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The '''1980 United States presidential election in Georgia''' took place on November 4, 1980, in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] as part of the [[1980 United States presidential election]]. The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] candidate, [[incumbent]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[Jimmy Carter]], won his home state of Georgia over former [[Governor of California|California Governor]] [[Ronald Reagan]] by 238,565 votes, one of just seven victories in the election (other than Georgia, Carter also carried [[Maryland]], [[Minnesota]], [[Hawaii]], [[West Virginia]], the [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]] and [[Rhode Island]]).
{{As of|2020|11|alt=As of the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]]}}, this is the last time Georgia voted more Democratic than the nation as a whole. It is also the last time in which the counties of [[McDuffie County, Georgia|McDuffie]], [[Towns County, Georgia|Towns]], [[Gilmer County, Georgia|Gilmer]], [[Whitfield County, Georgia|Whitfield]], [[Union County, Georgia|Union]], [[Rabun County, Georgia|Rabun]], [[Stephens County, Georgia|Stephens]], [[Jackson County, Georgia|Jackson]], [[Banks County, Georgia|Banks]], [[Murray County, Georgia|Murray]], [[Habersham County, Georgia|Habersham]], [[Madison County, Georgia|Madison]], [[Hall County, Georgia|Hall]], [[White County, Georgia|White]], [[Dawson County, Georgia|Dawson]], [[Gordon County, Georgia|Gordon]], [[Paulding County, Georgia|Paulding]], [[Spalding County, Georgia|Spalding]], [[Troup County, Georgia|Troup]], [[Forsyth County, Georgia|Forsyth]], [[Upson County, Georgia|Upson]], [[Coweta County, Georgia|Coweta]], [[Effingham County, Georgia|Effingham]], [[Glascock County, Georgia|Glascock]], [[Bulloch County, Georgia|Bulloch]], [[Houston County, Georgia|Houston]], [[Bartow County, Georgia|Bartow]], [[Oconee County, Georgia|Oconee]], [[Glynn County, Georgia|Glynn]], [[Cherokee County, Georgia|Cherokee]], [[Toombs County, Georgia|Toombs]], [[Thomas County, Georgia|Thomas]], [[Floyd County, Georgia|Floyd]], [[Colquitt County, Georgia|Colquitt]], [[Camden County, Georgia|Camden]], [[Echols County, Georgia|Echols]], [[Charlton County, Georgia|Charlton]], [[Pierce County, Georgia|Pierce]], [[Coffee County, Georgia|Coffee]], [[Bryan County, Georgia|Bryan]], [[Walton County, Georgia|Walton]], [[Ware County, Georgia|Ware]], [[Oglethorpe County, Georgia|Oglethorpe]], [[Evans County, Georgia|Evans]], [[Tattnall County, Georgia|Tattnall]], [[Tift County, Georgia|Tift]], [[Pike County, Georgia|Pike]], [[Harris County, Georgia|Harris]], [[Carroll County, Georgia|Carroll]], [[Appling County, Georgia|Appling]], [[Barrow County, Georgia|Barrow]], and [[Wayne County, Georgia|Wayne]] voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.<ref name="How">Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016</ref>
Georgia was the only state in the Deep South between the 1980 and 1988 presidential elections to support the Democratic nominee.{{sfn|Moreland|Steed|Baker|1991|p=23}} 50% of white voters supported Carter while 47% supported Reagan.{{sfn|Black|Black|1992|p=295}}{{sfn|Black|Black|1992|p=335}}
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