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Candidate  | Donald Trump | Ted Cruz | Marco Rubio
Home state  | New York | Texas | Florida
Delegate count  | 42 | 18  | 16
Popular vote  | 502,994 | 305,847  | 316,836
Percentage  | 38.81% | 23.60%  | 24.45%

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Candidate  | Ben Carson | John Kasich
Home state  | Virginia | Ohio
Delegate count  | 0  | 0
Popular vote  | 80,723  | 72,508
Percentage  | 6.23%  | 5.59%

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The 2016 Georgia Republican presidential primary was held on Tuesday March 1, as part of that election cycle's Super Tuesday. It took place ahead of the presidential election that November, and the state's Democratic primary was held on the same day.

Donald Trump won the primary, with 38.8% of all votes cast. Marco Rubio came in second, with 24.5% of the vote, and Ted Cruz came in third, with 23.6% of the vote. Of Georgia's 76 bound delegates, Trump, Rubio, and Cruz took home 42, 16, and 18, respectively.

Evangelicals were a key voting bloc for Republican candidates in the primary,[1] and Donald Trump won them handily.

## State of the campaign[edit]

Leading up to Super Tuesday, Trump was already the front-runner, thanks in part to his commanding victory in the South Carolina primary. Despite this, Trump still needed many more delegates to clinch the nomination,[2] and the large number of delegates up for grabs on Super Tuesday made that day's contests especially important. Politico's Kyle Cheney noted that "Super Tuesday could cripple every Republican presidential candidate not named Donald Trump," while also observing that Trump would almost certainly remain ahead of all his Republican opponents after the day's primaries and caucuses.[3]

Georgia's 76 delegates were the second-most of any state that held a Republican primary or caucus on Super Tuesday in 2016. This may have influenced Trump to hold a rally in Valdosta the day before Georgia's primary.[3][4] Because Georgia requires candidates to reach a 20% threshold to receive any of its delegates, this was seen as potentially problematic for Cruz and Rubio, both of whom had been polling around that threshold in Georgia at the time.[3] Nevertheless, there was speculation before Super Tuesday that Rubio would do better in Georgia's primary than in that day's other primaries.[5]

## Polling[edit]

### Aggregate polls[edit]

Source of poll

aggregation

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Republican | Donald Trump
Republican | Ted Cruz
Republican | Margin

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RealClearPolitics | until March 1, 2016  | March 1, 2016  | 22.4%  | 36.2% | 22.2%  | Trump +14.4
FiveThirtyEight | until March 1, 2016  | March 1, 2016  | 22.3%  | 38.5% | 21.0%  | Trump +16.2

Polls conducted shortly before the Georgia primary gave Trump a double-digit lead over his opponents in the state.[6] For instance, a poll conducted on February 28 by WSB-TV and Landmark Communications gave Trump a 19-point lead over his closest rival, Marco Rubio.[7] A CBS News poll before the primary similarly found that Georgia Republicans "overwhelmingly" perceived Trump as being on the side of ordinary people, rather than wealthy donors, while they perceived Rubio in the opposite light.[8]

Poll source  | Date  | 1st  | 2nd  | 3rd  | Other

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Primary results | March 1, 2016  | Donald Trump38.81% | Marco Rubio24.45%  | Ted Cruz23.60%  | Ben Carson 6.23%, John Kasich 5.69%, Jeb Bush 0.69%, Rand Paul 0.22%, Mike Huckabee 0.20%, Chris Christie 0.11%, Carly Fiorina 0.09%, Rick Santorum 0.04%, Lindsey Graham 0.03%, George Pataki 0.02%,
SurveyMonkey[9]

Margin of error: ± ?% Sample size: 1171

| February 22–29, 2016  | Donald Trump
39% | Ted Cruz

21%

| Marco Rubio

20%

| Ben Carson 9%, John Kasich 6%, Undecided 6%
Landmark/RosettaStone[10]

Margin of error: ± 2.6%

Sample size: 1400

| February 28, 2016  | Donald Trump
39% | Marco Rubio

20%

| Ted Cruz

15%

| Ben Carson 9%, John Kasich 8%, Undecided 9%
Opinion Savvy/Fox 5 Atlanta[11]

