Bob Dole carried Georgia R+1.2.

Bill Clinton (D) vs Bob Dole (R) in Georgia, 1996. The state ran 9.7 points more Republican than the nation (D+8.5 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 1996 ballot here.

Nominees: Bill Clinton (D) · Bob Dole (R) · Ross Perot (Reform)

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Georgia result

2,298,899 votes counted

Clinton (D)

1,053,849

45.8%

Dole (R)

1,080,843

47.0%

Perot (I)

146,337

6.4%

All others

17,870

0.8%

Margin

R+1.2

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1996 presidential election

Georgia, 1996

DoleR+1.2

How it voted

Share of the 1996 vote

Bob Dole ✓Republican	47.0%	1,080,843
Bill ClintonDemocratic	45.8%	1,053,849
OtherAll other candidates	0.8%	17,870

D+60

R+60

159 counties, each filled by 1996 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Georgia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1996 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 — 1996

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Perot	Total
Appling County	R	−9.8%	2,070	2,572	446	5,099
Atkinson County	D	+2.1%	823	784	215	1,826
Bacon County	R	−6.6%	1,360	1,580	402	3,357
Baker County	D	+37.1%	955	408	105	1,475
Baldwin County	D	+10.4%	5,740	4,570	849	11,205
Banks County	R	−9.5%	1,536	1,925	595	4,076
Barrow County	R	−13.7%	3,928	5,342	942	10,342
Bartow County	R	−13.3%	6,853	9,250	1,770	18,025
Ben Hill County	D	+16.7%	2,198	1,516	358	4,088
Berrien County	D	+2.6%	2,066	1,950	525	4,549
Bibb County	D	+11.9%	26,727	20,778	2,268	49,932
Bleckley County	R	−8.1%	1,365	1,632	300	3,308
Brantley County	R	−6.7%	1,494	1,738	386	3,634
Brooks County	D	+5.9%	1,977	1,738	314	4,054
Bryan County	R	−22.7%	2,152	3,577	513	6,269
Bulloch County	R	−9.6%	5,396	6,646	939	13,039
Burke County	D	+19.2%	3,915	2,590	389	6,913
Butts County	D	+5.1%	2,271	2,027	416	4,757
Calhoun County	D	+36.2%	1,217	541	106	1,868
Camden County	R	−6.8%	3,644	4,222	572	8,486
Candler County	R	−1.4%	1,097	1,131	264	2,501
Carroll County	R	−12.5%	8,438	11,157	2,002	21,769
Catoosa County	R	−20.7%	5,185	8,237	1,257	14,739
Charlton County	R	−0.2%	1,368	1,374	280	3,031
Chatham County	D	+5.3%	35,781	31,987	3,028	71,277
Chattahoochee County	D	+15.4%	565	398	115	1,082
Chattooga County	D	+7.7%	3,003	2,513	796	6,326
Cherokee County	R	−35.5%	10,802	24,527	2,872	38,677
Clarke County	D	+17.2%	15,206	10,504	1,201	27,346
Clay County	D	+43.2%	787	293	62	1,143
Clayton County	D	+18.2%	30,687	20,625	3,494	55,242
Clinch County	D	+9.4%	973	789	182	1,952
Cobb County	R	−20.2%	73,750	114,188	10,438	200,573
Coffee County	R	−6.5%	3,407	3,934	711	8,075
Colquitt County	R	−7.1%	4,135	4,847	977	9,992
Columbia County	R	−40.0%	8,601	21,291	1,709	31,693
Cook County	D	+12.5%	1,780	1,354	267	3,407
