Lee County, Georgia

2024 results by precinct

10 precincts · 17,730 votes cast

Trump · R+43

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−43.4%	4,957	12,655	17,730
2020	R	−44.6%	4,558	12,007	16,714
2016	R	−52.5%	3,170	10,646	14,246
2012	R	−52.2%	3,196	10,314	13,646
2008	R	−52.2%	3,100	9,925	13,087
2004	R	−57.7%	2,182	8,201	10,428
2000	R	−49.9%	1,936	5,872	7,884
1996	R	−30.4%	2,005	3,983	6,513
1992	R	−21.2%	1,811	3,061	5,908
1988	R	−48.4%	995	2,875	3,883
1984	R	−39.7%	1,284	2,972	4,256
1980	R	−7.4%	1,670	1,942	3,661
1976	D	+21.7%	1,727	1,110	2,837
1972	R	−57.4%	390	1,441	1,831
1968	D	+12.5%	673	389	2,264
1964	R	−62.0%	244	1,041	1,285
1960	D	+35.8%	404	191	595
1956	D	+74.1%	532	79	611
1952	D	+31.1%	390	205	595
1948	D	+38.2%	215	36	468
1944	D	+88.6%	447	27	474
1940	D	+91.7%	416	17	435
1936	D	+99.4%	490	1	492
1932	D	+95.3%	252	6	258
1928	D	+72.9%	287	45	332
1924	D	+76.7%	211	23	245
1920	D	+85.9%	251	19	270
1916	D	+96.9%	316	3	323
1912	D	+89.3%	210	9	225
1908	D	+14.3%	337	252	596
1904	D	+48.2%	285	63	461
1900	D	+28.4%	269	149	423
1896	D	+27.2%	285	163	448
1892	R	−16.8%	300	422	725
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

1.8%

African American

19.1%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 37.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.4%

85+

0.9%

2.0%

75–84

1.9%

4.0%

65–74

4.6%

5.6%

55–64

6.1%

7.2%

45–54

6.3%

6.9%

35–44

8.4%

6.0%

25–34

5.6%

4.8%

18–24

3.8%

10.5%

5–17

9.3%

2.6%

3.3%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$89,168

Lee County ranks in the top 10% of US counties.

Lee County$89,168

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

5.7%

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

13.2%

Other Christian

11.1%

Pentecostal & Holiness

4.5%

Methodist

3.1%

Non-Christian

0.1%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 68.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

A small, rural southwest Georgia county, Lee has delivered lopsided Republican presidential margins for over two decades, with its low population density and majority-white electorate tracking closely with broader rural Deep South voting patterns.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Lee County peaked at ninety-nine points in 1936; 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 seven points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Lee County's median household income of $89,168 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Coweta County and Bryan County.

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For eighty years, Lee County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.