United States presidential election in Georgia, 2016 (Ferguson Scenario)



The 2016 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 8, 2016. Voters chose 16 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-President.

Georgia was won by Republican nominee William H. Pryor, Jr. by a 8.25% margin of victory. Pryor received 54.12% of the vote to Ferguson's 45.87%. Georgia last voted Democratic in 2004 for Al Gore, and has become one of the most reliably Republican states in the Deep South. With this election, Ferguson became the first Democrat to win two terms without winning Georgia either time. This was despite the fact that Pryor lost badly to him in the other regions of the country. Large African American turnout enabled the President to keep the state within single digits.