Georgia · 2020 presidential election
Georgia presidential election results 2020
Joseph R. Biden carried Georgia by 0.24 points (11,779 votes), winning 16 electoral votes.
- Electoral votes
- 16
- Votes counted
- 4,997,716
- GA result
- D+0.2
- Compared with the nation
- 4.2 pts more Republican
- Swing since 2016
- 5.4 pts to D
Statewide result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph R. Biden | Democratic | 2,473,633 | 49.50% | 16 | |
| Donald J. Trump | Republican | 2,461,854 | 49.26% | — | |
| Others | Others | 62,229 | 1.25% | — | |
| Total votes | 4,997,716 | ||||
Sources: ga-2020.pdf · 2020
Certified state documentCertified
Every ticket on the ballot, as printed in the certified document (the statewide table above groups minor candidates as “Others” when the source does).
All 3 tickets as printed in the document
| Ticket (as printed) | Code | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph R. Biden (Dem) | Dem | 2,473,633 | 49.50% |
| Donald J. Trump (I) (Rep) | Rep | 2,461,854 | 49.26% |
| Jo Jorgensen (Lib) | Lib | 62,229 | 1.25% |
County resultsMedia count
Download CSV| County | Joseph R. Biden | Donald J. Trump | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appling County | 1,784 | 6,570 | 36 | 8,390 | 57.0 |
| Atkinson County | 825 | 2,300 | 30 | 3,155 | 46.8 |
| Bacon County | 625 | 4,017 | 25 | 4,667 | 72.7 |
| Baker County | 652 | 897 | 6 | 1,555 | 15.8 |
| Baldwin County | 9,140 | 8,903 | 208 | 18,251 | 1.3 |
| Banks County | 932 | 7,795 | 74 | 8,801 | 78.0 |
| Barrow County | 10,453 | 26,804 | 664 | 37,921 | 43.1 |
| Bartow County | 12,091 | 37,672 | 701 | 50,464 | 50.7 |
| Ben Hill County | 2,393 | 4,111 | 60 | 6,564 | 26.2 |
| Berrien County | 1,269 | 6,419 | 55 | 7,743 | 66.5 |
| Bibb County | 43,408 | 26,559 | 747 | 70,714 | 23.8 |
| Bleckley County | 1,312 | 4,329 | 67 | 5,708 | 52.9 |
| Brantley County | 700 | 6,993 | 56 | 7,749 | 81.2 |
| Brooks County | 2,791 | 4,261 | 49 | 7,101 | 20.7 |
| Bryan County | 6,738 | 14,240 | 357 | 21,335 | 35.2 |
| Bulloch County | 11,248 | 18,387 | 455 | 30,090 | 23.7 |
| Burke County | 5,208 | 5,400 | 75 | 10,683 | 1.8 |
| Butts County | 3,274 | 8,406 | 91 | 11,771 | 43.6 |
| Calhoun County | 1,263 | 923 | 12 | 2,198 | 15.5 |
| Camden County | 7,967 | 15,249 | 470 | 23,686 | 30.7 |
| Candler County | 1,269 | 3,133 | 29 | 4,431 | 42.1 |
| Carroll County | 16,236 | 37,476 | 760 | 54,472 | 39.0 |
| Catoosa County | 6,932 | 25,167 | 494 | 32,593 | 55.9 |
| Charlton County | 1,105 | 3,419 | 44 | 4,568 | 50.7 |
| Chatham County | 78,247 | 53,232 | 1,929 | 133,408 | 18.8 |
| Chattahoochee County | 667 | 880 | 35 | 1,582 | 13.5 |
| Chattooga County | 1,854 | 8,064 | 132 | 10,050 | 61.8 |
| Cherokee County | 42,779 | 99,585 | 2,451 | 144,815 | 39.2 |
