Athens-Clarke County, GA · how this place’s counties split between candidates in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain and there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Athens-Clarke County, GA, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Athens-Clarke County, GA
Year
Total registered
2016
132,344
2018
137,179
2020
146,527
2022
148,488
2024
156,625
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−1,346 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +10,912 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Athens-Clarke County, GA in Athens-Clarke County, GA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−321
2012
+238
2013
+231
2014
−408
2015
+2,833
2016
+1,212
2017
+2,438
2018
+1,090
2019
+1,276
2021
+2,004
2022
+1,415
2023
+751
2024
−501
2025
−1,346
Athens-Clarke County, GA sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 90.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 41.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.4 points.
A population of 220,197, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,695 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lexington-Fayette, KY and Columbia, MO.
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How did Athens-Clarke County, GA, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Athens-Clarke County, GA, Georgia voted Republican by 2.4 points (R+2.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 105,783 votes cast, 51,185 went Democratic and 53,679 went Republican.
When did Athens-Clarke County, GA, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Athens-Clarke County, GA, Georgia voted Democratic was 2020.
How many people live in Athens-Clarke County, GA, Georgia?
Athens-Clarke County, GA, Georgia has a population of 220,197 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Athens-Clarke County, GA, Georgia?
Median household income in Athens-Clarke County, GA, Georgia is $69,695 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Athens-Clarke County, GA, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Athens-Clarke County, GA, Georgia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 9 went Republican.
