Jimmy Carter carried Georgia D+33.9.

Jimmy Carter (D) vs Gerald Ford (R) in Georgia, 1976. The state ran 31.8 points more Democratic than the nation (D+2.1 nationally).

Nominees: Jimmy Carter (D) · Gerald Ford (R)

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Georgia result

1,463,152 votes counted

Carter (D)

979,409

66.9%

Ford (R)

483,743

33.1%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

D+33.9

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1976 presidential election

Georgia, 1976

CarterD+33.9

How it voted

Share of the 1976 vote

Jimmy Carter ✓Democratic	66.9%	979,409
Gerald FordRepublican	33.1%	483,743
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

159 counties, each filled by 1976 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Georgia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1976 contest in context

Georgia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+36.3%
1896	+21.0%
1900	+38.7%
1904	+45.9%
1908	+23.4%
1912	+72.4%
1916	+72.9%
1920	+42.3%
1924	+55.9%
1928	+12.0%
1932	+83.8%
1936	+74.5%
1940	+69.9%
1944	+63.5%
1948	+42.5%
1952	+39.3%
1956	+34.1%
1960	+25.1%
1964	−8.3%
1968	−3.7%
1972	−50.6%
1976	+33.9%
1980	+14.8%
1984	−20.4%
1988	−20.3%
1992	+0.6%
1996	−1.2%
2000	−11.7%
2004	−16.6%
2008	−5.2%
2012	−7.8%
2016	−5.1%
2020	+0.3%
2024	−2.2%