Margin of error: ± 3.7% Sample size: 710

| February 27–28, 2016  | Donald Trump
32.5% | Marco Rubio

23.2%

| Ted Cruz

23.2%

| John Kasich 10.7%, Ben Carson 6.1%, Undecided 4.3%
Trafalgar Group[12]

Margin of error: ± 3.14% Sample size: 1350

| February 26–28, 2016  | Donald Trump
38.6% | Marco Rubio

23.54%

| Ted Cruz

20.74%

| John Kasich 7.03%, Ben Carson 6.14%, Undecided 3.95%
CBS/YouGov[13]

Margin of error: ± 7% Sample size: 493

| February 22–26, 2016  | Donald Trump
40% | Ted Cruz

29%

| Marco Rubio

22%

| Ben Carson 7%, John Kasich 2%
ResearchNOW/WABE[14]

Margin of error: ± 4.1% Sample size: 400

| February 22–24, 2016  | Donald Trump
41% | Marco Rubio

18%

| Ted Cruz

15%

| Ben Carson 8%, John Kasich 7%, Undecided 10%
SurveyUSA/TEGNA[15]

Margin of error: ± 3.8% Sample size: 684

| February 22–23, 2016  | Donald Trump
45% | Marco Rubio

19%

| Ted Cruz

16%

| Ben Carson 8%, John Kasich 6%, Other 1%, Undecided 5%
Opinion Savvy/Fox 5 Atlanta[16]

Margin of error: ± 3.6% Sample size: 745

| February 22–23, 2016  | Donald Trump
33.6% | Marco Rubio

22.2%

| Ted Cruz

20.4%

| John Kasich 8.9%, Ben Carson 7.7%, Undecided 7.2%
NBC News/Wall Street

Journal/Marist[17]

Margin of error: ± 4.2%

Sample size: 543

| February 18–23, 2016  | Donald Trump
30% | Ted Cruz

23%

| Marco Rubio

23%

| Ben Carson 9%, John Kasich 9%
Landmark/RosettaStone[18]

Margin of error: ± 4.4%

Sample size: 500

| February 21, 2016  | Donald Trump
31.7% | Marco Rubio

22.7%

| Ted Cruz

18.7%

| Ben Carson 8.1%, John Kasich 7.9%, Undecided 10.9%
Landmark/RosettaStone[19]

Margin of error: ± 4.4%

Sample size: 500

| February 4, 2016  | Donald Trump
27.3% | Ted Cruz

18.3%

| Marco Rubio

18.2%

| Ben Carson 7.7%, John Kasich 4.4%, Chris Christie 3.9%, Jeb Bush 3.0%, Carly Fiorina 1.8%, Undecided 15.4%
CBS/YouGov[20]

Margin of error: ± 6.2%

Sample size: 494

| January 18–21, 2016  | Donald Trump
39% | Ted Cruz

29%

| Marco Rubio

13%

| Ben Carson 6%, Jeb Bush 2%, Chris Christie 2%, Carly Fiorina 2%, Mike Huckabee 2%, John Kasich 2%, Jim Gilmore 0%, Rand Paul 0%, Rick Santorum 0%, No preference 1%
Opinion Savvy/Fox 5 Atlanta[21]

Margin of error: ± 3.4% Sample size: 803

| January 17, 2016  | Donald Trump
33.4% | Ted Cruz

23.4%

| Marco Rubio

8.2%

| Ben Carson 7.3%, Jeb Bush 7.1%, John Kasich 3.8%, Chris Christie 3.7%, Carly Fiorina 3.5%, Rand Paul 3.5%, Mike Huckabee 3.2%, Rick Santorum 0.1%, Undecided 2.7%
Opinion Savvy/Fox 5 Atlanta

Margin of error: ± 4.2%

Sample size: 538

| December 16, 2015  | Donald Trump
34.6% | Ted Cruz 15.8%  | Marco Rubio 12%  | Ben Carson 6.4%, Jeb Bush 6%, Chris Christie 5.6%, Carly Fiorina 5.1%, John Kasich 2.3%, Rand Paul 2.1%, Lindsey Graham 1.4%, Mike Huckabee 1.4%, George Pataki 0.5%, Undecided 6.8%
WSB TV/Landmark

