Georgia 1978 Governor Election

Name: Georgia 1978 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

George Busbee vs. Rodney M. Cook

George Busbee won the Georgia 1978 governor election with 534,572 votes (80.7%), a margin of D+61.3.

Statewide Results

80.7%

19.3%

534,572

George Busbee (80.7%)

128,139

Rodney M. Cook (19.3%)

Total Votes: 662,711|Margin: D+61.3

County Results

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County Results (159 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
HANCOCK	D+89.8	D+58.1	D+53.2	1,040	D+42.4%
CALHOUN	D+88.7	D+36.5	D+16.2	1,137	D+12.4%
QUITMAN	D+87.6	D+41.7	D+15.2	595	D+20.4%
TALIAFERRO	D+86.5	D+41.9	D+26.7	251	D+25.7%
TALBOT	D+85.6	D+47.4	D+31.5	1,234	D+31.8%
RANDOLPH	D+84.8	D+35.8	R+4.1	1,897	D+13.1%
WILKES	D+83.5	D+31.4	R+7.3	1,787	D+28.1%
SCREVEN	D+83.5	D+17.1	R+19.3	1,101	D+29.4%
CLAY	D+82.9	D+47.8	D+28.3	457	D+7.6%
JENKINS	D+82.9	D+32.4	R+11.6	983	D+23.0%
GREENE	D+82.6	D+45.1	D+10.9	1,300	D+46.5%
LANIER	D+82.4	D+40.3	R+7.0	442	R+2.3%
CLINCH	D+82.3	D+43.6	R+15.9	543	D+20.2%
MACON	D+81.2	D+53.6	D+24.9	1,668	D+22.6%
CHATTOOGA	D+81.0	D+36.9	R+6.8	2,468	D+21.9%
DOOLY	D+80.9	D+36.6	D+9.2	1,536	D+16.3%
MCINTOSH	D+80.7	D+40.3	D+8.6	737	D+12.7%
ECHOLS	D+80.6	D+32.7	R+33.2	175	D+31.4%
TROUP	D+80.6	D+17.3	R+27.8	6,658	D+32.6%
PEACH	D+80.5	D+34.3	D+11.9	2,641	D+40.7%
EVANS	D+80.3	D+14.2	R+14.6	824	D+37.6%
BURKE	D+79.8	D+23.6	R+0.2	2,317	D+32.9%
TAYLOR	D+79.3	D+38.2	D+1.8	1,460	D+33.9%
PIERCE	D+79.1	D+29.8	R+13.7	1,032	D+23.9%
EARLY	D+78.8	D+15.5	R+20.0	1,450	D+9.9%
BEN HILL	D+78.7	D+26.7	R+10.9	1,932	D+20.4%
WEBSTER	D+78.6	D+31.5	D+14.1	281	D+31.2%
LIBERTY	D+78.5	D+34.0	R+7.1	1,395	D+10.9%
DODGE	D+78.2	D+45.2	R+4.8	1,755	D+47.4%
UPSON	D+78.0	D+25.2	R+24.0	3,620	D+48.2%
HARRIS	D+77.6	D+16.3	R+19.9	2,685	D+30.9%
EMANUEL	D+77.5	D+28.3	R+22.9	2,249	D+23.0%
LONG	D+77.5	D+39.5	R+14.8	711	D+14.3%
MERIWETHER	D+77.1	D+35.1	R+5.5	2,450	D+39.6%
SEMINOLE	D+77.0	D+23.1	R+9.6	1,393	D+7.7%
WARE	D+77.0	D+25.6	R+11.1	2,870	D+16.4%
MUSCOGEE	D+77.0	D+20.4	R+6.7	25,266	D+19.3%
CANDLER	D+76.0	D+13.5	R+19.2	1,010	D+42.6%
JEFFERSON	D+75.9	D+34.1	R+3.1	1,871	D+31.6%
PUTNAM	D+75.9	D+24.7	R+15.6	1,012	D+58.9%
MONROE	D+75.8	D+33.7	R+5.0	1,813	D+45.4%
JACKSON	D+75.5	D+34.3	R+21.5	2,725	D+36.7%
COOK	D+75.4	D+34.6	R+10.4	1,128	D+28.5%
CRAWFORD	D+75.3	D+43.4	D+4.6	770	D+49.1%
MORGAN	D+75.3	D+26.0	R+14.6	1,416	D+49.7%
