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1876–2024
Chatham County, Georgia
Chatham County·Georgia

Chatham County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

Savannah's home county anchors Georgia's Democratic coastal base

18762024·38 elections
Chatham County, Georgia · DXR · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+18
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
300,879
2024 ACS
Most similar
Mecklenburg County
NC · similarity 0.98
87 precincts · 142,043 votes cast
Harris · D+18
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+17.9%
82,75857,336142,043
2020D
+18.8%
78,25453,237133,420
2016D
+14.7%
62,29045,688113,051
2012D
+12.0%
60,24647,204108,821
2008D
+14.4%
62,75546,829110,238
2004D
+0.2%
45,63045,48491,671
2000R
−0.3%
37,59037,84776,475
1996D
+5.3%
35,78131,98771,277
1992R
−0.5%
31,53331,92572,069
1988R
−17.2%
25,06335,62361,289
1984R
−15.3%
28,27138,48266,753
1980D
+3.4%
28,41326,49956,781
1976D
+14.1%
32,07524,16056,235
1972R
−42.0%
15,56638,07953,645
1968D
+0.2%
18,20118,10653,545
1964R
−17.7%
23,17633,14156,318
1960R
−5.0%
16,24017,93534,175
1956R
−25.1%
8,69814,52023,218
1952R
−3.9%
14,37015,53229,902
1948D
+20.5%
10,8645,96623,897
1944D
+61.8%
8,7252,05810,783
1940D
+66.9%
10,0481,98512,052
1936D
+78.0%
10,0191,22711,270
1932D
+65.2%
8,0201,6699,744
1928D
+2.3%
5,5345,28810,822
1924D
+49.4%
6,1581,8008,815
1920D
+62.0%
4,2439955,238
1916D
+71.7%
3,7973684,781
1912D
+78.2%
3,2742383,881
1908D
+46.0%
3,3051,2094,556
1904D
+75.5%
2,6453633,022
1900D
+57.0%
3,3529164,275
1896D
+17.0%
2,5061,6974,761
1892D
+58.5%
5,2641,3596,678
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
1.0%
African American
31.1%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
13.3%
Baptist
10.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.4%
Methodist
4.9%
Mainline Protestant
2.8%
Non-Christian
2.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Chatham County, anchored by Savannah, delivers some of Georgia's widest Democratic margins on the coast, driven by a majority-minority population and a dense historic urban core that consistently outpaces statewide trends.

The Democratic margin in Chatham County reached its widest at seventy-eight points in 1912. The margin in 2024 was eighteen points — still decisive.

Chatham County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $71,097, a 47% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 300,879 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mecklenburg County and Franklin County.