1948 United States presidential election in Georgia

The 1948 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the wider United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1948 United States presidential election in Georgia

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Nominee Harry Truman Strom Thurmond Thomas E. Dewey
Party Democratic Dixiecrat Republican
Home state Missouri South Carolina New York
Running mate Alben Barkley Fielding L. Wright Earl Warren
Electoral vote 12 0 0
Popular vote 254,646 85,055 76,691
Percentage 60.81% 20.31% 18.31%

County Results

President before election

Harry Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Harry Truman
Democratic

With the exception of a handful of historically Unionist North Georgia counties – chiefly Fannin but also to a lesser extent Pickens, Gilmer and Towns – Georgia since the 1880s had been a one-party state dominated by the Democratic Party. Disfranchisement of almost all African-Americans and most poor whites had made the Republican Party virtually nonexistent outside of local governments in those few hill counties, and the national Democratic Party served as the guardian of white supremacy against a Republican Party historically associated with memories of Reconstruction. The only competitive elections were Democratic primaries, which state laws restricted to whites on the grounds of the Democratic Party being legally a private club.[1]

However, on February 2, 1948, incumbent President Harry S. Truman, fearing that the antidemocratic practices and racial discrimination of the South would severely denigrate the United States' reputation in the Cold War,[2] launched the first Civil Rights bill since the end of Reconstruction, along with an executive order for desegregation of the military. Mississippi Governor Fielding Wright had already sounded a call for revolt, which he took to the Southern Governors Conference at Wakulla Springs, Florida,[3] to say that calls for civil rights legislation by national Democrats would not be tolerated in Dixie.

After Truman was renominated at the 1948 Democratic National Convention, Southern Democrats walked out and convened at Birmingham, Alabama on July 17, nominating South Carolina Governor James Strom Thurmond for president and Mississippi Governor Fielding L. Wright for vice president.[4] Given that Georgia had no threat from the Republican Party and a relatively high proportion of African Americans in its population, one would have expected Georgia to oppose Truman's civil rights platform and nominate Thurmond as the official Democratic Party candidate.[clarification needed] However, leading "conservative" gubernatorial candidate Herman Talmadge had experienced the three governors controversy in 1947 which removed him from office[a] until a special election was to be held concurrently with the presidential election.[5] Herman consequently feared that if he supported Thurmond for president, Truman loyalists would challenge him for governor in the concurrent general election.

Thus, although most of the Talmadge faction was pro-Thurmond,[6] it did not nominate as Democratic electors candidates pledged to support Thurmond and Fielding Wright, unlike the anti-Long faction in Louisiana.[7] Thurmond and Wright thus had to take their place on the ballot as the "States' Rights" party. Interim Governor Thompson also played an important role in ensuring the "Democratic" label would be given to electors supporting the national ticket.[8]

Because Southern senators and congressmen had their seniority to worry about as it determined places on committees, few of Georgia's congressmen would risk openly supporting Thurmond once Truman was established as the "Democratic" candidate.[9] Consequently, Truman had no trouble carrying the state by 40.49%, and Thurmond gained a majority in just 10 of 159 counties. Almost all of these Thurmond counties were located adjacent to the South Carolina governor's home county of Edgefield, South Carolina, while in most counties north of Atlanta, Thurmond's percentage remained in single figures.[8]

22% of white voters supported Thurmond.[10]

Georgia's ballot access laws required parties to submit petitions with at least 5% of all registered voters. The legislature changed the laws to allow the Dixiecrats to appear and this also allowed the Progressives to appear as well. The electors were still required to submit an oath against communism. The Progressives had to replace seven electors who refused to take the oath.[11]

Results

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United States presidential election in Georgia, 1948[12]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Harry Truman (incumbent) 254,646 60.81% 12
States' Rights Strom Thurmond 85,055 20.31% 0
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 76,691 18.31% 0
Progressive Henry A. Wallace 1,636 0.39% 0
Prohibition Claude Watson 732 0.17% 0
Socialist (Write-in) Norman Thomas 3 0.01% 0
Write-in Morgan Blake 1 0.00% 0