Margin of error: ±3.3%

Sample size: 800

| December 10, 2015  | Donald Trump
43.3% | Ted Cruz 16.2%  | Marco Rubio 10.6%  | Ben Carson 6.7%, Jeb Bush 4.8%, Mike Huckabee 1.9%, Carly Fiorina 1.8%, John Kasich 1.5%, Rand Paul 0.5%, Undecided 12.9%
FOX 5/Morris News

Margin of error: ±4.7%

Sample size: 674

| November 9–10, 2015  | Ben Carson
26% | Donald Trump
24% | Ted Cruz 14%  | Marco Rubio 9%, Jeb Bush 8%, Carly Fiorina 6%
WXIA-TV/SurveyUSA

Margin of error: ±2%

Sample size: 2,075

| October 26, 2015  | Donald Trump
35% | Ben Carson

28%

| Marco Rubio 12%  | Ted Cruz 8%, Jeb Bush 4%, Carly Fiorina 3%, Mike Huckabee 3%, John Kasich 2%
WSB/Landmark

Margin of error: ±4%

Sample size: 600

| September 23, 2015  | Donald Trump
30.8% | Ben Carson

17.9%

| Carly Fiorina 13.2%  | Marco Rubio 9.4%, Ted Cruz 7.9%, Jeb Bush 7.5%, Mike Huckabee 4.4%, John Kasich 1.9%, Rand Paul 1.1%, Undecided 5.9%
Opinion Savvy

Margin of error: ±3.8%

Sample size: 664

| September 3, 2015  | Donald Trump
34.2% | Ben Carson

24.8%

| Jeb Bush

10.9%

| Ted Cruz 6.3%, Mike Huckabee 5.1%, Carly Fiorina 4.5%, John Kasich 2.5%, Marco Rubio 2.1%, Chris Christie 2%, Scott Walker 1.9%, Rick Perry 0.1%, Rick Santorum 0.1%, Bobby Jindal 0.1%, Lindsey Graham 0.1%, Rand Paul 0%, George Pataki 0%, Someone else 1.8%, Undecided 3.5%
WSB/Landmark

Margin of error: ± 4.0%

Sample size: 600

| August 5, 2015  | Donald Trump
34.3% | Jeb Bush

12.0%

| Scott Walker

10.4%

| Mike Huckabee 8.1%, Ben Carson 8.1%, Ted Cruz 5.4%, John Kasich 4.5%, Marco Rubio 4.5%, Chris Christie 2.8%, Rand Paul 2.4%, Undecided 7.5%
5 Atlanta/Morris News Service[permanent dead link]

Margin of error: ± 4.1%

Sample size: 569

| August 3, 2015  | Donald Trump
30.4% | Jeb Bush

17.3%

| Ben Carson

9.6%

| Mike Huckabee 6.5%, Ted Cruz 5.9%, Scott Walker 5%, Rand Paul 3.4%, Chris Christie 3.2%, Marco Rubio 3% John Kasich 2.8%, Carly Fiorina 2.5% Rick Perry 2.1% Bobby Jindal 1.7%, Lindsey Graham 0.4%, George Pataki 0.2%, Rick Santorum 0.1%, Other/No opinion 5.9%
Landmark Communications/Rosetta Stone

Margin of error: ± 4.3%

Sample size: 500

| May 11–12, 2015  | Mike Huckabee
18.3% | Ben Carson
15.4% | Scott Walker

12.6%

| Jeb Bush 10.1%, Marco Rubio 9.6%, Ted Cruz 9.3%, Rand Paul 4%, Carly Fiorina 2.6%, Chris Christie 2.2%, Rick Santorum 0.3%, Other/No opinion 15.6%
Insider Advantage

Margin of error: ± ?

