| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 1,179 | 2,217 | 3,417 | |
| 2020 | R | 1,266 | 2,161 | 3,455 | |
| 2016 | R | 1,123 | 1,895 | 3,056 | |
| 2012 | R | 1,488 | 1,887 | 3,394 | |
| 2008 | R | 1,482 | 1,936 | 3,440 | |
| 2004 | R | 1,494 | 1,898 | 3,405 | |
| 2000 | R | 1,250 | 1,317 | 2,593 | |
| 1996 | D | 1,336 | 955 | 2,463 | |
| 1992 | D | 1,401 | 929 | 2,728 | |
| 1988 | R | 953 | 1,288 | 2,248 | |
| 1984 | R | 1,108 | 1,399 | 2,507 | |
| 1980 | D | 1,632 | 824 | 2,493 | |
| 1976 | D | 1,820 | 563 | 2,383 | |
| 1972 | R | 484 | 1,769 | 2,253 | |
| 1968 | D | 704 | 574 | 2,527 | |
| 1964 | R | 908 | 1,509 | 2,417 | |
| 1960 | D | 1,354 | 313 | 1,667 | |
| 1956 | D | 1,000 | 261 | 1,261 | |
| 1952 | D | 1,166 | 368 | 1,534 | |
| 1948 | D | 595 | 98 | 969 | |
| 1944 | D | 698 | 101 | 799 | |
| 1940 | D | 940 | 69 | 1,011 | |
| 1936 | D | 880 | 32 | 912 | |
| 1932 | D | 510 | 20 | 530 | |
| 1928 | D | 409 | 332 | 741 | |
| 1924 | D | 200 | 16 | 240 | |
| 1920 | D | 331 | 49 | 380 | |
| 1916 | D | 402 | 7 | 429 | |
| 1912 | D | 279 | 13 | 307 | |
| 1908 | D | 188 | 53 | 317 | |
| 1904 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Jenkins County, tucked in east-central Georgia's coastal plain, is one of the state's least-populated counties, with an economy long anchored in agriculture. Republican presidential margins here have grown alongside demographic shifts away from the older Black Belt voting patterns that once defined the region.
The Democratic margin in Jenkins County peaked at ninety-three points in 1936. By 2000 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was thirty points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.
The economic context is the key. Jenkins County's median household income of $44,389 sits well below state and national norms, and 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Howard County and Arkansas County.