Jefferson, 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: Jackson 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 Jefferson, 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 Jefferson, GA
Year
Total registered
2016
39,751
2018
46,224
2020
54,351
2022
58,574
2024
66,696
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+4,499 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +29,808 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Jefferson, GA in Jefferson, GA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−48
2012
−379
2013
+310
2014
+525
2015
+1,040
2016
+1,360
2017
+2,287
2018
+2,375
2019
+2,311
2021
+3,675
2022
+3,187
2023
+4,086
2024
+4,580
2025
+4,499
Jefferson anchors the Jackson County metro, a fast-growing exurban corridor northeast of Atlanta where population gains have outpaced civic infrastructure and voter rolls have expanded sharply over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 88.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 63.1 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.9 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 55.1 points.
A population of 84,757, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $89,544 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL and Cornelia, GA.
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In 2024, Jefferson, GA, Georgia voted Republican by 55.1 points (R+55.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 47,243 votes cast, 10,472 went Democratic and 36,497 went Republican.
When did Jefferson, GA, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Jefferson, GA, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Jefferson, GA, Georgia?
Jefferson, GA, Georgia has a population of 84,757 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jefferson, GA, Georgia?
Median household income in Jefferson, GA, Georgia is $89,544 — above the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Jefferson, GA, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Jefferson, GA, Georgia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
