
4th	20%	79%	Hank Johnson
5th	13%	86%	Vacant
			Nikema Williams
6th	44%	55%	Lucy McBath
7th	46%	52%	Rob Woodall
			Carolyn Bourdeaux
8th	62%	37%	Austin Scott
9th	76%	22%	Doug Collins
			Andrew Clyde
10th	60%	39%	Jody Hice
11th	57%	42%	Barry Loudermilk
12th	56%	43%	Rick W. Allen
13th	23%	76%	David Scott
14th	73%	25%	Tom Graves
			Marjorie Greene

Voter demographics

Edison Research exit poll

Demographic subgroup	Biden	Trump	No Answer	% of Voters
Ideology
Liberal	87	12	1	22
Moderate	65	33	2	38
Conservative	14	86	N/A	40
Party
Democrat	96	4	N/A	34
Republican	6	94	N/A	38
Independent	53	44	3	28
Gender
Men	43	55	2	44
Women	54	45	1	56
Race
White	30	69	1	61
Black	88	11	1	29
Latino	62	37	1	7
Asian	N/A	N/A	N/A	1
Other	58	38	N/A	2
Gender by race/ethnicity
White men	27	72	1	29
White women	32	67	N/A	33
Black men	83	16	1	11
Black women	92	7	1	17
Latino men (of any race)	51	48	1	3
Latino women (of any race)	69	30	1	4
All other races	59	38	3	3
White evangelical or born-again Christian
White evangelical or born-again Christian	14	85	1	33
Everyone else	70	29	1	67
Age
18–24 years old	56	43	1	12
25–29 years old	56	43	1	8
30–39 years old	53	45	2	17
40–49 years old	50	49	1	18
50–64 years old	47	53	N/A	27
65 and older	44	56	N/A	19
Sexual orientation
LGBT	64	34	2	7
Heterosexual	47	52	1	93
First time voter
First time voter	52	45	3	13
Everyone else	48	52	N/A	87
Education
High school or less	35	64	1	16
Some college education	49	49	2	26
Associate degree	46	53	1	17
Bachelor's degree	54	45	1	26
Advanced degree	63	36	1	14
Education by race/ethnicity
White college graduates	44	55	1	26
White no college degree	20	79	1	35
Non-white college graduates	83	16	1	14
Non-white no college degree	80	19	1	25
Income
Under $30,000	59	38	3	13
$30,000–49,999	53	45	3	19
$50,000–99,999	46	53	1	36
$100,000–199,999	50	50	0	23
Over $200,000	63	35	2	8
Family's financial situation today
Better than four years ago	21	78	1	44
Worse than four years ago	84	15	1	16
About the same	73	26	1	38
U.S. Military Service
Yes	38	61	1	15
No	50	49	1	85
Region
North	28	70	2	19
Atlanta Suburbs	53	46	1	28
Atlanta Metro	80	19	1	20
Central	44	55	1	18
Coast/South	38	61	1	15
Area type
Urban	67	32	1	23
Suburban	48	51	1	62
Rural	30	69	1	14
Source: CNN[75]

Statewide audit and recount

On November 11, the Secretary of State of Georgia announced there would be a full statewide audit of each of the nearly 5 million ballots by hand, to be completed by November 20, 2020.[76] On November 15, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, denounced Trump's criticism of the state's recount process.[77] During this audit, it was discovered that Fayette County had missed tabulating 2,755 votes, Floyd County had about 2,600 ballots that were never scanned, Douglas County failed to include a memory card from an Election Day precinct that included 156 votes, and Walton County discovered a memory card with 284 votes. The final statewide result from the completed audit is Biden with 2,475,141 votes and Trump with 2,462,857 votes, a spread of 12,284 votes. The result before the audit had been Biden with 2,473,383 votes and Trump with 2,459,825.[78] Therefore, the results of the audit netted Trump 1,274 votes.

While the audit was ongoing, the Republican Senator of South Carolina, Lindsey Graham, privately called Raffensperger to discuss Georgia's vote counting.[79][80][81] Raffensperger told The Washington Post that Graham had asked Raffensperger whether Raffensperger could disqualify all mail-in ballots in counties with more signature errors.[80] Gabriel Sterling, a Republican election official and staffer to Raffensperger, was present in the call; Sterling confirmed that Graham had asked that question.[81] Raffensperger viewed Graham's question as a suggestion to throw out legally-cast ballots, while Graham denied suggesting this.[80] Graham acknowledged calling Raffensperger to find out how to "protect the integrity of mail-in voting" and "how does signature verification work"; but if Raffensperger "feels threatened by that conversation, he's got a problem".[80] Graham stated that he was investigating in his own capacity as a senator, although he is the head of the Senate Judiciary Committee.[82]

