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1876–2024
Lee County, Georgia
Lee County·Georgia

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

One of Georgia's most reliably Republican counties by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
Lee County, Georgia · Michael Rivera · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+43
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
33,626
2024 ACS
Most similar
Coweta County
GA · similarity 1.00
10 precincts · 17,730 votes cast
Trump · R+43
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−43.4%
4,95712,65517,730
2020R
−44.6%
4,55812,00716,714
2016R
−52.5%
3,17010,64614,246
2012R
−52.2%
3,19610,31413,646
2008R
−52.2%
3,1009,92513,087
2004R
−57.7%
2,1828,20110,428
2000R
−49.9%
1,9365,8727,884
1996R
−30.4%
2,0053,9836,513
1992R
−21.2%
1,8113,0615,908
1988R
−48.4%
9952,8753,883
1984R
−39.7%
1,2842,9724,256
1980R
−7.4%
1,6701,9423,661
1976D
+21.7%
1,7271,1102,837
1972R
−57.4%
3901,4411,831
1968D
+12.5%
6733892,264
1964R
−62.0%
2441,0411,285
1960D
+35.8%
404191595
1956D
+74.1%
53279611
1952D
+31.1%
390205595
1948D
+38.2%
21536468
1944D
+88.6%
44727474
1940D
+91.7%
41617435
1936D
+99.4%
4901492
1932D
+95.3%
2526258
1928D
+72.9%
28745332
1924D
+76.7%
21123245
1920D
+85.9%
25119270
1916D
+96.9%
3163323
1912D
+89.3%
2109225
1908D
+14.3%
337252596
1904D
+48.2%
28563461
1900D
+28.4%
269149423
1896D
+27.2%
285163448
1892R
−16.8%
300422725
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
1.8%
African American
19.1%
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
13.2%
Other Christian
11.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.5%
Methodist
3.1%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

A small, rural southwest Georgia county, Lee has delivered lopsided Republican presidential margins for over two decades, with its low population density and majority-white electorate tracking closely with broader rural Deep South voting patterns.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Lee County peaked at ninety-nine points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1980 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of seven points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Lee County's median household income of $89,168 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Coweta County and Bryan County.