Sample size: 200

| February 4, 2015  | Jeb Bush
21.5% | Scott Walker

17.3%

| Mike Huckabee

16.4%

| Ben Carson 15.5%, Rick Perry 7.2%, Rand Paul 3.9%, Marco Rubio 3.9%, Chris Christie 3%, Donald Trump 1.9%, Other/No opinion 9.5%

## Delegate allocation[edit]

76 delegates were at stake in the Georgia Republican primary. Of these, 10 were at-large delegates, 42 were district delegates who each represented one of the state's 14 congressional districts, three were Republican Party leaders, and 21 were bonus delegates. The 42 delegates corresponding to Georgia congressional districts were all bound, whereas the remaining 34 were unbound. The delegates were awarded according to a winner-take-most system. The winner of each congressional district in the state received all three of that district's delegates if they received a majority of the vote in the district.[22]

## Results[edit]

Georgia Republican primary, March 1, 2016  Candidate  | Votes  | Percentage  | Actual delegate count

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Donald Trump | 502,994 | 38.81% | 42 | 0 | 42
Marco Rubio | 316,836  | 24.45%  | 16  | 0  | 16
Ted Cruz | 305,847  | 23.60%  | 18  | 0  | 18
Ben Carson | 80,723  | 6.23%  | 0  | 0  | 0
John Kasich | 72,508  | 5.59%  | 0  | 0  | 0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) | 7,686  | 0.59%  | 0  | 0  | 0
Rand Paul (withdrawn) | 2,910  | 0.22%  | 0  | 0  | 0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) | 2,625  | 0.20%  | 0  | 0  | 0
Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 1,486  | 0.11%  | 0  | 0  | 0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) | 1,146  | 0.09%  | 0  | 0  | 0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 539  | 0.04%  | 0  | 0  | 0
Lindsey Graham (withdrawn) | 428  | 0.03%  | 0  | 0  | 0
George Pataki (withdrawn) | 236  | 0.02%  | 0  | 0  | 0
Unprojected delegates:  | 0  | 0  | 0
Total:  | 1,295,964  | 100.00%  | 76  | 0  | 76
Source: The Green Papers

Trump won the Georgia primary with about half a million votes, representing 38.8% of all votes cast. He won 42 of the state's 76 delegates.[22] Trump won 155 out of Georgia's 159 counties. The only four he did not win were Clarke, Cobb, DeKalb, and Fulton counties, all of which Rubio won comfortably.[23] Trump's strongest performance was in Atkinson County, where he received 65.9% of the vote.[24]

## Analysis[edit]

Trump's victory in the Georgia primary, as well as in most other Southern Super Tuesday contests, could be attributed to strong support from Evangelical voters. According to exit polls by Edison Research, Donald Trump carried 39% of Evangelical voters, compared to 26% for Ted Cruz.[25] Notably, however, 37% of Georgia voters believed Ted Cruz, not Donald Trump, shared their values, while only 12% believed Trump did.[26]

Many pundits were perplexed by Trump's dominance among culturally conservative Southern whites who were expected to view him as immoral, but he benefitted from voters' racial, cultural, and economic angst that mattered more than shared values.[27]

Marco Rubio, who placed third in the Georgia primary, carried Atlanta and the suburban Atlanta metro, as well as the college town Clarke County, which contains the University of Georgia.

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* Debates and forums
* Primaries
* Polls
* national
* statewide
* straw
* Results
* Convention
* superdelegates
* VP candidate selection

Candidates|

Nominee
Hillary Clinton

campaign
endorsements

political
non-political
celebrities
performers
positions
Democratic opposition
VP nominee: Tim Kaine

Other candidates
Lincoln Chafee

campaign
Rocky De La Fuente

campaign
Paul T. Farrell Jr.
Lawrence Lessig

campaign
Martin O'Malley

campaign
Bernie Sanders

campaign
endorsements
positions
Jim Webb

campaign
Willie Wilson

Libertarian Party
▌IPNY|

* Debates and forums
* Primaries
* Convention

Candidates|

Nominee
Gary Johnson

campaign
endorsements
positions
VP nominee: Bill Weld
Other candidates
John McAfee
Austin Petersen
Vermin Supreme

Green Party|

* Debates and forums
* Primaries
* Convention

Candidates|

Nominee
Jill Stein

campaign
endorsements
VP nominee: Ajamu Baraka
Other candidates
Darryl Cherney

Independents
▌ IPMN|

* Better for America
* Candidate: Evan McMullin
* campaign
* endorsements
* Running mate: Mindy Finn

