Dade County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

7 precincts · 8,211 votes cast

Trump · R+67

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−66.5%	1,343	6,804	8,211
2020	R	−64.6%	1,261	6,066	7,434
2016	R	−64.2%	965	5,051	6,361
2012	R	−50.6%	1,411	4,471	6,047
2008	R	−48.2%	1,612	4,703	6,408
2004	R	−40.7%	1,823	4,368	6,255
2000	R	−33.8%	1,628	3,333	5,049
1996	R	−12.0%	1,737	2,295	4,668
1992	R	−8.5%	1,782	2,191	4,804
1988	R	−38.7%	1,120	2,539	3,671
1984	R	−41.0%	1,150	2,750	3,900
1980	R	−9.6%	1,735	2,114	3,929
1976	D	+24.0%	2,263	1,388	3,651
1972	R	−86.9%	148	2,110	2,258
1968	R	−9.9%	282	613	3,355
1964	R	−5.8%	1,227	1,378	2,608
1960	D	+1.8%	943	909	1,852
1956	D	+8.8%	863	723	1,586
1952	D	+30.8%	1,296	686	1,982
1948	D	+56.8%	1,488	338	2,026
1944	D	+69.6%	943	169	1,112
1940	D	+73.3%	982	151	1,133
1936	D	+74.1%	857	127	985
1932	D	+75.2%	770	103	887
1928	D	+16.0%	453	328	781
1924	D	+59.9%	563	119	741
1920	D	+62.5%	494	114	608
1916	D	+85.3%	616	25	693
1912	D	+69.4%	243	18	324
1908	D	+48.9%	228	72	319
1904	D	+60.6%	217	37	297
1900	D	+47.9%	235	73	338
1896	D	+41.0%	325	110	524
1892	D	+69.2%	511	53	662
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%

African American

0.9%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 42.1 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

1.3%

85+

1.7%

2.2%

75–84

2.5%

6.2%

65–74

7.0%

6.7%

55–64

7.2%

5.9%

45–54

5.5%

6.2%

35–44

5.8%

6.3%

25–34

5.7%

4.8%

18–24

5.0%

7.1%

5–17

6.9%

3.1%

2.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$64,568

Dade County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Dade County$64,568

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

8.2%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

Baptist

16.7%

Other Christian

11.3%

Methodist

6.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.1%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.1%

Mainline Protestant

1.0%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Tucked into the Cumberland Plateau where Georgia meets Tennessee and Alabama, Dade County recorded an R+66.6 margin in 2024 — among the widest in the state — reflecting the deep-red lean typical of Appalachian Georgia's rural, small-county electorate.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Dade County peaked at eighty-five points in 1916; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1980 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of ten points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Dade County's median household income of $64,568 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Walker County and Murray County.

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