Who won Georgia in the 1984 presidential election?

Reagan (Republican) carried Georgia in 1984, winning its 12 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Georgia have in 1984?

Georgia cast 12 electoral votes in the 1984 presidential election.

Did Georgia vote for the national winner in 1984?

Yes. Georgia backed Ronald Reagan, who won the presidency that year.

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1984

Georgia: Reagan carries 12 EV.

Georgia cast its 12 electoral votes for Reagan (Republican). National winner: Ronald Reagan (Republican) — Georgia voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Georgia, 1984

In 1984, Georgia awarded its 12 electoral votes to Reagan of the Republican party. Georgia ended up on the winning side — Ronald Reagan captured the White House that year.

Reagan's win closed out Georgia's 2-election run of voting Democratic. Georgia did not move alone — neighboring Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina broke the same way in 1984. Across the 59 presidential elections Georgia has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (34 times). The vote fell within the Cold War Realignment — Nixon, Reagan, and the Republican South.

In the national count, Ronald Reagan took 525 of the 538 electoral votes, against Walter Mondale's 13. Ronald Reagan led the national popular vote with 58.77% of the ballots cast.

The 1984 national map

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