TWIGGS	D+75.2	D+49.2	D+21.1	1,071	D+54.7%
FRANKLIN	D+75.2	D+43.2	R+16.2	1,441	D+13.9%
DADE	D+75.1	R+9.6	R+41.0	892	D+30.9%
PULASKI	D+75.1	D+26.1	R+2.3	866	D+34.2%
ELBERT	D+74.9	D+33.8	R+11.5	1,944	D+11.6%
WILCOX	D+74.7	D+36.2	R+0.2	879	D+40.4%
TURNER	D+74.6	D+37.4	R+2.3	851	D+20.8%
STEWART	D+74.5	D+39.7	D+23.8	784	D+22.1%
BANKS	D+74.2	D+46.9	R+18.6	1,048	D+28.4%
WASHINGTON	D+74.2	D+30.4	D+2.5	1,770	D+32.1%
LINCOLN	D+74.2	D+33.2	R+9.8	807	D+34.0%
ATKINSON	D+74.0	D+31.6	R+2.3	554	D+32.8%
IRWIN	D+73.4	D+19.0	R+19.0	871	D+36.5%
TELFAIR	D+73.2	D+38.7	D+1.7	1,357	D+41.3%
MCDUFFIE	D+73.1	D+15.8	R+24.2	1,458	D+27.8%
CRISP	D+72.9	D+28.8	R+15.3	1,597	D+16.3%
WHEELER	D+72.9	D+48.0	R+3.7	547	D+32.6%
TERRELL	D+72.7	D+18.5	R+4.4	1,599	D+17.7%
GRADY	D+72.7	D+19.6	R+26.4	2,012	D+26.0%
STEPHENS	D+72.5	D+37.1	R+28.2	1,971	D+15.3%
BERRIEN	D+72.4	D+31.4	R+17.8	1,240	D+15.0%
THOMAS	D+71.8	D+13.8	R+22.8	3,876	D+18.1%
CAMDEN	D+71.4	D+33.4	R+13.5	1,330	D+20.7%
HART	D+71.3	D+47.7	R+6.5	1,765	R+0.3%
WARREN	D+71.2	D+31.8	D+7.3	612	D+39.5%
BRANTLEY	D+71.2	D+39.8	R+5.1	659	D+21.9%
SPALDING	D+71.0	D+19.2	R+27.5	7,280	D+46.4%
MITCHELL	D+70.9	D+22.8	D+1.0	2,059	D+13.6%
DOUGHERTY	D+70.8	D+2.6	R+13.5	10,699	D+0.5%
WALKER	D+70.6	R+2.0	R+36.4	4,167	D+26.9%
LAURENS	D+70.5	D+27.7	R+13.5	6,228	D+54.7%
BUTTS	D+70.4	D+35.5	R+8.1	2,072	D+47.0%
HARALSON	D+70.2	D+23.1	R+34.1	2,544	D+43.3%
CHATTAHOOCHEE	D+69.6	D+29.3	R+3.5	322	D+6.8%
BARROW	D+69.5	D+25.2	R+27.1	2,721	D+49.0%
WALTON	D+69.5	D+26.1	R+33.6	3,420	D+47.7%
OGLETHORPE	D+69.4	D+14.8	R+26.3	1,163	D+60.3%
TREUTLEN	D+69.3	D+31.9	R+12.6	866	D+11.8%
COLQUITT	D+69.2	D+19.4	R+28.9	2,968	D+21.4%
JASPER	D+69.2	D+26.9	R+12.1	1,154	D+53.7%
WHITE	D+69.0	D+25.6	R+37.0	1,250	D+23.1%
CLARKE	D+68.9	D+12.2	R+6.3	7,630	D+10.5%
OCONEE	D+68.5	D+1.7	R+40.6	2,906	D+46.3%
RABUN	D+68.5	D+36.0	R+26.7	1,300	D+5.6%
BROOKS	D+68.0	D+17.9	R+14.6	1,361	D+15.3%
JOHNSON	D+67.8	D+24.1	R+18.2	988	D+38.3%
CHARLTON	D+67.8	D+30.2	R+10.4	627	D+6.9%
HEARD	D+67.8	D+20.7	R+29.6	962	D+40.5%
NEWTON	D+67.8	D+26.6	R+26.3	3,568	D+53.1%
PIKE	D+67.6	D+15.6	R+21.3	1,575	D+57.7%
BIBB	D+67.5	D+34.5	D+4.5	18,511	D+38.0%
HOUSTON	D+67.4	D+9.2	R+21.4	9,723	D+31.6%
SUMTER	D+67.4	D+24.8	R+10.6	2,350	D+17.2%
BRYAN	D+67.4	D+23.3	R+23.7	901	D+29.3%
HABERSHAM	D+67.2	D+32.0	R+37.2	2,516	D+21.3%
BAKER	D+67.1	D+33.6	D+1.2	419	D+17.4%
TIFT	D+67.0	D+16.1	R+23.6	2,338	D+20.5%
APPLING	D+66.8	D+20.5	R+19.9	1,116	D+15.2%