The results of the election were officially certified on November 20, 2020.[83]

The Trump campaign had until November 24, 2020, to request a recount of the results. Unlike the statewide audit of each individual ballot by hand, the recount would involve a re-scanning of the voting machines.[83] They filed a petition formally seeking the recount on November 21.[84]

On December 2, Raffensperger suggested that Biden is likely to win the recount.[85] Biden was later confirmed as the winner of the recount on December 7.[86][87]

Disputes

On November 19, Judge Steven D. Grimberg, a federal judge who was appointed by Trump in 2019, denied the Trump campaign's request to have further delay in the certification of the election results in Georgia.[88]

On November 30, Gabriel Sterling, a top election official for the Georgia Secretary of State, gave a press conference in which he denounced death threats made against an election technician. Sterling appealed to President Trump: "Stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence. Someone's going to get hurt, someone's going to get shot, someone's going to get killed, and it's not right."[89]

In December 14, 2020, Georgia's electoral votes were cast for Biden, formalizing his victory in the state, which Biden won by 11,779 votes. On the same day, a group of pro-Trump Republicans claimed to cast Georgia's electoral votes for Trump; the fake votes have no legal standing.[90][91]

On January 2, 2021, Trump and Raffensperger spoke for one hour by telephone, during which Trump threatened Raffensperger by saying he was taking "a big risk" by declaring Biden as the victor. Referring to Biden’s 11,779-vote victory margin, Trump instructed Raffensperger that "there’s nothing wrong with saying, you know, um, that you’ve recalculated...I just want to find 11,780 votes."[92]

Electors

On November 20, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger certified Georgia's electors for Biden.[93] The Democratic Party of Georgia announced the following electors to formally cast their vote for Biden:[94]

• Stacey Abrams
• Nikema Williams
• Bob Trammell
• Steve Henson
• Calvin Smyre
• Van R. Johnson
• Wendy Davis
• Gloria Butler
• Deborah Gonzalez
• Bobby Fuse
• Sachin Varghese
• Fenika Miller
• Pedro Marin
• Rachel Paule
• Cathy Woolard
• Ben Myers

Analysis

Like its fellow Deep South neighbors, Georgia is a former Solid South state that had gradually become part of the red wall since the Reagan Revolution starting in 1984. While Southerner Bill Clinton carried the state in 1992 and nearly did again in 1996, Georgia became a safe red state starting in 2000.

Demographic changes and population shifts made Georgia trend blue, starting in 2016; Donald Trump carried Georgia by just over 5 points against Hillary Clinton. Further signalling Georgia's blue shift were the state 2018 midterms, where Democrat Stacey Abrams nearly won the governor's race against Republican Brian Kemp.

Georgia's trend towards the Democrats can be partly explained by the growth of the Atlanta metropolitan area. Atlanta has attracted many transplants from heavily blue-leaning areas of the United States. Additionally, the state's population is diversifying, with the population of African-Americans, Latinos, and Asians all growing over the last 10 years, and these blocs generally lean Democratic.[95]

In what was likely the biggest key to Biden's victory in Georgia, the Democratic Party invested heavily in the state, with Stacey Abrams heading an effort to boost minority turnout, especially black voters. The Democratic super PAC Priorities USA focused on Georgia near the end of the 2020 campaign, even sending former president Barack Obama to campaign in the state.[96] Black voters made up 29% of the electorate, and Latinos made up about 7%, a significant increase compared to previous years.

Biden performed well across the board; he won independent voters by 9 points, and was able to pick up 6% of Republican voters in the state. Biden also won young voters in Georgia, sweeping each age group under 50 years old. Trump's strength in the state came from whites, as he easily won white voters without a college degree, especially in Georgia's rural areas; his vote share with college-educated whites dropped, however, and Trump only won suburban areas by 3 points this cycle.

Outside of Atlanta, Biden's strongest performances came in Georgia's other urban and suburban areas, such as Chatham County, Muscogee County, and Richmond County. Trump, on the other hand, performed strongest in the northern and southeastern parts of the state, which are rural and were historically a hotbed for conservative Dixiecrat politics.

Following the nationwide trend, Georgia's voting patterns were split between urban, suburban and rural areas. Biden won urban areas by 35 points, while Trump carried the suburbs by 3 points, and these areas combined made up 85% of the electorate, showing the rapidly evolving demographics of Georgia. Trump carried rural areas by 39 points.

