| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 12,862 | 31,631 | 44,738 | |
| 2020 | R | 12,008 | 29,123 | 41,648 | |
| 2016 | R | 9,159 | 24,114 | 34,860 | |
| 2012 | R | 9,640 | 22,733 | 32,927 | |
| 2008 | R | 10,691 | 23,132 | 34,213 | |
| 2004 | R | 10,038 | 21,400 | 31,676 | |
| 2000 | R | 10,282 | 16,194 | 26,825 | |
| 1996 | R | 10,464 | 12,426 | 25,378 | |
| 1992 | R | 11,614 | 12,378 | 27,860 | |
| 1988 | R | 8,548 | 14,697 | 23,386 | |
| 1984 | R | 8,873 | 15,437 | 24,310 | |
| 1980 | D | 13,710 | 9,220 | 23,596 | |
| 1976 | D | 15,151 | 7,713 | 22,864 | |
| 1972 | R | 3,372 | 15,485 | 18,857 | |
| 1968 | R | 4,036 | 7,470 | 21,512 | |
| 1964 | R | 8,750 | 9,849 | 18,636 | |
| 1960 | D | 7,350 | 6,108 | 13,458 | |
| 1956 | D | 6,633 | 5,955 | 12,588 | |
| 1952 | D | 8,477 | 4,532 | 13,009 | |
| 1948 | D | 5,247 | 1,689 | 7,611 | |
| 1944 | D | 4,764 | 1,123 | 5,887 | |
| 1940 | D | 5,528 | 912 | 6,461 | |
| 1936 | D | 5,499 | 612 | 6,119 | |
| 1932 | D | 4,342 | 300 | 4,672 | |
| 1928 | R | 1,494 | 1,730 | 3,224 | |
| 1924 | D | 1,922 | 470 | 2,604 | |
| 1920 | D | 1,923 | 667 | 2,590 | |
| 1916 | D | 2,137 | 50 | 2,573 | |
| 1912 | D | 1,837 | 63 | 2,275 | |
| 1908 | D | 1,204 | 677 | 2,047 | |
| 1904 | D | 1,692 | 466 | 2,378 | |
| 1900 | D | 1,450 | 638 | 2,135 | |
| 1896 | D | 2,150 | 1,117 | 3,324 | |
| 1892 | D | 1,742 | 684 | 2,858 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Floyd County, home to the small city of Rome, has delivered Republican presidential margins above 40 points in recent cycles, reflecting the deep-red alignment of Georgia's Ridge and Valley region outside the Atlanta metro.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Floyd County peaked at eighty-seven points in 1932; 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 twenty-seven points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. Floyd County's median household income of $65,565 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lumpkin County and Loudon County.