Georgia

GEORGIA	15 Electoral Votes
	Georgia went from 13 electoral votes to 15 as a result of the 2000 Census

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Georgia Secretary of State)

Total Population, July 1, 2004 est.	8,829,383
Total Registration (active), Nov. 2004	4,248,802

Georgia has: 159 counties.
Largest counties: Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Gwinnett, Chatham.
Largest cities: Atlanta, Columbus, Savannah, Macon.

Government
Governor: Sonny Perdue (R) elected Nov. 2002.
State Legislature: Georgia General Assembly House: 180 seats Senate: 56 seats
Local: Cities and Counties NACO Counties
U.S. House: 8R, 5D - 1. J.Kingston (R) | 2. S.Bishop (D) | 3. J.Marshall (D) | 4. D.Majette (D) | 5. J.Lewis (D) | 6. J.Isakson (R) | 7. J.Linder (R) | 8. M.Collins (R) | 9. C.Norwood (R) | 10. N.Deal (R) | 11. P.Gingrey (R) | 12. M.Burns (R) | 13. D.Scott (D). *2 new seats in 2002 as a result of the 2000 Census. >>
U.S. Senate: Saxby Chambliss (R) elected Nov. 2002, Zell Miller (D) appointed July 2000, elected Nov. 2000, announced Jan. 8, 2003 would not seek re-election in 2004. *open seat.

Georgia saw considerable turnover in its congressional delegation. Rep. J.Isakson (R) defeated Rep. D.Majette (D) in the race for the open U.S. Senate seat. Their seats were filled by C.McKinney (D), elected in the 4th CD, and T.Price (R), elected in the 6th CD. In the 8th CD state Rep. L.Westmoreland (R) was elected to succeed Rep. M.Collins (R). Democrats achieved a pick-up in the 12th CD where J.Barrow (D) defeated Rep. M.Burns (R). This takes the balance in the House delegation to 7R, 6D.

The Peach State

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Politics1-GA

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Voter Registration Deadline: October 4, 2004.
Advance Voting: Any registered voter can cast a ballot in person at their county voter registration office during normal business hours on October 25-29, 2004

+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	1,914,254	(57.97)
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)	1,366,149	(41.37)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)	18,387	(0.56)
Ralph Nader (w/in)	2,231	(0.07)
Michael Peroutka (w/in)	580	(0.02)
David Cobb (w/in)	228	(0.01)
4 other w/ins	46	-
Total........3,301,873

Total Advance Voting: 387,596

2004 Overview
President Bush improved upon his 2000 showing winning by 548,105 votes (16.60 percentage points). Bush carried 133 counties to 26 for Kerry. Two of the campaigns' most prominent surrogates, retiring Sen. Zell Miller (D) for Bush and former Sen. Max Cleland (D) for Kerry, hailed from Georgia.
General Election Details
Kerry/Allies | Bush-Cheney '04

(General Primary Election June 21, 2004)

Past Results

1996

Dole (Rep.)..........1,080,843
(47.01)

Clinton (Dem.).....1,053,849
(45.84)

Perot (Ref.)............146,337
(6.36)

Others (1+w/ins)......18,042
(0.78)

Total........2,299,071

1992

Clinton (Dem.).....1,008,966
(43.47)

Bush (Rep.)...........995,252
(42.88)

Perot (Ind.) ...........309,657
(13.34)

Others (1+w/ins).......7,250
(0.31)

Total........2,321,125

2000

+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
1,419,720

(54.68)

Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
1,116,230

(42.99)

Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
36,332

(1.40)

Buchanan/Foster (Ind.)
10,926

(0.42)

Ralph Nader (w/in)
13,432

(0.51)

Howard Phillips (w/in)
140

-

James Harris (w/in)
11

-

GloriaDawnStrickland(w/in)
8

-

Joe Schriner (w/in)
5

-

Total........2,596,804

Total Registered 4,648,210: Active 3,856,676, Inactive 791,534
2,690,624 total ballots were cast (difference from total votes for president is 93,991 or 3.5%).
Turnout as a percentage of voting age population was 44.06%. (U.S. avg: 53.76%).
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Notes. Only four candidates appeared on the presidential ballot (there were also five certified write-in candidates). Independent candidates for president were required to submit 38,113 signatures of qualified, registered voters (one percent of the total number of voters registered and eligible to vote in Georgia in the 1996 presidential election).
2000 Overview
In 1992 (Clinton) and again in 1996 (Dole) less than 30,000 votes separated the Republican and Democratic presidential tickets in Georgia; in 2000, however, Bush-Cheney walloped Gore-Lieberman by 313,490 votes (11.69 percentage points). Bush carried 125 counties to Gore's 34. Libertarian Harry Browne achieved one of his best showings in Georgia, while Ralph Nader, despite being a write-in candidate, finished ahead of Pat Buchanan.
General Election Activity

Presidential Preference Primary -- March 2, 2004

Georgia Code sections 21-2-190 through 21-2-200 set out conduct of the presidential preference primaries. The law calls for major political parties to hold presidential preference primaries every four years on the first Tuesday in March. The political parties determine whose names are listed on the presidential preference primary ballot; not later than December 31 in the year preceding the primary, the state executive committee of each party which is to conduct a presidential preference primary submits to the Secretary of State a list of the names of the candidates to appear on the ballot. During the first week of January, the Secretary of State publishes the lists in a newspaper of general circulation.

EDWARDS KERRY KUCINICH

Note: Also on the March 2, 2004 ballot, Georgia voters faced a Special Statewide Referendum on the flag.

Democrats

Official Results

	Total Vote	Percent
Carol Moseley Braun	3,747	0.6%
Wesley K. Clark	4,247	0.7%
Howard Dean	11,320	1.8%
John Edwards	259,361	41.4%
Dick Gephardt	2,350	0.4%
John F. Kerry	293,225	46.8%
Dennis J. Kucinich	7,699	1.2%
Joe Lieberman	5,666	0.9%
Al Sharpton	39,123	6.2%
Total	626,738

102 Delegates (86 Pledged, 16 Unpledged) and 13 Alternates.

Republicans

	Total Vote	Percent
George W. Bush	161,374	100.0%

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