Coweta County	R	−22.9%	7,794	13,058	1,949	22,970
Crawford County	D	+7.9%	1,534	1,290	270	3,103
Crisp County	D	+3.5%	2,504	2,321	445	5,296
Dade County	R	−12.0%	1,737	2,295	618	4,668
Dawson County	R	−21.1%	1,434	2,343	473	4,306
Decatur County	D	+3.1%	3,245	3,035	497	6,797
DeKalb County	D	+37.5%	137,903	60,255	6,742	207,229
Dodge County	D	+3.8%	2,696	2,478	587	5,781
Dooly County	D	+30.4%	1,951	990	207	3,160
Dougherty County	D	+16.0%	15,600	11,144	1,072	27,872
Douglas County	R	−18.4%	9,631	14,495	2,109	26,477
Early County	D	+8.4%	1,648	1,374	246	3,273
Echols County	R	−3.6%	308	335	97	743
Effingham County	R	−22.5%	3,031	5,022	769	8,848
Elbert County	D	+8.7%	2,900	2,393	552	5,857
Emanuel County	D	+8.4%	2,947	2,451	450	5,873
Evans County	R	−3.5%	1,117	1,206	204	2,538
Fannin County	R	−9.1%	2,741	3,373	782	6,930
Fayette County	R	−33.5%	9,875	21,005	2,016	33,209
Floyd County	R	−7.7%	10,464	12,426	2,345	25,378
Forsyth County	R	−39.1%	5,957	15,013	1,889	23,159
Franklin County	R	−0.5%	2,338	2,364	665	5,399
Fulton County	D	+22.0%	143,306	89,809	7,720	243,168
Gilmer County	R	−10.3%	2,464	3,121	725	6,361
Glascock County	R	−18.3%	348	532	128	1,008
Glynn County	R	−19.7%	8,058	12,305	1,137	21,602
Gordon County	R	−9.2%	4,239	5,232	1,284	10,820
Grady County	D	+3.0%	2,862	2,674	633	6,185
Greene County	D	+10.3%	2,115	1,702	173	4,015
Gwinnett County	R	−26.3%	53,819	96,610	10,236	162,945
Habersham County	R	−17.1%	3,170	4,730	1,149	9,108
Hall County	R	−27.7%	10,362	19,280	2,321	32,219
Hancock County	D	+64.1%	2,135	438	71	2,646
Haralson County	R	−5.9%	2,850	3,260	808	6,953
Harris County	R	−14.7%	2,779	3,829	489	7,131
Hart County	D	+8.4%	3,486	2,884	767	7,171
Heard County	D	+2.7%	1,248	1,170	406	2,844
Henry County	R	−25.7%	9,498	16,968	2,320	29,074
Houston County	R	−13.1%	12,760	17,050	2,730	32,678
Irwin County	D	+5.5%	1,225	1,085	224	2,540
Jackson County	R	−10.9%	3,746	4,782	899	9,492
Jasper County	D	+4.0%	1,553	1,423	243	3,234
Jeff Davis County	R	−5.8%	1,576	1,796	428	3,815
Jefferson County	D	+22.9%	3,404	2,077	298	5,792
Jenkins County	D	+15.5%	1,336	955	166	2,463
Johnson County	D	+16.8%	1,194	815	242	2,255
Jones County	R	−1.1%	3,195	3,272	497	6,992
Lamar County	D	+3.0%	2,125	1,988	409	4,544
Lanier County	D	+19.9%	818	519	160	1,502
Laurens County	R	−2.5%	5,792	6,118	818	12,803
Lee County	R	−30.4%	2,005	3,983	506	6,513
Liberty County	D	+17.5%	4,462	3,042	580	8,129
Lincoln County	R	−1.9%	1,334	1,391	208	2,939
Long County	D	+7.4%	936	791	236	1,972
Lowndes County	R	−5.1%	9,470	10,578	1,518	21,624
Lumpkin County	R	−12.1%	1,949	2,576	588	5,166
Macon County	D	+42.5%	2,618	1,006	159	3,791
Madison County	R	−19.0%	2,571	3,992	868	7,476
Marion County	D	+16.4%	977	678	159	1,821
McDuffie County	R	−8.3%	2,725	3,254	395	6,385
McIntosh County	D	+20.5%	1,927	1,219	293	3,448