| Clarke County | 36,055 | 14,450 | 841 | 51,346 | 42.1 |
| Clay County | 791 | 637 | 7 | 1,435 | 10.7 |
| Clayton County | 95,466 | 15,811 | 1,053 | 112,330 | 70.9 |
| Clinch County | 744 | 2,105 | 12 | 2,861 | 47.6 |
| Cobb County | 221,847 | 165,436 | 6,445 | 393,728 | 14.3 |
| Coffee County | 4,511 | 10,578 | 125 | 15,214 | 39.9 |
| Colquitt County | 4,190 | 11,777 | 119 | 16,086 | 47.2 |
| Columbia County | 29,232 | 50,013 | 1,330 | 80,575 | 25.8 |
| Cook County | 2,059 | 4,900 | 76 | 7,035 | 40.4 |
| Coweta County | 24,210 | 51,501 | 1,088 | 76,799 | 35.5 |
| Crawford County | 1,615 | 4,428 | 59 | 6,102 | 46.1 |
| Crisp County | 2,982 | 4,985 | 66 | 8,033 | 24.9 |
| Dade County | 1,261 | 6,066 | 107 | 7,434 | 64.6 |
| Dawson County | 2,486 | 13,398 | 197 | 16,081 | 67.9 |
| DeKalb County | 308,162 | 58,377 | 4,207 | 370,746 | 67.4 |
| Decatur County | 4,782 | 6,755 | 88 | 11,625 | 17.0 |
| Dodge County | 2,172 | 5,843 | 56 | 8,071 | 45.5 |
| Dooly County | 1,911 | 2,159 | 35 | 4,105 | 6.0 |
| Dougherty County | 24,568 | 10,441 | 278 | 35,287 | 40.0 |
| Douglas County | 42,814 | 25,454 | 838 | 69,106 | 25.1 |
| Early County | 2,450 | 2,710 | 28 | 5,188 | 5.0 |
| Echols County | 167 | 1,256 | 18 | 1,441 | 75.6 |
| Effingham County | 7,718 | 23,361 | 492 | 31,571 | 49.5 |
| Elbert County | 2,879 | 6,226 | 66 | 9,171 | 36.5 |
| Emanuel County | 2,886 | 6,553 | 66 | 9,505 | 38.6 |
| Evans County | 1,324 | 2,888 | 35 | 4,247 | 36.8 |
| Fannin County | 2,570 | 12,169 | 110 | 14,849 | 64.6 |
| Fayette County | 33,062 | 37,956 | 976 | 71,994 | 6.8 |
| Floyd County | 11,917 | 28,906 | 518 | 41,341 | 41.1 |
| Forsyth County | 42,208 | 85,123 | 1,980 | 129,311 | 33.2 |
| Franklin County | 1,593 | 9,069 | 103 | 10,765 | 69.4 |
| Fulton County | 380,212 | 137,247 | 6,320 | 523,779 | 46.4 |
| Gilmer County | 2,932 | 13,429 | 164 | 16,525 | 63.5 |
| Glascock County | 155 | 1,402 | 8 | 1,565 | 79.7 |
| Glynn County | 15,882 | 25,617 | 489 | 41,988 | 23.2 |
| Gordon County | 4,384 | 19,405 | 244 | 24,033 | 62.5 |
| Grady County | 3,619 | 7,034 | 54 | 10,707 | 31.9 |
| Greene County | 4,087 | 7,066 | 91 | 11,244 | 26.5 |
| Gwinnett County | 241,994 | 166,400 | 5,629 | 414,023 | 18.3 |
| Habersham County | 3,562 | 16,637 | 232 | 20,431 | 64.0 |
| Hall County | 25,033 | 64,183 | 1,321 | 90,537 | 43.2 |
| Hancock County | 2,976 | 1,154 | 23 | 4,153 | 43.9 |
| Haralson County | 1,791 | 12,330 | 125 | 14,246 | 74.0 |
| Harris County | 5,457 | 14,319 | 215 | 19,991 | 44.3 |
| Hart County | 3,157 | 9,465 | 106 | 12,728 | 49.6 |
| Heard County | 824 | 4,519 | 51 | 5,394 | 68.5 |
| Henry County | 73,443 | 48,259 | 1,296 | 122,998 | 20.5 |
| Houston County | 32,239 | 41,540 | 1,059 | 74,838 | 12.4 |
| Irwin County | 1,008 | 3,134 | 26 | 4,168 | 51.0 |
