Dodge County, Georgia: Evangelical Deep South county. In 2024, voted R+50%. Democratic peak: D+98 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+50MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
- Population
- 19,8052024 5-year
- Median household income
- $51,5872024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 64.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 31.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+66 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Irwin County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Dodge CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Dodge 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 | +57.9% |
| 1896 | +26.6% |
| 1900 | +43.5% |
| 1904 | +73.6% |
| 1908 | +46.9% |
| 1912 | +84.5% |
| 1916 | +81.6% |
| 1920 | +56.0% |
| 1924 | +89.1% |
| 1928 | +42.5% |
| 1932 | +97.6% |
| 1936 | +88.9% |
| 1940 | +76.2% |
| 1944 | +71.7% |
| 1948 | +61.3% |
| 1952 | +76.7% |
| 1956 | +65.0% |
| 1960 | +52.4% |
| 1964 | −16.1% |
| 1968 | +3.1% |
| 1972 | −66.2% |
| 1976 | +72.3% |
| 1980 | +45.2% |
| 1984 | −4.8% |
| 1988 | −10.5% |
| 1992 | +11.4% |
| 1996 | +3.8% |
| 2000 | −19.5% |
| 2004 | −31.4% |
| 2008 | −35.9% |
| 2012 | −35.7% |
| 2016 | −45.4% |
| 2020 | −45.5% |
| 2024 | −49.9% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,081 | 6,249 | 8,350 | ||
| R | 2,171 | 5,843 | 8,070 | ||
| R | 1,839 | 5,021 | 7,009 | ||
| R | 2,442 | 5,214 | 7,754 | ||
| R | 2,595 | 5,543 | 8,212 | ||
| R | 2,384 | 4,584 | 6,996 | ||
| R | 2,326 | 3,472 | 5,877 | ||
| D | 2,696 | 2,478 | 5,781 | ||
| D | 3,002 | 2,287 | 6,278 | ||
| R | 2,164 | 2,677 | 4,872 | ||
| R | 2,513 | 2,765 | 5,278 | ||
| D | 4,635 | 1,719 | 6,453 | ||
| D | 5,267 | 848 | 6,115 | ||
| R | 884 | 4,346 | 5,230 | ||
| O | 1,230 | 1,055 | 5,691 | ||
| R | 2,376 | 3,285 | 5,661 | ||
| D | 3,630 | 1,134 | 4,764 | ||
| D | 3,479 | 738 | 4,217 | ||
| D | 3,445 | 454 | 3,899 | ||
| D | 1,725 | 210 | 2,473 | ||
| D | 1,437 | 237 | 1,674 | ||
| D | 1,280 | 171 | 1,456 | ||
| D | 1,259 | 71 | 1,336 | ||
| D | 2,809 | 33 | 2,843 | ||
| D | 677 | 273 | 950 | ||
| D | 1,654 | 91 | 1,754 | ||
| D | 627 | 177 | 804 | ||
| D | 788 | 64 | 887 | ||
| D | 637 | 12 | 740 | ||
| D | 544 | 177 | 782 | ||
| D | 688 | 98 | 802 | ||
| D | 541 | 211 | 758 | ||
| D | 568 | 315 | 952 | ||
| D | 795 | 209 | 1,012 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
11.0%
American
8.8%
Irish
5.0%
German
2.4%
Scottish
1.2%
Italian
0.5%
African American
24.8%
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: 42.6 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
$51,587
Dodge County ranks in the bottom 25% of US counties.
Dodge County$51,587
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Dodge County ranks in the bottom 25% 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
21.5%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.4%
Working age (18–64)20.5%
Seniors (65+)21.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.6%
speak English only
Spanish2.0%
Other languages0.2%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 34.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Dodge County's pine-belt economy and small-town demographic profile have produced some of Georgia's widest presidential margins over the past two election cycles, making it a reliable bellwether for deep-rural Republican strength in the state.
The Republican margin here reached its widest at sixty-six points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty points.
A median household income of $51,587, a 22% poverty rate, and a 64% non-Hispanic-white share describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Irwin County and Atkinson County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Dodge County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Dodge County, Georgia voted Republican by 49.9 points (R+50), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,350 votes cast, 2,081 went Democratic and 6,249 went Republican.
What is Dodge County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places Dodge 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 22 times, Republican 11 times, and other 1 times.
When did Dodge County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Dodge County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Dodge County, Georgia?
Dodge County, Georgia has a population of 19,805 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dodge County, Georgia?
Median household income in Dodge County, Georgia is $51,587 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Dodge County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Dodge County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 11 went Republican. The county's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.