Results by county

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County Harry S. Truman
Democratic
Strom Thurmond
Dixiecrat
Thomas E. Dewey
Republican
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive
Various candidates
Others parties
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Appling 2,268 70.72% 639 19.93% 289 9.01% 5 0.16% 6 0.19% 1,629 50.79% 3,207
Atkinson 938 83.75% 114 10.18% 66 5.89% 1 0.09% 1 0.09% 824 73.57% 1,120
Bacon 785 63.56% 343 27.77% 104 8.42% 2 0.16% 1 0.08% 442 35.79% 1,235
Baker 218 77.03% 58 20.49% 7 2.47% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 160 56.54% 283
Baldwin 1,132 54.03% 395 18.85% 559 26.68% 6 0.29% 3 0.14% 573 27.35% 2,095
Banks 533 89.13% 26 4.35% 38 6.35% 0 0.00% 1 0.17% 495 82.78% 598
Barrow 1,554 75.69% 344 16.76% 155 7.55% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,210 58.93% 2,053
Bartow 2,384 77.71% 203 6.62% 440 14.34% 28 0.91% 13 0.42% 1,944 63.37% 3,068
Ben Hill 1,438 75.84% 225 11.87% 223 11.76% 1 0.05% 9 0.47% 1,213 63.97% 1,896
Berrien 1,772 83.31% 237 11.14% 107 5.03% 6 0.28% 5 0.24% 1,535 72.17% 2,127
Bibb 7,011 49.80% 3,837 27.26% 3,043 21.62% 165 1.17% 21 0.15% 3,174 22.54% 14,077
Bleckley 536 63.96% 227 27.09% 71 8.47% 0 0.00% 4 0.48% 309 36.87% 838
Brantley 463 60.44% 224 29.24% 79 10.31% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 239 31.20% 766
Brooks 975 58.14% 511 30.47% 188 11.21% 2 0.12% 1 0.06% 464 27.67% 1,677
Bryan 1,147 65.21% 472 26.83% 135 7.67% 4 0.23% 1 0.06% 675 38.38% 1,759
Bulloch 2,036 68.95% 625 21.16% 276 9.35% 6 0.20% 10 0.34% 1,411 47.79% 2,953
Burke 357 23.86% 1,028 68.72% 107 7.15% 2 0.13% 2 0.13% -671 -44.86% 1,496
Butts 987 84.50% 119 10.19% 61 5.22% 1 0.09% 0 0.00% 868 74.31% 1,168
Calhoun 399 77.63% 79 15.37% 36 7.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 320 62.26% 514
Camden 552 50.88% 324 29.86% 208 19.17% 1 0.09% 0 0.00% 228 21.02% 1,085
Candler 589 58.49% 290 28.80% 125 12.41% 2 0.20% 1 0.10% 299 29.69% 1,007
Carroll 2,671 72.76% 470 12.80% 526 14.33% 3 0.08% 1 0.03% 2,145 58.43% 3,671
Catoosa 1,051 68.34% 214 13.91% 268 17.43% 3 0.20% 2 0.13% 783 50.91% 1,538
Charlton 339 59.68% 159 27.99% 70 12.32% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 180 31.69% 568
Chatham 10,864 45.46% 6,839 28.62% 5,966 24.97% 210 0.88% 18 0.08% 4,025 16.84% 23,897
Chattahoochee 46 39.66% 69 59.48% 1 0.86% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -23 -19.82% 116
Chattooga 3,396 85.97% 187 4.73% 362 9.16% 4 0.10% 1 0.03% 3,034 76.81% 3,950
Cherokee 1,267 58.85% 250 11.61% 631 29.31% 4 0.19% 1 0.05% 636 29.54% 2,153
Clarke 3,095 71.69% 497 11.51% 707 16.38% 11 0.25% 7 0.16% 2,388 55.31% 4,317
Clay 295 80.38% 33 8.99% 39 10.63% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 256 69.75% 367
Clayton 2,192 66.50% 757 22.97% 339 10.29% 4 0.12% 4 0.12% 1,435 43.53% 3,296
Clinch 1,283 73.57% 287 16.46% 168 9.63% 1 0.06% 5 0.29% 996 57.11% 1,744
Cobb 4,766 67.15% 779 10.97% 1,524 21.47% 16 0.23% 13 0.18% 3,242 45.68% 7,098
Coffee 3,168 76.45% 653 15.76% 309 7.46% 9 0.22% 5 0.12% 2,515 60.69% 4,144
Colquitt 2,255 65.08% 664 19.16% 537 15.50% 7 0.20% 2 0.06% 1,591 45.92% 3,465
Columbia 164 15.47% 836 78.87% 59 5.57% 0 0.00% 1 0.09% -672 -63.40% 1,060
