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1876–2024
Montgomery County, Georgia
Montgomery County·Georgia

Montgomery County changed its political identity.

One of Georgia's most lopsided rural counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Montgomery County, Georgia · Michael Rivera · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+53
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
8,640
2024 ACS
Most similar
Berrien County
GA · similarity 1.00
3 precincts · 3,973 votes cast
Trump · R+53
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−53.0%
9273,0333,973
2020R
−49.9%
9792,9603,966
2016R
−51.0%
8472,6703,576
2012R
−39.8%
1,1352,6623,835
2008R
−41.1%
1,0452,5213,590
2004R
−36.1%
1,0072,1503,170
2000R
−18.0%
1,0131,4652,509
1996D
+2.6%
1,2331,1632,685
1992D
+6.7%
1,1851,0092,617
1988R
−15.2%
9031,2282,136
1984R
−17.9%
9501,3652,315
1980D
+27.1%
1,6639482,640
1976D
+44.0%
1,6106262,236
1972R
−60.5%
3371,3701,707
1968D
+6.6%
5033522,288
1964R
−23.2%
8781,4092,287
1960D
+58.4%
1,4513811,832
1956D
+59.0%
1,0522711,323
1952D
+71.7%
1,7582902,048
1948D
+55.0%
1,0481171,693
1944D
+71.8%
57594670
1940D
+79.7%
68675767
1936D
+83.6%
945811,034
1932D
+95.3%
86817893
1928D
+54.9%
33798435
1924D
+58.7%
35387453
1920D
+6.6%
169148317
1916D
+90.1%
1,002211,089
1912D
+80.3%
85452999
1908D
+18.2%
414254881
1904D
+54.9%
593121859
1900D
+44.5%
608232845
1896D
+6.3%
503441982
1892D
+38.9%
7242771,150
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
18.7%
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.
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
23.3%
Methodist
7.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.3%
Other Christian
2.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 62.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Montgomery County's R+53 margin in 2024 places it among Georgia's most one-sided presidential results, reflecting patterns common to small, rural counties in the state's southeastern interior where population has steadily declined for decades.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Montgomery County peaked at ninety-five points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of eighteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Montgomery County's median household income of $51,941 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Berrien County and Schley County.