| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 2,199 | 4,281 | 6,501 | |
| 2020 | R | 2,392 | 4,110 | 6,560 | |
| 2016 | R | 2,101 | 3,739 | 5,936 | |
| 2012 | R | 2,512 | 3,396 | 5,970 | |
| 2008 | R | 2,590 | 3,417 | 6,036 | |
| 2004 | R | 2,180 | 3,331 | 5,545 | |
| 2000 | R | 2,234 | 2,381 | 4,661 | |
| 1996 | D | 2,198 | 1,516 | 4,088 | |
| 1992 | D | 2,348 | 1,476 | 4,464 | |
| 1988 | R | 1,867 | 2,005 | 3,918 | |
| 1984 | R | 1,859 | 2,313 | 4,172 | |
| 1980 | D | 2,544 | 1,459 | 4,067 | |
| 1976 | D | 2,449 | 814 | 3,263 | |
| 1972 | R | 703 | 2,104 | 2,807 | |
| 1968 | D | 876 | 661 | 3,371 | |
| 1964 | R | 1,523 | 2,089 | 3,613 | |
| 1960 | D | 1,881 | 558 | 2,439 | |
| 1956 | D | 2,150 | 554 | 2,704 | |
| 1952 | D | 2,048 | 697 | 2,745 | |
| 1948 | D | 1,438 | 223 | 1,896 | |
| 1944 | D | 1,046 | 190 | 1,237 | |
| 1940 | D | 1,206 | 181 | 1,392 | |
| 1936 | D | 1,147 | 146 | 1,294 | |
| 1932 | D | 1,026 | 85 | 1,116 | |
| 1928 | D | 1,006 | 460 | 1,466 | |
| 1924 | D | 507 | 150 | 847 | |
| 1920 | D | 543 | 232 | 775 | |
| 1916 | D | 627 | 8 | 769 | |
| 1912 | D | 535 | 34 | 832 | |
| 1908 | R | 407 | 412 | 972 | |
| 1904 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Ben Hill's roughly 17,000 residents are split between the city of Fitzgerald and rural farmland, a mix that once produced competitive results but has shifted toward lopsided Republican margins in recent presidential contests.
The Democratic margin in Ben Hill County peaked at eighty-four points in 1932. By 2000 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was thirty-two points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.
The economic context is the key. Ben Hill County's median household income of $41,758 sits well below state and national norms, and 25% 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 Taylor County and Turner County.