2020 Georgia precinct and election results shapefile. ## RDH Date retrieval 06/29/2021 ## Sources Election results from the Georgia Secretary of State Elections Division (https://sos.ga.gov/index.php/Elections/current_and_past_elections_results). Presidential recount results from the Georgia Secretary of State Elections Division via Reuters. Precinct shapefile primarily from the Georgia General Assembly Reapportionment Office (http://www.legis.ga.gov/Joint/reapportionment/en-US/default.aspx). Cobb, DeKalb, and Gwinnett counties instead use shapefiles from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Redistricting Data Program. Forsyth and Fulton use shapefiles sourced from the respective counties. ## Fields metadata Vote Column Label Format ------------------------ Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is: G20PRERTRU The first character is G for a general election, C for recount results, P for a primary, S for a special, and R for a runoff. Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election. Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below). Character 7 represents the party of the candidate. Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name. Office Codes Office Codes AGR - Agriculture Commissioner ATG - Attorney General AUD - Auditor COC - Corporation Commissioner COU - City Council Member DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House GOV - Governor H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large. INS - Insurance Commissioner LAB - Labor Commissioner LTG - Lieutenant Governor PRE - President PSC - Public Service Commissioner SAC - State Appeals Court (in AL: Civil Appeals) SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals SOS - Secretary of State SSC - State Supreme Court SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction TRE - Treasurer USS - U.S. Senate Party Codes D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively. See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states. ## Fields G20PRERTRU - Donald J. Trump (Republican Party) G20PREDBID - Joseph R. Biden (Democratic Party) G20PRELJOR - Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian Party) C20PRERTRU - Donald J. Trump (Republican Party) C20PREDBID - Joseph R. Biden (Democratic Party) C20PRELJOR - Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian Party) G20USSRPER - David A. Perdue (Republican Party) G20USSDOSS - Jon Ossoff (Democratic Party) G20USSLHAZ - Shane Hazel (Libertarian Party) S20USSRLOE - Kelly Loeffler (Republican Party) S20USSRCOL - Doug Collins (Republican Party) S20USSRGRA - Derrick E. Grayson (Republican Party) S20USSRJAC - Annette Davis Jackson (Republican Party) S20USSRTAY - Kandiss Taylor (Republican Party) S20USSRJOH - A. Wayne Johnson (Republican Party) S20USSDWAR - Raphael Warnock (Democratic Party) S20USSDJAC - Deborah Jackson (Democratic Party) S20USSDLIE - Matt Lieberman (Democratic Party) S20USSDJOH - Tamara Johnson-Shealey (Democratic Party) S20USSDJAM - Jamesia James (Democratic Party) S20USSDSLA - Joy Felicia Slade (Democratic Party) S20USSDWIN - Richard Dien Winfield (Democratic Party) S20USSDTAR - Ed Tarver (Democratic Party) S20USSLSLO - Brian Slowinski (Libertarian Party) S20USSGFOR - John Fortuin (Green Party) S20USSIBUC - Allen Buckley (Independent) S20USSIBAR - Al Bartell (Independent) S20USSISTO - Valencia Stovall (Independent) S20USSIGRE - Michael Todd Greene (Independent) G20PSCRSHA - Jason Shaw (Republican Party) G20PSCDBRY - Robert G. Bryant (Democratic Party) G20PSCLMEL - Elizabeth Melton (Libertarian Party) G20PSCRMCD - Lauren Bubba McDonald, Jr. (Republican Party) G20PSCDBLA - Daniel Blackman (Democratic Party) G20PSCLWIL - Nathan Wilson (Libertarian Party) R21USSRPER - David A. Perdue (Republican Party) R21USSDOSS - Jon Ossoff (Democratic Party) R21USSRLOE - Kelly Loeffler (Republican Party) R21USSDWAR - Raphael Warnock (Democratic Party) R21PSCRMCD - Lauren Bubba McDonald, Jr. (Republican Party) P21PSCDBLA - Daniel Blackman (Democratic Party) ## Processing Steps Three of the four VTDs in Chattahoochee County are comprised of Fort Benning. However, the county only reports one polling location for all voters, including residents of Fort Benning that vote within the county. The four Chattahoochee County VTDs have therefore been merged in the shapefile. The following additional modifications reflect changes made prior to the 2020 general election. Barrow: Merge 2/15, 3/12, 4/14, 5/7, 6/10/13, 8/9, 11/16; Adjust new 2/13 boundary Bartow: Split Cassville/Hamilton Crossing Candler: Merge Candler/Metter as Jack Strickland Comm Center Chatham: Split 7-7/8-16, 7-12/7-16; Realign 7-06C/7-07C Chatooga: Split Cloudland/Teloga along ridgeline that marks boundary between them with the USGS Topographic Contour shapefile Clayton: Split Ellenswood 1/2, Jonesboro 1/17/19, Lovejoy 3/6/7, Morrow 3/11, 5/10, Oak 3/5 Cobb: Split Bells Ferry 3/4, Dobbins 1/2, Marietta 3A/3B, Smyrna 3A/3B Columbia: Split Bessie Thomas/2nd Mt Moriah, Harlem Branch/Harlem Senior Ctr; Merge Blanchard Park/MTZ Col FD; Align multiple precincts with county maps Coweta: Merge Arts Centre/Jefferson Parkway as Newnan Centre Fulton: Merge CP07A/CP07D, CH01/CH04B, SS29A/SS29B, UC031/UC035 DeKalb: Split Clarkston/Clarkston Comm Ctr; Realign Decatur/Oakhurst; Align precincts with Atlanta, Brookhaven, Decatur, Tucker city limits Gwinnett: Adjust Baycreek F/G, Berkshire J/M, Cates D/F, Garners C/B, Lawrenceville G/N, Pinckneyville S/T, Rockbridge A/G Lowndes: Split Northgate Assembly/Trinity, Jaycee/Mt Calvary/Northside/VSU Oconee: Merge Annex/City Hall; Align City Hall with Watkinsville city limits Paulding: Reorganize 12 precincts into 19 precincts as redrawn in 2019 Randolph: Merge Carnegie/Cuthbert-Courthouse, 4th District/Fountain Bridge/Shellman Troup: Split Mountville between Gardner Newman/Hogansville/Rosemont; Align multiple precincts with county maps Towns: Merge Macedonia/Tate City Wilkes: Align 1/2A boundary with the voter file Note that the leading zeros in the Paulding County precinct IDs are included in some election reports and omitted in others. The shapefile includes the leading zeros consistent with the voter file.