Brantley County, Georgia: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+82%. Democratic peak: D+94 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+82MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 18,3152024 5-year
- Median household income
- $58,2392024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+94 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+82 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lamar County, TX · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Brantley CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Brantley County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Harris +50Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | No data |
| 1896 | No data |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | No data |
| 1916 | No data |
| 1920 | No data |
| 1924 | +82.1% |
| 1928 | −1.8% |
| 1932 | +93.6% |
| 1936 | +85.1% |
| 1940 | +86.7% |
| 1944 | +62.7% |
| 1948 | +50.1% |
| 1952 | +59.4% |
| 1956 | +68.2% |
| 1960 | +59.0% |
| 1964 | −15.0% |
| 1968 | +3.5% |
| 1972 | −64.9% |
| 1976 | +73.0% |
| 1980 | +39.8% |
| 1984 | −5.1% |
| 1988 | −3.0% |
| 1992 | +8.0% |
| 1996 | −6.7% |
| 2000 | −38.2% |
| 2004 | −54.7% |
| 2008 | −63.1% |
| 2012 | −66.9% |
| 2016 | −78.5% |
| 2020 | −81.2% |
| 2024 | −82.4% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 736 | 7,744 | 8,500 | ||
| R | 699 | 6,991 | 7,746 | ||
| R | 619 | 5,567 | 6,301 | ||
| R | 939 | 4,964 | 6,020 | ||
| R | 1,119 | 5,080 | 6,277 | ||
| R | 1,258 | 4,333 | 5,626 | ||
| R | 1,372 | 3,118 | 4,566 | ||
| R | 1,494 | 1,738 | 3,634 | ||
| D | 1,883 | 1,541 | 4,274 | ||
| R | 1,450 | 1,539 | 3,007 | ||
| R | 1,517 | 1,679 | 3,196 | ||
| D | 2,066 | 882 | 2,977 | ||
| D | 2,294 | 358 | 2,652 | ||
| R | 338 | 1,587 | 1,925 | ||
| O | 317 | 237 | 2,263 | ||
| R | 909 | 1,231 | 2,140 | ||
| D | 1,333 | 344 | 1,677 | ||
| D | 1,208 | 228 | 1,436 | ||
| D | 1,082 | 276 | 1,358 | ||
| D | 463 | 79 | 766 | ||
| D | 540 | 124 | 664 | ||
| D | 960 | 67 | 1,030 | ||
| D | 527 | 40 | 572 | ||
| D | 693 | 22 | 717 | ||
| R | 166 | 172 | 338 | ||
| D | 238 | 9 | 279 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
10.4%
English
8.8%
Irish
7.6%
German
4.8%
Polish
0.9%
Scottish
0.9%
Italian
0.8%
African American
2.6%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$58,239
Brantley County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Brantley County$58,239
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Brantley County ranks near the middle of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
17.1%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1821.5%
Working age (18–64)16.2%
Seniors (65+)13.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.4%
speak English only
Spanish0.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 66.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
This rural southeast Georgia county of roughly 15,000 delivered an R+82.5 margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided presidential results in the state and reflecting the deep partisan sorting common across Georgia's wiregrass region.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at eighty-two points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved one point toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was eighty-two points.
A median household income of $58,239, a 17% poverty rate, and a 91% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lamar County and Freestone County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Brantley County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Brantley County, Georgia voted Republican by 82.4 points (R+82), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,500 votes cast, 736 went Democratic and 7,744 went Republican.
What is Brantley County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Brantley County, Georgia in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology — Deeply Republican, heavily Baptist counties of the Deep South. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 12 times, Republican 13 times, and other 1 times.
When did Brantley County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Brantley County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Brantley County, Georgia?
Brantley County, Georgia has a population of 18,315 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Brantley County, Georgia?
Median household income in Brantley County, Georgia is $58,239 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Brantley County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Brantley County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 12 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.