Other third-party and independent candidates

| American Delta Party
▌Reform|

* Nominee: Rocky De La Fuente
* campaign
* VP nominee: Michael Steinberg

|

American Party (South Carolina)|

* Nominee: Peter Skewes

American Solidarity Party|

* Nominee: Mike Maturen

America's Party|

* Nominee: Tom Hoefling

Constitution Party|

* Primaries
* Convention

Nominee
Darrell Castle

campaign
VP nominee: Scott Bradley
Other candidates
Tom Hoefling

Nutrition Party|

* Nominee: Rod Silva

Peace and Freedom Party
▌PSL|

* Nominee: Gloria La Riva
* VP nominee: Dennis Banks
* PSL VP nominee: Eugene Puryear*

* Other candidates: Monica Moorehead
* Jill Stein

Prohibition Party|

* Nominee: James Hedges

Socialist Action|

* Nominee: Jeff Mackler

Socialist Equality Party|

* Nominee: Jerry White

Socialist Party USA|

* Nominee: Mimi Soltysik
* campaign
* VP nominee: Angela Nicole Walker

Socialist Workers Party|

* Nominee: Alyson Kennedy
* VP nominee: Osborne Hart

Pacifist Party|

* Nominee: Bradford Lyttle

Workers World Party|

* Nominee: Monica Moorehead

Other Independent candidates|

* Laurence Kotlikoff

* : These candidates were constitutionally ineligible to serve as President or Vice President.

* Other 2016 elections: Senate
* House

* v
* t
* e

United States presidential primaries and caucuses

Election timelines|

* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

National opinion polling|

Democratic Party
2008
2016
2020
2024
Republican Party
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024

State opinion polling|

Democratic Party
2004
2008
2016
2020

Republican Party
2008
2012
2016
2020

Fundraising|

* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020

Debates and forums|

Democratic Party
2004
2008
2016
2020

debates
forums

Republican Party
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Libertarian Party
2016
Green Party
2016

Straw polls|

* Conservative Political Action Conference
* Iowa State Fair
* (defunct: Ames, Iowa
* Texas)

Major events|

* Iowa caucuses
* New Hampshire primary
* Nevada caucuses
* South Carolina primary
* Super Tuesday

Caucuses
and primaries|

| Democratic Party|

* 1912
* 1916
* 1920
* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1940
* 1944
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

|

Republican Party|

* 1912
* 1916
* 1920
* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1940
* 1944
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Libertarian Party|

* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Green Party|

* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Reform Party|

* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020

Constitution Party|

* 2016
* 2020

Results breakdown|

List of candidates by number of primary votes received
Democratic Party
2008
2016
2020
Republican Party
2008
2012
2016
2020

National
conventions|

| Democratic Party|

* 1832
* 1835
* 1840
* 1844
* 1848
* 1852
* 1856
* 1860
* 1864
* 1868
* 1872
* 1876
* 1880
* 1884
* 1888
* 1892
* 1896
* 1900
* 1904
* 1908
* 1912
* 1916
* 1920
* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1940
* 1944
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

|

Republican Party|

* 1856
* 1860
* 1864
* 1868
* 1872
* 1876
* 1880
* 1884
* 1888
* 1892
* 1896
* 1900
* 1904
* 1908
* 1912
* 1916
* 1920
* 1924
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1940
* 1944
* 1948
* 1952
* 1956
* 1960
* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Libertarian Party|

* 1983
* 1987
* 1991
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Green Party|

* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Defunct|

| Whig Party|

* 1839
* 1844
* 1848
* 1852
* 1856

|

Greenback Party|

* 1876
* 1880
* 1884
* 1888

Populist Party|

* 1892
* 1896
* 1900 • 1904 • 1908

Progressive Party|

* 1912
* 1916
* 1920
* 1924
* 1948
* 1952

Reforms|

* California Democratic Party v. Jones
* Graduated Random Presidential Primary System
* Delaware Plan
* Rotating Regional Primary System
* Interregional Primary Plan
* National Primary

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