Macon · how this place’s counties split between candidates 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 there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Macon, 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 Macon
Year
Total registered
2016
413,044
2018
423,677
2020
465,294
2022
472,658
2024
493,678
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+4,403 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +4,569 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Macon in Macon: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,429
2012
−1,428
2013
−4,593
2014
−3,892
2015
−3,651
2016
−2,872
2017
−1,109
2018
+1,896
2019
+1,268
2021
+2,725
2022
+4,608
2023
+3,917
2024
+4,726
2025
+4,403
The Macon media market anchors central Georgia's Black Belt corridor, where a majority-minority core city meets fast-growing exurban counties that have trended in opposite directions over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 92.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 50.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 2.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.9 points.
A population of 680,176, a 50% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,318 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Augusta-Aiken and Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL).
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In 2024, Macon, Georgia voted Republican by 11.9 points (R+11.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 318,076 votes cast, 139,411 went Democratic and 177,249 went Republican.
When did Macon, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Macon, Georgia voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Macon, Georgia?
Macon, Georgia has a population of 680,176 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Macon, Georgia?
Median household income in Macon, Georgia is $62,318 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Macon, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Macon, Georgia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 11 went Republican.
