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{{See also|Political party strength in Georgia (U.S. state)}} | {{See also|Political party strength in Georgia (U.S. state)}} | ||
Georgia voted [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] in six consecutive presidential elections from [[United States presidential election in Georgia, 1996|1996]] to [[United States presidential election in Georgia, 2016|2016]], a streak that was broken when the state went for | Georgia voted [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] in six consecutive presidential elections from [[United States presidential election in Georgia, 1996|1996]] to [[United States presidential election in Georgia, 2016|2016]], a streak that was broken when the state went for Democratic candidate [[Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign|Joe Biden]] in [[United States presidential election in Georgia, 2020|2020]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Georgia Presidential Election Results and Maps 2020 |url=https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/results/state/georgia/president|access-date=November 14, 2020|website=CNN |archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114031540/https://www.cnn.com/election/2020/results/state/georgia/president|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
Until 1964, Georgia's state government had the longest unbroken record of single-party dominance, by the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], of any state in the Union. This record was established largely due to the [[Disfranchisement after Reconstruction era|disenfranchisement of most blacks]] and many poor whites by the state in its constitution and laws in the early 20th century. Some elements, such as requiring payment of poll taxes and passing literacy tests, prevented blacks from registering to vote; their exclusion from the political system lasted into the 1960s and reduced the Republican Party to a non-competitive status in the early 20th century.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://umich.edu/~lawrace/votetour6.htm | work=Race, Voting Rights, and Segregation | publisher=University of Michigan |title=On the eve of complete Black disenfranchisement, 1900 | access-date=October 15, 2016 | archive-date=October 18, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018043625/http://umich.edu/~lawrace/votetour6.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> | Until 1964, Georgia's state government had the longest unbroken record of single-party dominance, by the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], of any state in the Union. This record was established largely due to the [[Disfranchisement after Reconstruction era|disenfranchisement of most blacks]] and many poor whites by the state in its constitution and laws in the early 20th century. Some elements, such as requiring payment of poll taxes and passing literacy tests, prevented blacks from registering to vote; their exclusion from the political system lasted into the 1960s and reduced the Republican Party to a non-competitive status in the early 20th century.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://umich.edu/~lawrace/votetour6.htm | work=Race, Voting Rights, and Segregation | publisher=University of Michigan |title=On the eve of complete Black disenfranchisement, 1900 | access-date=October 15, 2016 | archive-date=October 18, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018043625/http://umich.edu/~lawrace/votetour6.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> | ||