| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 2,581 | 4,325 | 6,920 | |
| 2020 | R | 2,661 | 3,916 | 6,628 | |
| 2016 | R | 2,300 | 3,305 | 5,715 | |
| 2012 | R | 2,774 | 3,287 | 6,111 | |
| 2008 | R | 3,024 | 3,423 | 6,481 | |
| 2004 | R | 2,534 | 3,360 | 5,928 | |
| 2000 | R | 2,233 | 2,461 | 4,719 | |
| 1996 | D | 2,087 | 1,862 | 4,219 | |
| 1992 | D | 1,940 | 1,705 | 4,366 | |
| 1988 | R | 1,461 | 2,178 | 3,659 | |
| 1984 | R | 1,747 | 2,583 | 4,330 | |
| 1980 | D | 2,117 | 1,490 | 3,664 | |
| 1976 | D | 2,168 | 1,176 | 3,344 | |
| 1972 | R | 575 | 2,402 | 2,977 | |
| 1968 | D | 1,411 | 916 | 4,157 | |
| 1964 | R | 1,446 | 2,260 | 3,706 | |
| 1960 | D | 1,490 | 957 | 2,447 | |
| 1956 | D | 1,332 | 521 | 1,853 | |
| 1952 | D | 1,584 | 692 | 2,276 | |
| 1948 | D | 838 | 172 | 1,513 | |
| 1944 | D | 895 | 197 | 1,092 | |
| 1940 | D | 1,174 | 100 | 1,279 | |
| 1936 | D | 933 | 61 | 1,009 | |
| 1932 | D | 508 | 46 | 557 | |
| 1928 | R | 300 | 706 | 1,006 | |
| 1924 | D | 821 | 288 | 1,145 | |
| 1920 | D | 639 | 260 | 899 | |
| 1916 | D | 625 | 36 | 759 | |
| 1912 | D | 460 | 21 | 621 | |
| 1908 | R | 355 | 428 | 1,149 | |
| 1904 | D | 430 | 25 | 667 | |
| 1900 | D | 488 | 376 | 1,007 | |
| 1896 | D | 585 | 542 | 1,202 | |
| 1892 | D | 852 | 396 | 2,390 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Screven County sits along the Savannah River in Georgia's Coastal Plain, with an economy rooted in agriculture and timber. Its electorate has shifted steadily rightward over the past decade, mirroring broader trends in rural Georgia counties of similar size and demographic composition.
The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Screven County, by a five points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at sixty-one points in 1972. The 2024 margin was twenty-five points.
The political shift has tracked, in Screven County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 56% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $52,792, and a 17% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Georgetown County and Chambers County.
