| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 2,012 | 2,888 | 4,908 | |
| 2020 | R | 2,075 | 2,664 | 4,770 | |
| 2016 | R | 1,894 | 2,333 | 4,297 | |
| 2012 | R | 2,181 | 2,246 | 4,456 | |
| 2008 | R | 2,298 | 2,349 | 4,673 | |
| 2004 | R | 2,235 | 2,261 | 4,518 | |
| 2000 | D | 1,884 | 1,800 | 3,740 | |
| 1996 | D | 2,278 | 1,332 | 3,909 | |
| 1992 | D | 2,286 | 1,232 | 4,072 | |
| 1988 | D | 1,831 | 1,546 | 3,413 | |
| 1984 | D | 2,102 | 1,756 | 3,858 | |
| 1980 | D | 2,365 | 1,116 | 3,532 | |
| 1976 | D | 2,652 | 837 | 3,489 | |
| 1972 | R | 751 | 2,196 | 2,947 | |
| 1968 | D | 829 | 685 | 3,384 | |
| 1964 | R | 963 | 2,172 | 3,135 | |
| 1960 | D | 1,324 | 631 | 1,955 | |
| 1956 | D | 1,299 | 393 | 1,692 | |
| 1952 | D | 1,629 | 378 | 2,007 | |
| 1948 | D | 501 | 96 | 1,099 | |
| 1944 | D | 763 | 271 | 1,034 | |
| 1940 | D | 906 | 147 | 1,054 | |
| 1936 | D | 695 | 118 | 818 | |
| 1932 | D | 726 | 0 | 726 | |
| 1928 | D | 487 | 227 | 714 | |
| 1924 | D | 284 | 56 | 353 | |
| 1920 | D | 256 | 37 | 293 | |
| 1916 | D | 371 | 28 | 419 | |
| 1912 | D | 335 | 10 | 362 | |
| 1908 | D | 280 | 55 | 391 | |
| 1904 | D | 539 | 37 | 668 | |
| 1900 | D | 422 | 184 | 621 | |
| 1896 | D | 610 | 476 | 1,097 | |
| 1892 | D | 576 | 205 | 1,123 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Wilkinson County sits atop Georgia's kaolin belt, a stretch of industrial mineral extraction that shapes both its economy and its sparse, aging population of roughly 10,000. It shifted from a competitive county a decade ago to an R+18 result in 2024.
The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached 100 points in 1932; the Republican margin reached forty-nine points in 1972. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.
Wilkinson County's demographics — a population of 8,747, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $45,465 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of St. Landry Parish and Bienville Parish.