| Jackson County | 7,642 | 29,502 | 531 | 37,675 | 58.0 |
| Jasper County | 1,761 | 5,822 | 61 | 7,644 | 53.1 |
| Jeff Davis County | 1,028 | 4,695 | 48 | 5,771 | 63.5 |
| Jefferson County | 4,058 | 3,537 | 44 | 7,639 | 6.8 |
| Jenkins County | 1,266 | 2,161 | 28 | 3,455 | 25.9 |
| Johnson County | 1,222 | 2,850 | 28 | 4,100 | 39.7 |
| Jones County | 4,882 | 9,940 | 112 | 14,934 | 33.9 |
| Lamar County | 2,620 | 6,331 | 94 | 9,045 | 41.0 |
| Lanier County | 1,019 | 2,509 | 48 | 3,576 | 41.7 |
| Laurens County | 8,074 | 14,493 | 164 | 22,731 | 28.2 |
| Lee County | 4,558 | 12,007 | 149 | 16,714 | 44.6 |
| Liberty County | 13,104 | 7,959 | 331 | 21,394 | 24.0 |
| Lincoln County | 1,432 | 3,173 | 36 | 4,641 | 37.5 |
| Long County | 2,035 | 3,527 | 95 | 5,657 | 26.4 |
| Lowndes County | 20,116 | 25,692 | 547 | 46,355 | 12.0 |
| Lumpkin County | 3,126 | 12,163 | 242 | 15,531 | 58.2 |
| Macon County | 2,858 | 1,783 | 22 | 4,663 | 23.1 |
| Madison County | 3,411 | 11,326 | 200 | 14,937 | 53.0 |
| Marion County | 1,312 | 2,275 | 38 | 3,625 | 26.6 |
| McDuffie County | 4,168 | 6,169 | 118 | 10,455 | 19.1 |
| McIntosh County | 2,612 | 4,016 | 68 | 6,696 | 21.0 |
| Meriwether County | 4,287 | 6,524 | 66 | 10,877 | 20.6 |
| Miller County | 748 | 2,066 | 20 | 2,834 | 46.5 |
| Mitchell County | 3,993 | 4,935 | 34 | 8,962 | 10.5 |
| Monroe County | 4,385 | 11,057 | 148 | 15,590 | 42.8 |
| Montgomery County | 980 | 2,960 | 27 | 3,967 | 49.9 |
| Morgan County | 3,353 | 8,231 | 122 | 11,706 | 41.7 |
| Murray County | 2,301 | 12,944 | 144 | 15,389 | 69.2 |
| Muscogee County | 49,446 | 30,107 | 961 | 80,514 | 24.0 |
| Newton County | 29,789 | 23,869 | 576 | 54,234 | 10.9 |
| Oconee County | 8,162 | 16,595 | 411 | 25,168 | 33.5 |
| Oglethorpe County | 2,439 | 5,592 | 102 | 8,133 | 38.8 |
| Paulding County | 29,695 | 54,517 | 1,160 | 85,372 | 29.1 |
| Peach County | 5,922 | 6,506 | 125 | 12,553 | 4.7 |
| Pickens County | 2,824 | 14,110 | 233 | 17,167 | 65.7 |
| Pierce County | 1,100 | 7,898 | 49 | 9,047 | 75.1 |
| Pike County | 1,505 | 9,127 | 88 | 10,720 | 71.1 |
| Polk County | 3,657 | 13,587 | 152 | 17,396 | 57.1 |
| Pulaski County | 1,230 | 2,815 | 36 | 4,081 | 38.8 |
| Putnam County | 3,448 | 8,291 | 116 | 11,855 | 40.9 |
| Quitman County | 497 | 604 | 5 | 1,106 | 9.7 |
| Rabun County | 1,984 | 7,474 | 110 | 9,568 | 57.4 |
| Randolph County | 1,671 | 1,390 | 12 | 3,073 | 9.1 |
| Richmond County | 59,119 | 26,780 | 1,110 | 87,009 | 37.2 |
| Rockdale County | 31,237 | 13,014 | 430 | 44,681 | 40.8 |
| Schley County | 462 | 1,800 | 13 | 2,275 | 58.8 |
| Screven County | 2,661 | 3,915 | 51 | 6,627 | 18.9 |
| Seminole County | 1,256 | 2,613 | 19 | 3,888 | 34.9 |
| Spalding County | 11,828 | 18,104 | 279 | 30,211 | 20.8 |
| Stephens County | 2,386 | 9,367 | 132 | 11,885 | 58.7 |
