- Lead
- 8,103
- Total
- 13,561
- vs nation
- R+58.3
Jesup, GA
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
- Lead
- 7,300
- Total
- 12,778
- vs nation
- R+61.6
- Lead
- 6,112
- Total
- 10,440
- vs nation
- R+60.6
- Lead
- 4,961
- Total
- 10,288
- vs nation
- R+52.1
- Lead
- 4,743
- Total
- 10,560
- vs nation
- R+52.2
- Lead
- 4,136
- Total
- 9,562
- vs nation
- R+40.8
- Lead
- 2,483
- Total
- 8,004
- vs nation
- R+31.5
- Lead
- 975
- Total
- 7,126
- vs nation
- R+22.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+59.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 30,9492024 5-year
- Population density
- 48 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 642 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $53,4272024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 19.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+88.6 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+66.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Waycross, GA · twin score 97.5
presidential history
Party record book
Jesup, GA · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
James M. Cox1920
94.2%
407 votes · D+88.4
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 94.0%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
83.4%
3,677 votes · R+66.8
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 79.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Jimmy Carter1976
4,489votes
75.0% of the vote · D+49.9
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1980 · 3,843 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
10,811votes
79.7% of the vote · R+59.8
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 9,987 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
James M. Cox1920
+114.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+88.4 · U.S. R+26.2
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +99.9 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+61.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+57.1 · U.S. D+4.5
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +60.6 pts
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 17.2%2,288 | 82.8%11,003 | 13,291 |
| 2020 | R | 20.4%2,550 | 79.6%9,937 | 12,487 |
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 16,950 |
| 2018 | 17,291 |
| 2020 | 19,359 |
| 2022 | 19,785 |
| 2024 | 20,822 |
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+407 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +1,678 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | +80 |
| 2012 | −72 |
| 2013 | −443 |
| 2014 | −166 |
| 2015 | −578 |
| 2016 | +458 |
| 2017 | −234 |
| 2018 | +24 |
| 2019 | +108 |
| 2021 | +118 |
| 2022 | +613 |
| 2023 | +675 |
| 2024 | +688 |
| 2025 | +407 |
Jesup, GA sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 88.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 66.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 59.8 points.
A population of 30,949, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,427 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Waycross, GA and Vidalia, GA.
The metros whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
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