Savannah · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
91.0%
24,560 votes · D+82.7
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 90.3%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
73.6%
87,181 votes · R+47.4
Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · 60.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
202,628votes
42.7% of the vote · R+13.9
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 194,979 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
268,722votes
56.6% of the vote · R+13.9
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 240,954 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
John W. Davis1924
+89.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+64.2 · U.S. R+25.2
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +80.2 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+42.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+20.3 · U.S. D+22.6
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +24.2 pts
U.S. House elections · 3 House
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U.S. House
On a multi-state Place, each row sums votes cast in the separate U.S. House races held inside the Place that year. It is a geographic vote total, not one contest or a seat tally.
Savannah · 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 Savannah, by party and cycle.
Party
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Democratic
Obama13Clinton789,266 votes · 20 of 20 countiesprimary
○no contest record
Clinton2063,281 votes · 20 of 20 countiesprimary
Biden2088,310 votes · 20 of 20 countiesprimary
○no contest record
Republicannot ingested
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○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 Savannah
Year
Total registered
2016
593,277
2018
643,111
2020
704,871
2022
730,229
2024
763,307
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+7,358 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +86,778 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Savannah in Savannah: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+7,766
2012
+190
2013
−3,141
2014
+6,657
2015
+2,425
2016
+5,083
2017
+3,096
2018
+2,431
2019
+7,290
2021
+11,161
2022
+16,253
2023
+11,165
2024
+9,044
2025
+7,358
The Savannah DMA stretches from Georgia's barrier islands into rural Lowcountry South Carolina, blending a majority-minority port city with fast-growing exurban counties that have trended competitive in statewide races.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 82.7 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 47.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 3.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.9 points.
A population of 1,015,115, a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,617 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Augusta-Aiken and Macon.
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In 2024, Savannah, Georgia voted Republican by 13.9 points (R+13.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 474,751 votes cast, 202,628 went Democratic and 268,722 went Republican.
When did Savannah, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Savannah, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Savannah, Georgia?
Savannah, Georgia has a population of 1,015,115 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Savannah, Georgia?
Median household income in Savannah, Georgia is $70,617 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Savannah, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Savannah, Georgia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.
