Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
94.2%
14,806 votes · D+89.0
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 92.7%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
74.8%
60,212 votes · R+50.4
Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · 66.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
136,400votes
46.7% of the vote · R+5.1
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 134,520 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
158,961votes
53.7% of the vote · R+8.3
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 151,315 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
James M. Cox1920
+107.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+81.3 · U.S. R+26.2
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +93.2 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+54.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+32.0 · U.S. D+22.6
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +27.3 pts
U.S. House elections · 3 House
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U.S. House
On a multi-state Place, each row sums votes cast in the separate U.S. House races held inside the Place that year. It is a geographic vote total, not one contest or a seat tally.
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC · 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 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, by party and cycle.
Party
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Democratic
Obama759,615 votes · 7 of 7 countiesprimary
○no contest record
Clinton742,782 votes · 7 of 7 countiesprimary
Biden761,460 votes · 7 of 7 countiesprimary
○no contest record
Republicannot ingested
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○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 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
Year
Total registered
2016
401,579
2018
417,489
2020
461,661
2022
462,572
2024
476,309
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+3,658 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +39,739 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+1,415
2012
+1,613
2013
+821
2014
+465
2015
+3,351
2016
+2,399
2017
+2,758
2018
+2,053
2019
+2,963
2021
+4,183
2022
+7,081
2023
+4,070
2024
+2,909
2025
+3,658
Augusta-Richmond County leans Democratic in its urban core while surrounding exurban and South Carolina portions tilt reliably Republican, producing a metro-wide competitive dynamic that closely tracks statewide margins in presidential cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 89.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 50.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.3 points.
A population of 624,181, a 52% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,929 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Columbia, SC and Montgomery, AL.
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How did Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, Georgia voted Republican by 8.3 points (R+8.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 296,046 votes cast, 134,520 went Democratic and 158,961 went Republican.
When did Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, Georgia?
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, Georgia has a population of 624,181 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, Georgia?
Median household income in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, Georgia is $70,929 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC, Georgia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 18 went Republican.
