Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupCandler CountyGeorgiaUnited States
American9.3%7.6%5.3%
Irish7.6%6.9%9.4%
German7.4%6.3%12.5%
English6.8%10.3%9.5%
Scotch-Irish1.8%——
Italian1.3%2.2%4.8%
French1.3%1.0%1.6%
Scottish1.0%1.7%1.3%
African American†22.1%27.4%9.9%
Nigerian0.3%0.5%0.2%
Mexican8.8%5.5%11.3%
Salvadoran1.8%0.5%0.7%
Cuban1.4%0.3%0.7%
Puerto Rican0.6%1.2%1.8%
Spanish0.2%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Candler County
Georgia
United States
Median age
40.4
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
9.4%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.1%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Candler County
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$49,581
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
16.3%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.0%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Candler County
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
12.2%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
11.1%
8.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Candler County
Georgia
United States
Catholic
1.3%
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
37.3%
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
53.3%
49.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Candler County, Georgia
Precinct data
Results by precinct
1 precincts · 4,568 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Candler County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -CANDLER CNTYCANDLER CNTY
1,196
3,366
6
4,568
26.2%
73.7%
R+47.5
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1916–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1916
+94.0%
1920
+81.6%
1924
+84.4%
1928
+51.1%
1932
+94.5%
1936
+84.8%
1940
+84.3%
1944
+65.1%
1948
+46.1%
1952
+54.9%
1956
+52.8%
1960
+37.1%
1964
−36.5%
1968
+1.3%
1972
−71.4%
1976
+36.5%
1980
+13.5%
1984
−19.2%
1988
−17.9%
1992
+6.5%
1996
−1.4%
2000
−21.7%
2004
−30.2%
2008
−30.6%
2012
−33.6%
2016
−43.5%
2020
−42.1%
2024
−47.5%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
26.2%Harris1,196
73.7%Trump3,366
0.1%Oliver3
R+47.5
R+5.4
R+46.0
4,568
R
28.6%Biden1,269
70.7%Trump3,133
0.7%Jorgensen29
R+42.1
D+1.5
R+46.5
4,431
R
27.3%Clinton1,026
70.8%Trump2,664
1.9%Johnson73
R+43.5
R+9.9
R+45.6
3,763
R
32.8%Obama1,157
66.4%Romney2,344
0.8%
R+33.6
R+3.0
R+37.5
3,531
R
34.4%Obama1,209
65.0%McCain2,286
0.7%
R+30.6
R+0.4
R+37.9
3,518
R
34.7%Kerry1,096
64.9%Bush2,048
0.3%
R+30.2
R+8.5
R+27.7
3,155
R
38.7%Gore1,053
60.4%Bush1,643
1.0%
R+21.7
R+20.3
R+22.2
2,722
R
43.9%Clinton1,097
45.2%Dole1,131
10.6%Perot264
R+1.4
R+7.8
R+9.9
2,501
D
43.3%Clinton1,192
36.8%Bush1,014
19.6%Perot541
D+6.5
D+24.4
D+0.9
2,755
R
40.9%Dukakis877
58.8%Bush1,261
0.3%
R+17.9
D+1.3
R+10.2
2,144
R
40.4%Mondale1,014
59.6%Reagan1,497
0.0%
R+19.2
R+32.8
R+1.0
2,511
D
56.1%Carter1,358
42.5%Reagan1,030
1.4%
D+13.5
R+22.9
D+23.3
2,421
D
68.2%Carter1,388
31.8%Ford646
0.0%
D+36.5
D+107.9
D+34.4
2,034
R
14.3%McGovern238
85.7%Nixon1,427
0.0%
R+71.4
R+72.7
R+48.3
1,665
O
21.2%Humphrey587
20.0%Nixon552
58.8%
Wallace +37.5
D+37.8
D+2.0
2,763
R
31.7%Johnson795
68.3%Goldwater1,710
0.0%
R+36.5
R+73.6
R+59.1
2,505
D
68.5%Kennedy943
31.5%Nixon433
0.0%
D+37.1
R+15.7
D+36.9
1,376
D
76.4%Stevenson996
23.6%Eisenhower308
0.0%
D+52.8
R+2.1
D+68.2
1,304
D
77.4%Stevenson1,448
22.6%Eisenhower422
0.0%
D+54.9
D+8.8
D+65.6
1,870
D
58.5%Truman589
12.4%Dewey125
29.1%
D+46.1
R+19.0
D+41.6
1,007
D
82.6%Roosevelt653
17.4%Dewey138
0.0%
D+65.1
R+19.1
D+57.6
791
D
92.0%Roosevelt748
7.7%Willkie63
0.2%
D+84.3
R+0.6
D+74.3
813
D
92.3%Roosevelt992
7.4%Landon80
0.3%
D+84.8
R+9.7
D+60.6
1,075
D
97.1%Roosevelt476
2.7%Hoover13
0.2%
D+94.5
D+43.4
D+76.7
490
D
75.6%Smith411
24.4%Hoover133
0.0%
D+51.1
R+33.3
D+68.6
544
D
89.6%Davis241
5.2%Coolidge14
5.2%La Follette14
D+84.4
D+2.7
D+109.6
269
D
90.8%Cox673
9.2%Harding68
0.0%
D+81.6
R+12.4
D+107.8
741
D
94.0%Wilson442
0.0%Hughes0
6.0%
D+94.0
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D+90.9
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Congressional elections · 2 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2022
R
26.7%950
71.8%2,552
3,553
2020
R
28.2%2,450
70.3%6,107
8,692
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Candler County, GA
Year
Total registered
2016
5,773
2018
5,924
2020
6,734
2022
6,953
2024
7,262
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+138 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +102 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $40,796 in average income, against $63,413 for residents who stayed — 36% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+32.5 on average — 15 points more Democratic-leaning than Candler County, GA itself (R+47.5).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Bulloch County, GA82R+29.0
Emanuel County, GA25R+44.1
Where departures went households, 2022–23
Bulloch County, GA64
Emanuel County, GA29
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Candler County, GA in Candler County, GA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+162
2012
−132
2013
−195
2014
−115
2015
+11
2016
−9
2017
−138
2018
+105
2019
−30
2021
+19
2022
+83
2023
+140
2024
+63
2025
+138
Candler, a rural southeast Georgia county of under 10,000 residents, has delivered lopsided Republican presidential margins for decades, with 2024's R+47.5 result consistent with its pattern of low-density, agriculture-rooted voting behavior.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 71.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 5.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 47.5 points.
A population of 11,043, a 59% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,581 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Evans County and Irwin County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Candler County, Georgia voted Republican by 47.5 points (R+47.5), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,568 votes cast, 1,196 went Democratic and 3,366 went Republican.
When did Candler County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Candler County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Candler County, Georgia?
Candler County, Georgia has a population of 11,043 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Candler County, Georgia?
Median household income in Candler County, Georgia is $49,581 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Candler County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Candler County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 15 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
