Georgia Primary







The New York Times had a feature the other day, Detailed Maps of Where Trump, Cruz, Clinton and Sanders Have Won. It showed the results of presidential primaries in the states that had voted up until that time. It shows the results on a county by county basis.
The results shown on the map had little to do with who won delegates. In Georgia, that was decided on a percentage basis. In the Republican race, Donald Trump got 40 delegates, Marco Rubio got 14, and Ted Cruz got 18. Democrat Hillary Clinton got 73 delegates, while Bernie Sanders got 29.
The county story is different. In Republican land, Donald Trump won 155 out of 159 Georgia counties. Many of these county victories were by substantial margins. Four counties went for went to Marco Rubio: Clarke, Cobb, Dekalb, Fulton.
On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton won 158 out of 159 counties. The only county to go for Bernie Sanders is Echols. The Florida border hugging Echols was the least populated county in Georgia for many years. Today, it is ranked 153, with Taliaferro County at 159. The final tally in Echols county was Bernie Sanders 36, Hillary Clinton 32. Pictures today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.








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