Nov 5, 2024 - Election
Your vote really counts in Georgia
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Individual Georgians will have more say over the election than most voters anywhere else in the country.
Why it matters: Only seven swing states, including Georgia, are in play.
- And even among those, there's a wide range in how much each ballot contributes to a single Electoral College vote.
By the numbers: Based on 2020 turnout, a vote in Georgia counts for 1/312,498th of an electoral vote, behind only Nevada and Arizona.
The big picture: Democrats have railed against the Electoral College, which has favored Republicans in recent cycles due to the disproportionate power of small states.
- Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes in 2016 — but lost by a combined 80,000 votes in three swing states that cemented Donald Trump's path to victory.
The bottom line: While every vote matters, in U.S. presidential elections, some votes matter a lot more than others.