Madison County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

12 precincts · 16,851 votes cast

Trump · R+55

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−54.6%	3,753	12,951	16,851
2020	R	−53.0%	3,411	11,326	14,937
2016	R	−56.1%	2,425	9,201	12,081
2012	R	−53.4%	2,494	8,443	11,133
2008	R	−46.4%	2,965	8,226	11,334
2004	R	−48.0%	2,527	7,254	9,856
2000	R	−40.6%	2,285	5,529	7,993
1996	R	−19.0%	2,571	3,992	7,476
1992	R	−13.9%	2,393	3,351	6,893
1988	R	−38.7%	1,639	3,724	5,389
1984	R	−38.1%	1,690	3,768	5,458
1980	D	+12.0%	2,980	2,330	5,401
1976	D	+50.2%	3,367	1,115	4,482
1972	R	−64.0%	572	2,606	3,178
1968	D	+0.6%	621	600	3,751
1964	D	+32.6%	2,341	1,190	3,531
1960	D	+84.4%	2,418	205	2,623
1956	D	+86.5%	2,222	161	2,383
1952	D	+78.8%	1,899	225	2,124
1948	D	+76.3%	1,160	62	1,439
1944	D	+64.6%	1,235	265	1,502
1940	D	+71.7%	1,160	185	1,359
1936	D	+62.2%	1,697	393	2,098
1932	D	+96.1%	2,124	38	2,170
1928	R	−5.3%	474	527	1,001
1924	D	+55.8%	504	121	686
1920	D	+42.3%	693	281	974
1916	D	+84.8%	1,241	19	1,441
1912	D	+76.2%	564	13	723
1908	D	+47.6%	560	170	820
1904	D	+72.7%	733	49	941
1900	D	+82.5%	754	66	834
1896	D	+64.0%	672	141	830
1892	D	+59.2%	737	125	1,034
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

7.5%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 39.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.4%

3.0%

75–84

2.4%

5.5%

65–74

5.6%

6.1%

55–64

6.7%

6.1%

45–54

6.5%

6.1%

35–44

6.6%

5.8%

25–34

6.5%

4.4%

18–24

3.5%

9.4%

5–17

7.9%

2.7%

3.4%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$61,963

Madison County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Madison County$61,963

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

17.2%

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

27.5%

Methodist

3.5%

Other Christian

3.3%

Mainline Protestant

0.3%

Pentecostal & Holiness

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Madison County, a rural Piedmont county of roughly 25,000 residents, delivered an R+54.8 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among Georgia's most lopsided jurisdictions and reflecting the broader realignment of small nonmetro counties toward the Republican column.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Madison County peaked at ninety-six 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 thirty-eight points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Madison County's median household income of $61,963 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Walton County and Catoosa County.

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For eighty-eight years, Madison County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.