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County results — 1976

159 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Appling County	D	+57.7%	3,585	961	4,546
Atkinson County	D	+63.6%	1,560	347	1,907
Bacon County	D	+60.3%	2,395	594	2,989
Baker County	D	+58.4%	1,162	305	1,467
Baldwin County	D	+12.8%	4,674	3,612	8,286
Banks County	D	+75.7%	2,387	330	2,717
Barrow County	D	+55.4%	4,756	1,364	6,120
Bartow County	D	+62.6%	8,166	1,876	10,042
Ben Hill County	D	+50.1%	2,449	814	3,263
Berrien County	D	+71.9%	3,394	555	3,949
Bibb County	D	+42.7%	31,902	12,819	44,721
Bleckley County	D	+45.7%	2,605	972	3,577
Brantley County	D	+73.0%	2,294	358	2,652
Brooks County	D	+41.3%	2,653	1,102	3,755
Bryan County	D	+45.8%	2,045	761	2,806
Bulloch County	D	+24.5%	5,199	3,156	8,355
Burke County	D	+31.6%	3,014	1,565	4,579
Butts County	D	+55.9%	2,898	819	3,717
Calhoun County	D	+52.3%	1,394	436	1,830
Camden County	D	+49.7%	2,962	995	3,957
Candler County	D	+36.5%	1,388	646	2,034
Carroll County	D	+46.8%	10,050	3,640	13,690
Catoosa County	D	+22.6%	6,020	3,799	9,819
Charlton County	D	+58.9%	1,750	452	2,202
Chatham County	D	+14.1%	32,075	24,160	56,235
Chattahoochee County	D	+48.0%	506	178	684
Chattooga County	D	+62.3%	4,686	1,087	5,773
Cherokee County	D	+43.0%	6,539	2,609	9,148
Clarke County	D	+26.4%	11,342	6,610	17,952
Clay County	D	+52.5%	947	295	1,242
Clayton County	D	+24.8%	21,432	12,905	34,337
Clinch County	D	+57.4%	1,414	383	1,797
Cobb County	D	+13.5%	45,002	34,324	79,326
Coffee County	D	+52.9%	4,601	1,417	6,018
Colquitt County	D	+52.1%	6,928	2,181	9,109
Columbia County	D	+15.5%	4,674	3,423	8,097
Cook County	D	+62.3%	2,882	670	3,552
Coweta County	D	+34.1%	6,195	3,044	9,239
Crawford County	D	+65.9%	1,842	378	2,220
Crisp County	D	+47.7%	3,747	1,328	5,075
Dade County	D	+24.0%	2,263	1,388	3,651
Dawson County	D	+57.8%	1,384	370	1,754
Decatur County	D	+19.8%	3,736	2,500	6,236
DeKalb County	D	+12.8%	86,872	67,160	154,032
Dodge County	D	+72.3%	5,267	848	6,115
Dooly County	D	+57.7%	2,441	655	3,096
Dougherty County	D	+10.2%	11,461	9,337	20,798
Douglas County	D	+32.7%	7,805	3,959	11,764
Early County	D	+35.0%	2,405	1,157	3,562
Echols County	D	+68.1%	585	111	696
Effingham County	D	+27.5%	2,906	1,654	4,560
Elbert County	D	+66.2%	4,730	961	5,691
Emanuel County	D	+51.0%	4,603	1,493	6,096
Evans County	D	+37.2%	1,631	746	2,377
Fannin County	D	+12.5%	3,402	2,646	6,048
Fayette County	D	+13.4%	3,718	2,837	6,555
Floyd County	D	+32.5%	15,151	7,713	22,864
Forsyth County	D	+53.0%	4,693	1,443	6,136
Franklin County	D	+71.8%	4,192	687	4,879
Fulton County	D	+35.7%	129,849	61,552	191,401
Gilmer County	D	+32.9%	2,499	1,261	3,760
Glascock County	D	+31.0%	704	371	1,075
Glynn County	D	+27.3%	9,459	5,403	14,862
Gordon County	D	+56.2%	6,052	1,698	7,750
Grady County	D	+51.3%	3,758	1,209	4,967
Greene County	D	+59.1%	2,534	652	3,186
Gwinnett County	D	+19.9%	20,838	13,912	34,750
Habersham County	D	+59.1%	5,120	1,315	6,435
Hall County	D	+43.1%	12,804	5,093	17,897
Hancock County	D	+53.0%	2,117	651	2,768
Haralson County	D	+55.5%	4,550	1,301	5,851
Harris County	D	+29.9%	2,861	1,544	4,405
Hart County	D	+68.5%	4,605	860	5,465
Heard County	D	+57.3%	1,593	433	2,026
Henry County	D	+37.1%	5,717	2,622	8,339
Houston County	D	+41.8%	13,164	5,404	18,568
Irwin County	D	+56.4%	2,012	561	2,573
Jackson County	D	+65.4%	5,931	1,239	7,170
Jasper County	D	+45.8%	1,852	689	2,541
Jeff Davis County	D	+58.9%	2,405	622	3,027
Jefferson County	D	+40.8%	3,115	1,309	4,424
Jenkins County	D	+52.7%	1,820	563	2,383
Johnson County	D	+52.0%	2,210	698	2,908
Jones County	D	+45.0%	3,471	1,317	4,788
Lamar County	D	+53.4%	2,785	847	3,632
Lanier County	D	+72.0%	1,269	207	1,476
Laurens County	D	+44.8%	8,617	3,281	11,898
Lee County	D	+21.7%	1,727	1,110	2,837
Liberty County	D	+54.5%	3,328	979	4,307
Lincoln County	D	+46.6%	1,583	576	2,159
Long County	D	+69.7%	1,243	222	1,465
Lowndes County	D	+32.4%	8,830	4,512	13,342
Lumpkin County	D	+61.6%	2,301	547	2,848
Macon County	D	+65.1%	3,013	638	3,651
Madison County	D	+50.2%	3,367	1,115	4,482
Marion County	D	+63.7%	1,314	291	1,605
McDuffie County	D	+28.2%	3,024	1,694	4,718
McIntosh County	D	+57.4%	1,978	535	2,513
Meriwether County	D	+53.8%	4,830	1,450	6,280
Miller County	D	+52.7%	1,536	476	2,012
Mitchell County	D	+48.2%	4,495	1,572	6,067
Monroe County	D	+46.6%	2,962	1,078	4,040
Montgomery County	D	+44.0%	1,610	626	2,236
Morgan County	D	+43.1%	2,274	904	3,178
Murray County	D	+59.6%	3,511	889	4,400
Muscogee County	D	+28.2%	24,092	13,496	37,588
Newton County	D	+49.3%	6,294	2,137	8,431
Oconee County	D	+30.6%	2,228	1,184	3,412
Oglethorpe County	D	+39.1%	1,854	811	2,665
Paulding County	D	+58.2%	5,420	1,432	6,852
Peach County	D	+54.9%	3,989	1,163	5,152
Pickens County	D	+45.1%	2,571	973	3,544
Pierce County	D	+65.7%	2,628	544	3,172
Pike County	D	+42.1%	1,903	776	2,679
Polk County	D	+51.8%	6,115	1,944	8,059
Pulaski County	D	+65.4%	2,318	485	2,803
Putnam County	D	+41.9%	2,040	835	2,875
Quitman County	D	+36.8%	677	313	990
Rabun County	D	+60.5%	2,398	591	2,989
Randolph County	D	+49.1%	2,186	747	2,933
Richmond County	D	+14.7%	24,042	17,893	41,935
Rockdale County	D	+21.9%	4,640	2,974	7,614
Schley County	D	+49.0%	783	268	1,051
Screven County	D	+29.7%	2,168	1,176	3,344
Seminole County	D	+50.6%	2,074	681	2,755
Spalding County	D	+34.0%	7,593	3,739	11,332
Stephens County	D	+61.2%	5,560	1,340	6,900
Stewart County	D	+58.1%	1,632	433	2,065
Sumter County	D	+44.4%	5,328	2,053	7,381
Talbot County	D	+56.1%	1,634	459	2,093
Taliaferro County	D	+52.0%	748	236	984
Tattnall County	D	+45.7%	3,556	1,326	4,882
Taylor County	D	+59.1%	1,962	504	2,466
Telfair County	D	+69.5%	3,534	637	4,171
Terrell County	D	+33.6%	2,348	1,168	3,516
Thomas County	D	+30.6%	6,147	3,263	9,410
Tift County	D	+41.1%	5,185	2,162	7,347
Toombs County	D	+31.1%	4,047	2,126	6,173
Towns County	D	+20.6%	1,786	1,175	2,961
Treutlen County	D	+54.2%	1,567	465	2,032
Troup County	D	+27.0%	7,699	4,422	12,121
Turner County	D	+69.0%	2,265	416	2,681
Twiggs County	D	+66.1%	2,515	513	3,028
Union County	D	+41.6%	2,795	1,154	3,949
Upson County	D	+18.6%	4,219	2,897	7,116
Walker County	D	+25.0%	8,007	4,807	12,814
Walton County	D	+52.4%	5,402	1,687	7,089
Ware County	D	+48.7%	7,719	2,661	10,380
Warren County	D	+29.9%	1,335	720	2,055
Washington County	D	+40.0%	3,865	1,657	5,522
Wayne County	D	+49.9%	4,489	1,499	5,988
Webster County	D	+58.1%	622	165	787
Wheeler County	D	+60.0%	1,378	344	1,722
White County	D	+54.5%	2,125	625	2,750
Whitfield County	D	+39.9%	10,475	4,498	14,973
Wilcox County	D	+72.3%	2,153	346	2,499
Wilkes County	D	+39.5%	2,461	1,067	3,528
Wilkinson County	D	+52.0%	2,652	837	3,489
Worth County	D	+41.4%	2,790	1,156	3,946