Cook 1,192 75.73% 255 16.20% 123 7.81% 0 0.00% 4 0.25% 937 59.53% 1,574
Coweta 2,214 83.58% 209 7.89% 219 8.27% 1 0.04% 6 0.23% 1,995 75.31% 2,649
Crawford 389 54.79% 257 36.20% 64 9.01% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 132 18.59% 710
Crisp 1,225 62.09% 524 26.56% 221 11.20% 1 0.05% 2 0.10% 701 35.53% 1,973
Dade 1,488 73.45% 193 9.53% 338 16.68% 3 0.15% 4 0.20% 1,150 56.77% 2,026
Dawson 660 44.35% 42 2.82% 786 52.82% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -126 -8.47% 1,488
Decatur 1,209 53.21% 757 33.32% 296 13.03% 3 0.13% 7 0.31% 452 19.89% 2,272
DeKalb 10,826 55.46% 2,845 14.57% 5,758 29.50% 64 0.33% 28 0.14% 5,068 25.96% 19,521
Dodge 1,725 69.75% 532 21.51% 210 8.49% 2 0.08% 4 0.16% 1,193 48.24% 2,473
Dooly 577 88.50% 51 7.82% 22 3.37% 1 0.15% 1 0.15% 526 80.68% 652
Dougherty 2,517 64.19% 768 19.59% 614 15.66% 18 0.46% 4 0.10% 1,749 44.60% 3,921
Douglas 1,336 39.93% 987 29.50% 1,019 30.45% 2 0.06% 2 0.06% 317 9.48% 3,346
Early 1,110 82.04% 148 10.94% 94 6.95% 0 0.00% 1 0.07% 962 71.10% 1,353
Echols 332 53.29% 258 41.41% 32 5.14% 1 0.16% 0 0.00% 74 11.88% 623
Effingham 347 26.84% 779 60.25% 160 12.37% 4 0.31% 3 0.23% -432 -33.41% 1,293
Elbert 1,617 76.17% 350 16.49% 152 7.16% 1 0.05% 3 0.14% 1,267 59.68% 2,123
Emanuel 1,436 59.88% 717 29.90% 241 10.05% 3 0.13% 1 0.04% 719 29.98% 2,398
Evans 953 67.97% 327 23.32% 118 8.42% 0 0.00% 4 0.29% 626 44.65% 1,402
Fannin 1,998 41.03% 82 1.68% 2,789 57.27% 0 0.00% 1 0.02% -791 -16.24% 4,870
Fayette 825 72.12% 263 22.99% 54 4.72% 0 0.00% 2 0.17% 562 49.13% 1,144
Floyd 5,247 68.94% 653 8.58% 1,689 22.19% 17 0.22% 5 0.07% 3,558 46.75% 7,611
Forsyth 1,813 68.11% 252 9.47% 573 21.53% 3 0.11% 21 0.79% 1,240 46.58% 2,662
Franklin 1,036 77.95% 154 11.59% 138 10.38% 1 0.08% 0 0.00% 882 66.36% 1,329
Fulton 29,318 57.43% 5,980 11.71% 14,976 29.33% 568 1.11% 212 0.42% 14,342 28.10% 51,054
Gilmer 1,275 50.20% 59 2.32% 1,203 47.36% 1 0.04% 2 0.08% 72 2.84% 2,540
Glascock 123 24.40% 365 72.42% 13 2.58% 3 0.60% 0 0.00% -242 -48.02% 504
Glynn 2,444 53.36% 992 21.66% 1,090 23.80% 50 1.09% 4 0.09% 1,354 29.56% 4,580
Gordon 1,523 73.75% 157 7.60% 377 18.26% 1 0.05% 7 0.34% 1,146 55.49% 2,065
Grady 1,516 69.54% 416 19.08% 244 11.19% 1 0.05% 3 0.14% 1,100 50.46% 2,180
Greene 1,213 76.29% 282 17.74% 92 5.79% 1 0.06% 2 0.13% 931 58.55% 1,590
Gwinnett 2,832 75.99% 471 12.64% 413 11.08% 4 0.11% 7 0.19% 2,361 63.35% 3,727
Habersham 1,477 71.32% 212 10.24% 368 17.77% 10 0.48% 4 0.19% 1,109 53.55% 2,071
Hall 3,093 74.37% 449 10.80% 606 14.57% 4 0.10% 7 0.17% 2,487 59.80% 4,159
Hancock 441 57.12% 219 28.37% 111 14.38% 1 0.13% 0 0.00% 222 28.75% 772
Haralson 2,263 63.51% 457 12.83% 831 23.32% 7 0.20% 5 0.14% 1,432 40.19% 3,563
Harris 759 66.75% 238 20.93% 138 12.14% 1 0.09% 1 0.09% 521 45.82% 1,137
Hart 1,363 89.08% 87 5.69% 78 5.10% 0 0.00% 2 0.13% 1,276 83.39% 1,530
Heard 670 83.75% 53 6.63% 77 9.63% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 593 74.12% 800
Henry 1,400 75.84% 213 11.54% 229 12.41% 3 0.16% 1 0.05% 1,171 63.43% 1,846
Houston 1,437 69.35% 424 20.46% 204 9.85% 4 0.19% 3 0.14% 1,013 48.89% 2,072
Irwin 946 69.82% 256 18.89% 146 10.77% 6 0.44% 1 0.07% 690 50.93% 1,355