Meriwether County	D	+19.7%	3,492	2,259	480	6,253
Miller County	D	+3.1%	909	847	235	1,996
Mitchell County	D	+20.3%	3,165	2,033	372	5,586
Monroe County	R	−4.5%	2,768	3,054	488	6,338
Montgomery County	D	+2.6%	1,233	1,163	284	2,685
Morgan County	R	−0.2%	2,111	2,118	364	4,612
Murray County	R	−6.0%	2,861	3,289	938	7,124
Muscogee County	D	+11.9%	24,867	19,360	1,891	46,248
Newton County	R	−3.3%	6,759	7,274	1,258	15,443
Oconee County	R	−24.1%	2,992	5,116	615	8,813
Oglethorpe County	R	−6.7%	1,570	1,826	369	3,802
Paulding County	R	−25.3%	5,699	10,152	1,603	17,633
Peach County	D	+13.4%	3,582	2,676	471	6,752
Pickens County	R	−5.3%	2,693	3,041	783	6,566
Pierce County	R	−22.0%	1,420	2,319	333	4,088
Pike County	R	−14.8%	1,474	2,054	357	3,911
Polk County	D	+1.8%	4,298	4,130	1,076	9,550
Pulaski County	D	+11.8%	1,554	1,196	268	3,030
Putnam County	D	+0.7%	2,340	2,306	474	5,146
Quitman County	D	+36.4%	514	224	59	797
Rabun County	R	−5.7%	1,943	2,213	585	4,767
Randolph County	D	+26.1%	1,438	816	126	2,383
Richmond County	D	+12.4%	30,738	23,670	2,310	56,869
Rockdale County	R	−23.6%	7,656	13,006	1,750	22,696
Schley County	D	+9.1%	576	470	123	1,170
Screven County	D	+5.3%	2,087	1,862	263	4,219
Seminole County	D	+10.4%	1,265	1,003	250	2,524
Spalding County	R	−9.3%	6,017	7,376	1,059	14,536
Stephens County	R	−10.3%	3,072	3,890	979	7,977
Stewart County	D	+45.6%	1,537	525	152	2,218
Sumter County	D	+10.9%	4,239	3,358	451	8,064
Talbot County	D	+39.5%	1,579	652	111	2,346
Taliaferro County	D	+42.9%	615	235	36	886
Tattnall County	R	−2.7%	2,369	2,518	541	5,447
Taylor County	D	+16.9%	1,450	1,002	195	2,653
Telfair County	D	+21.4%	1,856	1,143	322	3,332
Terrell County	D	+14.4%	1,509	1,111	129	2,755
Thomas County	R	−4.0%	5,183	5,649	667	11,518
Tift County	R	−13.4%	4,198	5,613	728	10,577
Toombs County	R	−12.5%	2,763	3,646	602	7,037
Towns County	R	−8.8%	1,664	2,030	459	4,179
Treutlen County	D	+10.7%	912	723	122	1,759
Troup County	R	−17.5%	5,940	8,716	1,090	15,831
Turner County	D	+14.2%	1,272	924	246	2,455
Twiggs County	D	+31.2%	1,927	958	210	3,110
Union County	R	−9.3%	2,175	2,685	622	5,513
Upson County	R	−3.6%	3,491	3,783	731	8,035
Walker County	R	−11.8%	6,743	8,817	1,969	17,598
Walton County	R	−15.4%	5,618	7,934	1,323	15,020
Ware County	R	−6.0%	4,171	4,746	636	9,579
Warren County	D	+24.1%	1,230	735	83	2,052
Washington County	D	+24.7%	4,057	2,348	488	6,919
Wayne County	R	−13.7%	2,734	3,709	665	7,126
Webster County	D	+35.7%	529	235	59	823
Wheeler County	D	+21.4%	751	460	141	1,357
White County	R	−20.2%	1,864	2,959	556	5,420
Whitfield County	R	−21.3%	7,720	12,368	1,637	21,817
Wilcox County	D	+8.7%	1,067	882	171	2,122
Wilkes County	D	+15.4%	1,971	1,417	184	3,586
Wilkinson County	D	+24.2%	2,278	1,332	287	3,909
Worth County	R	−7.9%	2,300	2,752	521	5,725