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1876–2024
Camden County, Georgia
Camden County·Georgia

For eighty years, Camden County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.

A fast-growing coastal county anchored by Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base

18762024·38 elections
Camden County, Georgia · Ebyabe · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+36
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
56,970
2024 ACS
Most similar
Walker County
TX · similarity 1.00
11 precincts · 26,482 votes cast
Trump · R+36
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−35.5%
8,40517,81926,482
2020R
−30.7%
7,96715,25123,688
2016R
−33.5%
5,93012,31019,069
2012R
−27.5%
6,37711,34318,050
2008R
−23.5%
6,48210,50217,084
2004R
−34.2%
4,6379,48814,193
2000R
−27.0%
3,6366,37110,119
1996R
−6.8%
3,6444,2228,486
1992R
−7.5%
2,9523,5177,572
1988R
−16.3%
2,0902,9135,050
1984R
−13.5%
2,1642,8415,005
1980D
+33.4%
2,9241,4394,443
1976D
+49.7%
2,9629953,957
1972R
−51.9%
7532,3803,133
1968D
+10.2%
1,1467513,885
1964R
−3.1%
1,6931,8023,495
1960D
+16.3%
1,3219502,271
1956D
+7.5%
1,1781,0142,192
1952D
+35.0%
1,2856191,904
1948D
+31.7%
5522081,085
1944D
+75.9%
55676632
1940D
+80.6%
56460625
1936D
+80.9%
51553571
1932D
+78.5%
41749469
1928D
+1.3%
274267541
1924D
+97.7%
1721175
1920D
+83.1%
15214166
1916D
+95.4%
2514259
1912D
+97.3%
2192223
1908R
−12.4%
181233419
1904D
+9.8%
380312694
1900D
+21.9%
350210640
1896R
−4.4%
190209431
1892R
−25.5%
179305495
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
0.6%
African American
13.4%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
17.5%
Other Christian
6.3%
Methodist
4.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.1%
Mainline Protestant
1.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Camden County's large active-duty military population and rapid residential expansion along Georgia's southeastern coast have shaped an electorate that has leaned Republican by double digits in every recent presidential cycle, with 2024's R+35.7 margin among the widest in the state.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Camden County peaked at ninety-eight points in 1924; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1984 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of fourteen points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Camden County's median household income of $74,378 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Walker County and Shelby County.