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1876–2024
Marion County, Georgia
Marion County·Georgia

Marion County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.

A rural southwest Georgia county where statewide swings rarely land

18762024·38 elections
Marion County, Georgia · Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+30
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
7,509
2024 ACS
Most similar
West Feliciana Parish
LA · similarity 0.99
5 precincts · 3,621 votes cast
Trump · R+30
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−30.2%
1,2532,3483,621
2020R
−26.6%
1,3112,2753,624
2016R
−22.2%
1,2131,9213,190
2012R
−10.1%
1,4121,7333,179
2008R
−12.3%
1,3811,7723,184
2004R
−13.4%
1,2751,6702,957
2000R
−9.4%
9821,1872,184
1996D
+16.4%
9776781,821
1992D
+21.1%
1,1457112,056
1988D
+2.4%
8448041,652
1984D
+5.8%
9518461,797
1980D
+34.2%
1,1745671,773
1976D
+63.7%
1,3142911,605
1972R
−67.7%
1648501,014
1968D
+4.8%
2471861,282
1964R
−32.6%
3657191,085
1960D
+61.5%
645154799
1956D
+59.3%
618158776
1952D
+56.3%
651182833
1948D
+44.0%
28345541
1944D
+75.5%
50170571
1940D
+77.3%
60577683
1936D
+74.1%
42062483
1932D
+90.0%
45524479
1928D
+52.4%
365114479
1924D
+75.1%
27231321
1920D
+13.5%
236180416
1916D
+61.5%
33042468
1912D
+71.8%
23317301
1908D
+13.4%
217155461
1904D
+43.3%
24751453
1900D
+38.2%
280116429
1896R
−27.8%
223409670
1892D
+4.2%
4363871,155
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
1.5%
African American
21.8%
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
15.8%
Methodist
13.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.3%
Other Christian
1.3%
Non-Christian
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 66.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Marion's roughly 7,100 residents have delivered lopsided presidential margins for decades, making it one of the more predictable counties in a state that has grown increasingly competitive at the statewide level.

The Democratic margin in Marion County peaked at ninety points in 1932. 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. Marion County's median household income of $51,667 sits well below state and national norms, and 21% 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 West Feliciana Parish and Taylor County.