Jackson 1,866 83.98% 211 9.50% 145 6.53% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,655 74.48% 2,222
Jasper 562 64.97% 215 24.86% 87 10.06% 1 0.12% 0 0.00% 347 40.11% 865
Jeff Davis 611 67.51% 211 23.31% 70 7.73% 9 0.99% 4 0.44% 400 44.20% 905
Jefferson 544 31.70% 1,031 60.08% 137 7.98% 2 0.12% 2 0.12% -487 -28.38% 1,716
Jenkins 595 61.40% 275 28.38% 98 10.11% 1 0.10% 0 0.00% 320 33.02% 969
Johnson 685 54.54% 503 40.05% 67 5.33% 0 0.00% 1 0.08% 182 14.49% 1,256
Jones 588 52.78% 423 37.97% 103 9.25% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 165 14.81% 1,114
Lamar 909 71.63% 191 15.05% 164 12.92% 0 0.00% 5 0.39% 718 56.58% 1,269
Lanier 486 71.47% 100 14.71% 92 13.53% 1 0.15% 1 0.15% 386 56.76% 680
Laurens 2,325 61.12% 1,211 31.83% 268 7.05% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,114 29.29% 3,804
Lee 215 45.94% 216 46.15% 36 7.69% 1 0.21% 0 0.00% -1 -0.21% 468
Liberty 820 67.66% 269 22.19% 121 9.98% 2 0.17% 0 0.00% 551 45.47% 1,212
Lincoln 99 13.58% 596 81.76% 32 4.39% 1 0.14% 1 0.14% -497 -68.18% 729
Long 337 65.69% 151 29.43% 25 4.87% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 186 36.26% 513
Lowndes 1,867 47.17% 1,448 36.58% 634 16.02% 5 0.13% 4 0.10% 419 10.59% 3,958
Lumpkin 547 74.02% 41 5.55% 142 19.22% 5 0.68% 4 0.54% 405 54.80% 739
Macon 675 57.11% 379 32.06% 127 10.74% 1 0.08% 0 0.00% 296 25.05% 1,182
Madison 1,160 80.61% 214 14.87% 62 4.31% 2 0.14% 1 0.07% 946 65.74% 1,439
Marion 283 52.31% 212 39.19% 45 8.32% 1 0.18% 0 0.00% 71 13.12% 541
McDuffie 182 12.13% 1,260 84.00% 51 3.40% 2 0.13% 5 0.33% -1,078 -71.87% 1,500
McIntosh 425 48.85% 201 23.10% 233 26.78% 11 1.26% 0 0.00% 192 22.07% 870
Meriwether 1,967 81.65% 237 9.84% 204 8.47% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% 1,730 71.81% 2,409
Miller 723 83.97% 94 10.92% 32 3.72% 6 0.70% 6 0.70% 629 73.05% 861
Mitchell 1,453 70.30% 457 22.11% 152 7.35% 3 0.15% 2 0.10% 996 48.19% 2,067
Monroe 881 62.04% 368 25.92% 169 11.90% 1 0.07% 1 0.07% 513 36.12% 1,420
Montgomery 1,048 61.90% 520 30.71% 117 6.91% 5 0.30% 3 0.18% 528 31.19% 1,693
Morgan 1,147 81.58% 138 9.82% 115 8.18% 4 0.28% 2 0.14% 1,009 71.76% 1,406
Murray 1,653 68.19% 147 6.06% 616 25.41% 7 0.29% 1 0.04% 1,037 42.78% 2,424
Muscogee 5,920 58.02% 1,802 17.66% 2,443 23.94% 31 0.30% 7 0.07% 3,477 34.08% 10,203
Newton 2,113 84.52% 143 5.72% 243 9.72% 0 0.00% 1 0.04% 1,870 74.80% 2,500
Oconee 579 61.93% 254 27.17% 94 10.05% 0 0.00% 8 0.86% 325 34.76% 935
Oglethorpe 819 73.26% 237 21.20% 62 5.55% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 582 52.06% 1,118
Paulding 981 67.38% 139 9.55% 333 22.87% 0 0.00% 3 0.21% 648 44.51% 1,456
Peach 642 53.81% 372 31.18% 166 13.91% 11 0.92% 2 0.17% 270 22.63% 1,193
Pickens 1,239 45.52% 225 8.27% 1,255 46.11% 3 0.11% 0 0.00% -16 -0.59% 2,722
Pierce 908 59.97% 492 32.50% 108 7.13% 3 0.20% 3 0.20% 416 27.47% 1,514
Pike 256 54.24% 142 30.08% 72 15.25% 0 0.00% 2 0.42% 114 24.16% 472
Polk 2,918 78.74% 277 7.47% 491 13.25% 19 0.51% 1 0.03% 2,427 65.49% 3,706
Pulaski 567 71.41% 161 20.28% 64 8.06% 2 0.25% 0 0.00% 406 51.13% 794
Putnam 609 71.31% 132 15.46% 110 12.88% 3 0.35% 0 0.00% 477 55.85% 854
Quitman 246 68.14% 93 25.76% 19 5.26% 3 0.83% 0 0.00% 153 42.38% 361
Rabun 747 77.09% 54 5.57% 165 17.03% 2 0.21% 1 0.10% 582 60.06% 969
