Elections in Georgia (U.S. state)
For decades, Republicans were a tiny minority, generally associated with Union military victory at the end of the Civil War. Georgia has given its electoral college votes to the Republican Party all but four times since 1964. In a ranking of U.S. states by electoral integrity by PEI electoral integrity project conducted in 2018, Georgia ranked 51st among all U. S. states and District of Columbia.
About Elections in Georgia (U.S. state) in brief
Elections in Georgia are held to fill various state and federal seats. Georgia is one of seven states that require a run-off election if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in a primary election. For decades, Republicans were a tiny minority, generally associated with Union military victory at the end of the Civil War. In a ranking of U.S. states by electoral integrity by PEI electoral integrity project conducted in 2018, Georgia ranked 51st among all U. S. states and District of Columbia. It scored 49 out of 100 in the PEI index, getting lowest marks in voting boundaries and the highest in Party and candidate registration. Georgia has given its electoral college votes to the Republican Party all but four times since 1964. In 2008, John McCain won the state twice, making him the only Republican presidential candidate to carry the state by double digits. In 1990, segregationist George Wallace won a plurality of votes on Georgia’s electoral college ticket.
In 2000, George W. Bush won Georgia with 54% and 57% respectively, with 54 and 67% of the votes respectively. In 2004, Republican George H. Bush and Independent Ross Perot won Georgia by 54 and 57%, respectively, and 57 and 97%, respectively. The Democratic Party did not carry Georgia from the 1960 election until Jimmy Carter ran for the White House 16 years later. The state swung over dramatically to support Barry Goldwater in 1964, the first time it had gone Republican in a presidential election in American history. For several years, the Republicans did not even field a candidate for governor or any other statewide elected office. The repeal of Jim Crow laws allowed previously disenfranchised African Americans to vote in elections and be active in politics.
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