POLK	D+66.6	D+28.9	R+25.0	3,726	D+34.4%
MONTGOMERY	D+66.4	D+27.1	R+17.9	751	D+27.1%
CHATHAM	D+66.4	D+3.4	R+15.3	19,442	D+31.0%
COFFEE	D+66.0	D+23.2	R+22.9	1,698	D+30.9%
MURRAY	D+65.7	D+33.1	R+36.2	986	D+3.8%
COWETA	D+65.6	D+11.7	R+37.2	5,524	D+43.6%
CATOOSA	D+65.4	R+9.4	R+43.8	2,886	D+29.9%
LAMAR	D+65.2	D+30.2	R+15.6	1,995	D+44.9%
GLASCOCK	D+65.1	D+9.1	R+44.6	218	D+61.3%
SCHLEY	D+64.6	D+14.7	R+20.7	339	D+6.5%
BULLOCH	D+64.6	D+13.1	R+25.3	2,416	D+10.9%
UNION	D+64.5	D+4.7	R+26.5	1,030	D+22.8%
JONES	D+64.0	D+27.0	R+10.0	1,756	D+47.9%
DECATUR	D+63.7	D+5.2	R+21.8	2,610	D+10.9%
LUMPKIN	D+63.7	D+30.0	R+28.4	991	D+22.9%
CARROLL	D+62.6	D+16.5	R+34.3	7,840	D+35.4%
MADISON	D+62.2	D+12.0	R+38.1	1,445	D+33.4%
MARION	D+61.7	D+34.2	D+5.8	711	D+8.6%
HALL	D+61.6	D+21.3	R+34.0	7,158	D+19.8%
EFFINGHAM	D+61.6	D+4.7	R+35.0	1,777	D+44.3%
GORDON	D+61.5	D+24.5	R+36.2	2,827	D+23.5%
RICHMOND	D+61.4	D+10.0	R+17.0	24,180	D+34.2%
JEFF DAVIS	D+61.2	D+26.2	R+23.6	685	D+24.3%
WHITFIELD	D+60.7	D+20.0	R+38.7	3,870	D+4.4%
BLECKLEY	D+60.7	D+21.9	R+13.2	1,154	D+46.3%
GLYNN	D+60.6	D+2.1	R+28.1	8,329	D+7.0%
FLOYD	D+60.3	D+19.0	R+27.0	12,208	D+21.8%
WORTH	D+60.2	D+10.5	R+26.7	1,609	D+12.0%
TOWNS	D+60.1	D+1.1	R+32.1	818	D+17.5%
PICKENS	D+60.0	D+18.3	R+35.6	1,491	D+36.2%
TATTNALL	D+60.0	D+15.6	R+30.2	1,109	D+19.1%
BACON	D+59.6	D+6.3	R+27.5	1,602	D+10.3%
WAYNE	D+58.7	D+26.5	R+20.6	2,011	D+8.2%
COLUMBIA	D+58.4	R+8.0	R+53.5	3,241	D+32.3%
TOOMBS	D+58.4	D+6.8	R+30.4	1,846	D+26.9%
LEE	D+58.0	R+7.4	R+39.7	1,076	D+5.9%
BARTOW	D+57.7	D+40.1	R+19.6	3,821	D+21.7%
PAULDING	D+57.2	D+23.9	R+39.5	2,820	D+46.6%
WILKINSON	D+56.3	D+35.4	D+9.0	1,523	D+52.8%
FORSYTH	D+56.2	D+15.1	R+50.1	2,948	D+40.9%
FULTON	D+55.9	D+27.9	D+13.8	94,065	D+6.0%
DAWSON	D+55.9	D+18.7	R+34.6	571	D+17.5%
LOWNDES	D+54.9	R+4.9	R+25.7	4,210	R+4.3%
ROCKDALE	D+54.7	R+9.0	R+50.9	4,631	D+37.8%
MILLER	D+54.6	D+11.1	R+43.9	555	D+4.6%
CHEROKEE	D+54.3	D+6.6	R+52.2	3,785	D+38.0%
GWINNETT	D+53.5	R+10.2	R+59.0	19,529	D+31.2%
FAYETTE	D+52.2	R+24.2	R+62.9	5,507	D+46.3%
HENRY	D+50.1	D+2.7	R+38.1	5,562	D+41.0%
DOUGLAS	D+50.0	R+1.0	R+48.0	6,753	D+55.8%
DEKALB	D+49.0	D+4.7	R+15.0	73,870	D+11.1%
CLAYTON	D+48.7	R+4.3	R+45.7	17,295	D+50.0%
BALDWIN	D+44.4	D+8.8	R+19.5	3,153	D+11.9%
COBB	D+43.6	R+13.4	R+54.8	39,093	D+24.6%
GILMER	D+41.0	D+1.7	R+41.3	1,024	D+11.2%
FANNIN	D+13.3	R+11.5	R+35.8	3,051	R+2.6%

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