McDuffie County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

7 precincts · 10,582 votes cast

Trump · R+25

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−24.8%	3,937	6,562	10,582
2020	R	−19.1%	4,168	6,169	10,455
2016	R	−18.6%	3,699	5,432	9,322
2012	R	−14.9%	4,044	5,475	9,605
2008	R	−14.9%	3,989	5,400	9,440
2004	R	−25.0%	2,899	4,846	7,780
2000	R	−20.5%	2,580	3,926	6,550
1996	R	−8.3%	2,725	3,254	6,385
1992	R	−4.9%	2,640	2,955	6,468
1988	R	−30.7%	1,704	3,231	4,968
1984	R	−24.2%	2,006	3,284	5,290
1980	D	+15.8%	2,667	1,928	4,683
1976	D	+28.2%	3,024	1,694	4,718
1972	R	−50.0%	996	2,990	3,986
1968	R	−8.3%	991	1,324	4,025
1964	R	−40.5%	1,124	2,657	3,781
1960	D	+1.9%	1,079	1,039	2,118
1956	D	+23.1%	1,039	649	1,688
1952	D	+11.4%	1,172	933	2,105
1948	D	+8.7%	182	51	1,500
1944	D	+61.9%	795	187	982
1940	D	+84.9%	959	75	1,041
1936	D	+75.0%	705	98	809
1932	D	+89.2%	568	29	604
1928	R	−11.2%	304	381	685
1924	D	+41.1%	267	37	560
1920	D	+55.6%	382	109	491
1916	D	+65.9%	466	70	601
1912	D	+67.7%	271	9	387
1908	D	+25.9%	157	25	510
1904	D	+39.7%	196	4	484
1900	R	−23.8%	178	289	467
1896	R	−44.5%	138	401	591
1892	R	−10.3%	289	453	1,597
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%

African American

32.1%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 38.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

1.3%

2.5%

75–84

3.4%

5.0%

65–74

6.4%

6.5%

55–64

7.1%

5.9%

45–54

5.3%

5.2%

35–44

6.9%

5.2%

25–34

7.6%

4.0%

18–24

2.7%

11.3%

5–17

7.5%

3.3%

2.6%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$56,733

McDuffie County ranks near the middle of US counties.

McDuffie County$56,733

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

20.3%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

43.6%

Methodist

12.5%

Other Christian

11.8%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.6%

Pentecostal & Holiness

1.0%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Mainline Protestant

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 28.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

McDuffie County, anchored by Thomson, has shifted steadily rightward over two decades as its modest population and agrarian economy align with broader rural Georgia trends, producing a nearly 25-point Republican margin in 2024.

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

The political shift has tracked, in McDuffie County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 55% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $56,733, and a 20% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bulloch County and Thomas County.

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