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1876–2024
Glynn County, Georgia
Glynn County·Georgia

Glynn County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.

Coastal Georgia county where resort islands meet a working port

18762024·38 elections
Glynn County, Georgia · Jud McCranie · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+26
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
85,447
2024 ACS
Most similar
Otero County
NM · similarity 1.00
17 precincts · 44,005 votes cast
Trump · R+26
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−25.9%
16,14427,55844,005
2020R
−23.2%
15,87925,61641,984
2016R
−28.3%
11,77521,51234,437
2012R
−26.9%
11,95020,89333,191
2008R
−23.4%
12,67620,47933,341
2004R
−34.8%
8,96218,60827,739
2000R
−29.3%
7,77814,34622,384
1996R
−19.7%
8,05812,30521,602
1992R
−11.6%
8,58111,24222,932
1988R
−27.2%
6,33911,12617,611
1984R
−28.1%
6,57411,72418,298
1980D
+2.1%
7,5407,21415,173
1976D
+27.3%
9,4595,40314,862
1972R
−51.8%
3,0029,44312,445
1968R
−3.9%
3,2473,72512,317
1964R
−12.5%
5,7127,34113,057
1960D
+10.1%
3,5842,9266,510
1956R
−0.4%
3,0713,0986,169
1952D
+13.1%
3,3482,5755,923
1948D
+29.6%
2,4441,0904,580
1944D
+67.6%
1,9953852,380
1940D
+75.8%
2,0142742,295
1936D
+76.1%
1,9252602,188
1932D
+74.1%
1,2621861,452
1928R
−18.5%
5497991,348
1924D
+33.9%
612283970
1920D
+52.3%
422132554
1916D
+77.4%
47745558
1912D
+85.5%
47016531
1908D
+21.7%
467298779
1904D
+21.7%
501316854
1900D
+44.8%
674254938
1896D
+24.5%
592353975
1892D
+22.8%
1,0286431,689
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
0.5%
African American
19.4%
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
13.7%
Other Christian
9.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
8.4%
Methodist
8.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
4.4%
Mainline Protestant
3.8%
Non-Christian
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Glynn County anchors Georgia's Golden Isles tourism economy while hosting one of the Southeast's busiest container terminals, a combination that has kept its presidential margins consistently Republican by mid-to-high double digits over the past decade.

The shift began with civil rights. 1984 marked the realignment in Glynn County, by a twenty-eight points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-two points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-six points.

The political shift has tracked, in Glynn County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 64% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $69,799, and a 16% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Otero County and Boone County.