Calhoun, GA · which candidate this place backed 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 this place is a single county: Gordon County, Georgia. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Calhoun, 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 Calhoun, GA
Year
Total registered
2016
30,880
2018
31,969
2020
37,193
2022
38,872
2024
42,327
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+642 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +4,394 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Calhoun, GA in Calhoun, GA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+17
2012
−89
2013
−209
2014
−84
2015
+272
2016
+324
2017
+61
2018
+318
2019
+217
2021
+565
2022
+664
2023
+839
2024
+857
2025
+642
Calhoun anchors one of the most carpet-and-flooring-intensive economies in the country, drawing a growing Latino workforce that has gradually shifted the area's demographic profile while the broader region remains heavily Republican in federal contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 85.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 66.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 63.4 points.
A population of 59,100, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,650 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sulphur Springs, TX and Mineral Wells, TX.
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In 2024, Calhoun, GA, Georgia voted Republican by 63.4 points (R+63.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 27,606 votes cast, 4,982 went Democratic and 22,495 went Republican.
When did Calhoun, GA, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Calhoun, GA, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Calhoun, GA, Georgia?
Calhoun, GA, Georgia has a population of 59,100 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Calhoun, GA, Georgia?
Median household income in Calhoun, GA, Georgia is $63,650 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Calhoun, GA, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Calhoun, GA, Georgia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
