McDuffie County, Georgia: Black Belt county. In 2024, voted R+25%. Democratic peak: D+89 in 1932.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+25MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- Black BeltAkashic typology
- Population
- 21,7182024 5-year
- Median household income
- $56,7332024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 55.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 40.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+89 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+50 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Bulloch County, GA · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of McDuffie CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for McDuffie 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 | −10.3% |
| 1896 | −44.5% |
| 1900 | −23.8% |
| 1904 | +39.7% |
| 1908 | +25.9% |
| 1912 | +67.7% |
| 1916 | +65.9% |
| 1920 | +55.6% |
| 1924 | +41.1% |
| 1928 | −11.2% |
| 1932 | +89.2% |
| 1936 | +75.0% |
| 1940 | +84.9% |
| 1944 | +61.9% |
| 1948 | +8.7% |
| 1952 | +11.4% |
| 1956 | +23.1% |
| 1960 | +1.9% |
| 1964 | −40.5% |
| 1968 | −8.3% |
| 1972 | −50.0% |
| 1976 | +28.2% |
| 1980 | +15.8% |
| 1984 | −24.2% |
| 1988 | −30.7% |
| 1992 | −4.9% |
| 1996 | −8.3% |
| 2000 | −20.5% |
| 2004 | −25.0% |
| 2008 | −14.9% |
| 2012 | −14.9% |
| 2016 | −18.6% |
| 2020 | −19.1% |
| 2024 | −24.8% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 3,937 | 6,562 | 10,582 | ||
| R | 4,168 | 6,169 | 10,455 | ||
| R | 3,699 | 5,432 | 9,322 | ||
| R | 4,044 | 5,475 | 9,605 | ||
| R | 3,989 | 5,400 | 9,440 | ||
| R | 2,899 | 4,846 | 7,780 | ||
| R | 2,580 | 3,926 | 6,550 | ||
| R | 2,725 | 3,254 | 6,385 | ||
| R | 2,640 | 2,955 | 6,468 | ||
| R | 1,704 | 3,231 | 4,968 | ||
| R | 2,006 | 3,284 | 5,290 | ||
| D | 2,667 | 1,928 | 4,683 | ||
| D | 3,024 | 1,694 | 4,718 | ||
| R | 996 | 2,990 | 3,986 | ||
| O | 991 | 1,324 | 4,025 | ||
| R | 1,124 | 2,657 | 3,781 | ||
| D | 1,079 | 1,039 | 2,118 | ||
| D | 1,039 | 649 | 1,688 | ||
| D | 1,172 | 933 | 2,105 | ||
| O | 182 | 51 | 1,500 | ||
| D | 795 | 187 | 982 | ||
| D | 959 | 75 | 1,041 | ||
| D | 705 | 98 | 809 | ||
| D | 568 | 29 | 604 | ||
| R | 304 | 381 | 685 | ||
| D | 267 | 37 | 560 | ||
| D | 382 | 109 | 491 | ||
| D | 466 | 70 | 601 | ||
| D | 271 | 9 | 387 | ||
| O | 157 | 25 | 510 | ||
| O | 196 | 4 | 484 | ||
| R | 178 | 289 | 467 | ||
| R | 138 | 401 | 591 | ||
| O | 289 | 453 | 1,597 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
13.3%
Irish
7.7%
English
7.5%
German
5.0%
French
1.7%
Scottish
1.4%
Italian
1.1%
African American
32.1%
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: 38.9 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
$56,733
McDuffie County ranks near the middle of US counties.
McDuffie County$56,733
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
McDuffie 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
20.3%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1834.0%
Working age (18–64)15.6%
Seniors (65+)19.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.0%
speak English only
Spanish2.7%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 28.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
McDuffie County, anchored by Thomson, has shifted steadily rightward over two decades as its modest population and agrarian economy align with broader rural Georgia trends, producing a nearly 25-point Republican margin in 2024.
The Democratic margin here reached eighty-nine points in 1932. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was twenty-five points. The recent movement, modest against a deep Democratic baseline, mirrors a broader rightward drift across the Black Belt.
The economic context is part of the story: a median household income of $56,733 and a 20% poverty rate. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bulloch County and Thomas County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did McDuffie County, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, McDuffie County, Georgia voted Republican by 24.8 points (R+25), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 10,582 votes cast, 3,937 went Democratic and 6,562 went Republican.
What is McDuffie County, Georgia's political typology?
Akashic places McDuffie County, Georgia in the "Black Belt" typology — Black-majority counties of the rural South — long the most Democratic ground in the region, now trending Republican at the margins. 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 13 times, Republican 16 times, and other 5 times.
When did McDuffie County, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which McDuffie County, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in McDuffie County, Georgia?
McDuffie County, Georgia has a population of 21,718 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in McDuffie County, Georgia?
Median household income in McDuffie County, Georgia is $56,733 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of McDuffie County, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in McDuffie County, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The county's typology — "Black Belt" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.