| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 1,649 | 7,155 | 8,838 | |
| 2020 | R | 1,550 | 6,384 | 7,979 | |
| 2016 | R | 1,210 | 5,383 | 6,800 | |
| 2012 | R | 1,273 | 4,876 | 6,244 | |
| 2008 | R | 1,391 | 4,292 | 5,739 | |
| 2004 | R | 1,430 | 3,823 | 5,285 | |
| 2000 | R | 1,495 | 2,902 | 4,497 | |
| 1996 | R | 1,664 | 2,030 | 4,179 | |
| 1992 | R | 1,487 | 1,674 | 3,704 | |
| 1988 | R | 942 | 1,783 | 2,738 | |
| 1984 | R | 1,007 | 1,960 | 2,967 | |
| 1980 | D | 1,510 | 1,475 | 3,065 | |
| 1976 | D | 1,786 | 1,175 | 2,961 | |
| 1972 | R | 404 | 1,573 | 1,977 | |
| 1968 | R | 770 | 1,492 | 2,851 | |
| 1964 | D | 1,289 | 1,140 | 2,432 | |
| 1960 | R | 1,052 | 1,272 | 2,324 | |
| 1956 | R | 885 | 1,096 | 1,981 | |
| 1952 | D | 1,111 | 983 | 2,094 | |
| 1948 | D | 516 | 302 | 824 | |
| 1944 | D | 1,137 | 674 | 1,811 | |
| 1940 | D | 894 | 830 | 1,724 | |
| 1936 | D | 763 | 732 | 1,495 | |
| 1932 | R | 742 | 790 | 1,532 | |
| 1928 | R | 517 | 857 | 1,374 | |
| 1924 | R | 604 | 765 | 1,372 | |
| 1920 | R | 256 | 398 | 654 | |
| 1916 | R | 358 | 481 | 845 | |
| 1912 | D | 230 | 89 | 529 | |
| 1908 | R | 196 | 291 | 489 | |
| 1904 | R | 338 | 417 | 930 | |
| 1900 | R | 295 | 326 | 629 | |
| 1896 | D | 340 | 299 | 639 | |
| 1892 | D | 369 | 352 | 736 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Towns County, tucked into the Blue Ridge Mountains along the North Carolina border, has delivered some of Georgia's largest Republican presidential margins for over a decade, reflecting a rural Appalachian electorate that skews older and overwhelmingly white.
The Democratic margin in Towns County peaked at twenty-seven points in 1912. By 1984 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was sixty-two points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.
The economic context is the key. Towns County's median household income of $59,135 sits well below state and national norms, and 13% 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 Union County and Fannin County.