See also

• United States presidential elections in Georgia
• Voter suppression in the United States 2019–2020: Georgia
• 2020 United States presidential election
• 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2020 United States elections

Notes

1. The other fifteen states were Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
2. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
3. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
4. "Someone else" with 1%
5. Overlapping sample with the previous SurveyMonkey/Axios poll, but more information available regarding sample size
6. Hawkins (G) and "Other candidate or write-in" with 0%
7. With voters who lean towards a given candidate
8. "Someone else" with 2%
9. "Someone else" with 4%
10. "Other candidate" with 1%; "No one" with 0%
11. With a likely voter turnout model featuring higher turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
12. With a likely voter turnout model featuring lower turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
13. "Someone else" with 2%
14. "Other third party" with 2%
15. "Other" with 2%; Hawkins (G) with 0%
16. With voters who lean towards a given candidate
17. "Someone else" with 5%
18. Hawkins (G) and "Someone else" with 1%; would not vote with 0%
19. Includes "Refused"
20. With voters who lean towards a given candidate
21. "Someone else" with 3%; would not vote with 0%
22. Includes "Refused"
23. "Someone else" with 1%
24. "Some other candidate" with 2%
25. Hawkins (G) with 1%
26. "Someone else" with 3%
27. "Someone else" with 2%
28. "Someone else" with 1%
29. Hawkins (G) with 1%; "Another Third Party/Write-in" with 0%
30. "Someone else" with 2%
31. "No one" with 0%; "Other candidate" with no voters
32. With a likely voter turnout model featuring higher turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
33. With a likely voter turnout model featuring lower turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
34. "Someone else" and would not vote with 0%
35. Including "Refused"
36. Standard VI response
37. Hawkins (G) with 0%
38. If only Biden and Trump were candidates
39. Hawkins (G) with 1%; "Another Third Party/Write-in" with 0%
40. Overlapping sample with the previous Morning Consult poll, but more information available regarding sample size
41. Would not vote with 1%
42. With voters who lean towards a given candidate
43. Hawkins (G) and would not vote with 0%
44. "Refused" with 2%
45. "Some other candidate" with 4%
46. "Someone else/third party" with 3%; would not vote with 0%
47. "Third party candidate" with 4%; would not vote with 2%
48. Includes "refused"
49. With a likely voter turnout model featuring higher turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
50. With a likely voter turnout model featuring lower turnout than in the 2016 presidential election
51. "Another Party candidate"
52. "Other" with 3%; "would not vote" with 1%
53. "Different candidate" with 8%; would not vote with 2%
54. "Someone else" with 3%
55. Listed as "other/undecided"
56. "Undecided" with 5%; "Did not answer" with 2%
57. Wouldn't vote with 1%; don't know/refused with 3%
58. Wouldn't vote with 2%; don't know/refused with 5%
59. Wouldn't vote with 3%; don't know/refused with 4%
60. Wouldn't vote with 2%; don't know/refused with 3%
61. Wouldn't vote with 2%; don't know/refused with 3%
62. "Vote against Trump" with 46.9%
63. Would not vote with 1.8%
64. Listed as "don't know/refused"

Partisan clients

1. The Center for American Greatness is a pro-Trump organization
2. The American Action Forum is a 501 organisation which usually supports Republican candidates
3. Poll sponsored by Ossoff's campaign
4. The Human Rights Campaign endorsed Biden prior to this poll's sampling period
5. Poll sponsored by Democrat Raphael Warnock's campaign for U.S. Senate
6. Matt Lieberman is a Democratic candidate in Georgia's 2020 special Senate election
7. Fair Fight Action is the non-profit arm of Fair Fight, founded by Stacey Abrams who endorsed Biden prior to this poll's sampling period
8. This poll’s sponsor, DFER, primarily supports Democratic candidates
9. AFSCME endorsed Biden prior to this poll's sampling period
10. This poll's sponsor is the American Principles Project, a 501(c)(4) organization that supports the Republican Party.
11. Poll sponsored by Ossoff's campaign
12. This poll is sponsored by End Citizens United, a PAC which has endorsed Democratic candidates who are against the landmark Citizens United court ruling
13. This poll was sponsored by a Republican-supporting organisation
14. Poll conducted for the Speaker of Georgia's House Republican caucus
15. Poll sponsored by Doug Collins' campaign

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Further reading

• Summary: State Laws on Presidential Electors (PDF), Washington DC: National Association of Secretaries of State, August 2020, Georgia
• "Democrats eye Arizona, Georgia and Texas as potentially winnable", Theguardian.com, UK, September 5, 2020
• David Wasserman (October 6, 2020), "The 10 Bellwether Counties That Show How Trump Is in Serious Trouble", Nytimes.com. (Describes bellwether Peach County, Georgia)

External links

• "Georgia 2020 Purge List", SaveMyVote2020.org, Los Angeles, CA: Palast Investigative Fund, Check if you have been purged from the Georgia voter rolls
• "League of Women Voters of Georgia". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• Elections at the Georgia Secretary of State official website
• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Georgia", Voting & Elections Toolkits