| Stewart County | 1,182 | 801 | 7 | 1,990 | 19.1 |
| Sumter County | 6,314 | 5,733 | 101 | 12,148 | 4.8 |
| Talbot County | 2,114 | 1,392 | 16 | 3,522 | 20.5 |
| Taliaferro County | 561 | 360 | 7 | 928 | 21.7 |
| Tattnall County | 2,062 | 6,054 | 69 | 8,185 | 48.8 |
| Taylor County | 1,388 | 2,420 | 34 | 3,842 | 26.9 |
| Telfair County | 1,488 | 2,825 | 21 | 4,334 | 30.8 |
| Terrell County | 2,376 | 2,004 | 36 | 4,416 | 8.4 |
| Thomas County | 8,708 | 12,969 | 195 | 21,872 | 19.5 |
| Tift County | 5,318 | 10,784 | 177 | 16,279 | 33.6 |
| Toombs County | 2,938 | 7,873 | 103 | 10,914 | 45.2 |
| Towns County | 1,550 | 6,384 | 45 | 7,979 | 60.6 |
| Treutlen County | 952 | 2,101 | 24 | 3,077 | 37.3 |
| Troup County | 11,577 | 18,142 | 328 | 30,047 | 21.8 |
| Turner County | 1,409 | 2,349 | 33 | 3,791 | 24.8 |
| Twiggs County | 2,044 | 2,370 | 30 | 4,444 | 7.3 |
| Union County | 2,800 | 12,650 | 108 | 15,558 | 63.3 |
| Upson County | 4,203 | 8,606 | 96 | 12,905 | 34.1 |
| Walker County | 5,770 | 23,173 | 411 | 29,354 | 59.3 |
| Walton County | 12,683 | 37,839 | 571 | 51,093 | 49.2 |
| Ware County | 4,169 | 9,903 | 117 | 14,189 | 40.4 |
| Warren County | 1,468 | 1,166 | 16 | 2,650 | 11.4 |
| Washington County | 4,743 | 4,668 | 66 | 9,477 | 0.8 |
| Wayne County | 2,688 | 9,987 | 104 | 12,779 | 57.1 |
| Webster County | 640 | 748 | 3 | 1,391 | 7.8 |
| Wheeler County | 689 | 1,583 | 13 | 2,285 | 39.1 |
| White County | 2,411 | 12,222 | 183 | 14,816 | 66.2 |
| Whitfield County | 10,680 | 25,644 | 442 | 36,766 | 40.7 |
| Wilcox County | 861 | 2,402 | 16 | 3,279 | 47.0 |
| Wilkes County | 2,160 | 2,823 | 47 | 5,030 | 13.2 |
| Wilkinson County | 2,074 | 2,665 | 31 | 4,770 | 12.4 |
| Worth County | 2,395 | 6,830 | 60 | 9,285 | 47.8 |
Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.
Notes on how this document was read
- Secondary source: County results compiled by Tony McGovern from news-media election-night tallies (Fox News, Politico, The New York Times); not a certified state document.
Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).
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Questions and answers
Who won Georgia in 2020?
Joseph R. Biden won Georgia by 0.24 percentage points (11,779 votes).
How many electoral votes did Georgia have in 2020?
Georgia cast 16 electoral votes in 2020.
How many people voted for president in Georgia in 2020?
4,997,716 votes were counted for president.
How many counties did each candidate win in Georgia in 2020?
Donald J. Trump 129, Joseph R. Biden 30 (out of 159 counties with results).
How did Georgia change from 2016 to 2020?
The margin moved 5.4 points toward the Democratic ticket, from Republican by 5.2 points to Democratic by 0.2 points.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data