Randolph 575 59.28% 259 26.70% 134 13.81% 2 0.21% 0 0.00% 316 32.58% 970
Richmond 2,450 19.07% 8,814 68.61% 1,528 11.89% 31 0.24% 23 0.18% -6,364 -49.54% 12,846
Rockdale 1,209 81.63% 140 9.45% 126 8.51% 1 0.07% 5 0.34% 1,069 72.18% 1,481
Schley 257 68.53% 74 19.73% 43 11.47% 0 0.00% 1 0.27% 183 48.80% 375
Screven 838 55.39% 502 33.18% 172 11.37% 0 0.00% 1 0.07% 336 22.21% 1,513
Seminole 722 80.31% 71 7.90% 105 11.68% 0 0.00% 1 0.11% 617 68.63% 899
Spalding 3,441 74.38% 671 14.50% 506 10.94% 2 0.04% 6 0.13% 2,770 59.88% 4,626
Stephens 912 68.93% 130 9.83% 278 21.01% 0 0.00% 3 0.23% 634 47.92% 1,323
Stewart 276 46.94% 265 45.07% 46 7.82% 1 0.17% 0 0.00% 11 1.87% 588
Sumter 1,018 47.48% 858 40.02% 256 11.94% 2 0.09% 10 0.47% 160 7.46% 2,144
Talbot 582 71.67% 135 16.63% 92 11.33% 1 0.12% 2 0.25% 447 55.04% 812
Taliaferro 504 84.14% 73 12.19% 21 3.51% 0 0.00% 1 0.17% 431 71.95% 599
Tattnall 1,071 57.46% 567 30.42% 216 11.59% 5 0.27% 5 0.27% 504 27.04% 1,864
Taylor 638 57.95% 360 32.70% 99 8.99% 3 0.27% 1 0.09% 278 25.25% 1,101
Telfair 712 63.18% 339 30.08% 75 6.65% 0 0.00% 1 0.09% 373 33.10% 1,127
Terrell 608 63.93% 242 25.45% 100 10.52% 0 0.00% 1 0.11% 366 38.48% 951
Thomas 1,429 38.97% 1,295 35.31% 925 25.22% 8 0.22% 10 0.27% 134 3.66% 3,667
Tift 3,158 68.00% 829 17.85% 637 13.72% 5 0.11% 15 0.32% 2,329 50.15% 4,644
Toombs 1,161 57.59% 656 32.54% 193 9.57% 1 0.05% 5 0.25% 505 25.05% 2,016
Towns 516 62.62% 6 0.73% 302 36.65% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 214 25.97% 824
Treutlen 413 61.37% 216 32.10% 26 3.86% 1 0.15% 17 2.53% 197 29.27% 673
Troup 3,896 75.37% 731 14.14% 536 10.37% 4 0.08% 2 0.04% 3,165 61.23% 5,169
Turner 774 67.72% 222 19.42% 147 12.86% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 552 48.30% 1,143
Twiggs 359 44.05% 401 49.20% 52 6.38% 1 0.12% 2 0.25% -42 -5.15% 815
Union 1,420 51.12% 75 2.70% 1,274 45.86% 2 0.07% 7 0.25% 146 5.26% 2,778
Upson 2,432 81.26% 293 9.79% 262 8.75% 1 0.03% 5 0.17% 2,139 71.47% 2,993
Walker 3,418 69.83% 477 9.74% 980 20.02% 7 0.14% 13 0.27% 2,438 49.81% 4,895
Walton 2,440 84.99% 262 9.13% 164 5.71% 3 0.10% 2 0.07% 2,178 75.86% 2,871
Ware 2,611 56.15% 1,374 29.55% 655 14.09% 6 0.13% 4 0.09% 1,237 26.60% 4,650
Warren 256 31.45% 525 64.50% 33 4.05% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -269 -33.05% 814
Washington 1,169 84.77% 2 0.15% 204 14.79% 4 0.29% 0 0.00% 965 69.98% 1,379
Wayne 1,277 72.89% 278 15.87% 190 10.84% 2 0.11% 5 0.29% 999 57.02% 1,752
Webster 118 37.58% 117 37.26% 79 25.16% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 0.32% 314
Wheeler 560 63.28% 286 32.32% 39 4.41% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 274 30.96% 885
White 497 78.89% 72 11.43% 59 9.37% 0 0.00% 2 0.32% 425 67.46% 630
Whitfield 3,419 63.42% 621 11.52% 1,249 23.17% 94 1.74% 8 0.15% 2,170 40.25% 5,391
Wilcox 791 70.94% 247 22.15% 75 6.73% 1 0.09% 1 0.09% 544 48.79% 1,115
Wilkes 771 63.61% 345 28.47% 95 7.84% 1 0.08% 0 0.00% 426 35.14% 1,212
Wilkinson 501 45.59% 500 45.50% 96 8.74% 1 0.09% 1 0.09% 1 0.09% 1,099
Worth 1,159 77.06% 216 14.36% 124 8.24% 3 0.20% 2 0.13% 943 62.70% 1,504
Totals 254,646 60.81% 85,055 20.31% 76,691 18.31% 1,636 0.39% 736 0.18% 169,591 40.50% 418,764

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Dixiecrat

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Georgia's Supreme Court in Thompson v Talmadge ruled that Melvin E. Thompson was the legitimate governor until the special election was held in the mid-term.

References

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  1. ^ Springer, Melanie Jean; How the States Shaped the Nation: American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000, p. 155 ISBN 022611435X
  2. ^ Frederickson, Kari A.; The Dixiecrat Revolt and the End of the Solid South, p. 76 ISBN 0807849103
  3. ^ Key, Valdimer Orlando; Southern Politics in State and Nation, p. 330 Alfred A. Knopf (1949)
  4. ^ Key; Southern Politics, p. 335
  5. ^ Mickey, Robert; Paths Out of Dixie: The Democratization of Authoritarian Enclaves in America's Deep South, 1944-1972, p. 128 ISBN 1400838789
  6. ^ Buchanan, Scott E.; Some of the People Who Ate My Barbecue Didn't Vote for Me: The Life of Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin, p. 79 ISBN
  7. ^ Key; Southern Politics, p. 341
  8. ^ a b Mickey, Paths out of Dixie; p. 166
  9. ^ Sundquite, James L.; Dynamics of the Party System: Alignment and Realignment of Political Parties in the United States, p. 277 ISBN 0815723180
  10. ^ Black & Black 1992, p. 147.
  11. ^ Schmidt 1960, pp. 149–150.
  12. ^ Compiled by Mrs. J.E. Hays, State Historian and Director (1950). Georgia's Official Register, 1945-1950 (PDF). Atlanta, GA: State of Georgia, Department of Archives and History. p. 608-610.

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