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1876–2024
Muscogee County, Georgia
Muscogee County·Georgia

Muscogee County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.

Columbus anchors one of Georgia's most reliably Democratic urban counties

18762024·38 elections
Muscogee County, Georgia · Garydunncolumbusgausa · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+23
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
203,711
2024 ACS
Most similar
Richmond County
GA · similarity 0.99
25 precincts · 80,491 votes cast
Harris · D+23
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+23.4%
49,41330,61680,491
2020D
+24.2%
49,52930,04980,543
2016D
+18.5%
39,85126,97669,525
2012D
+21.3%
42,57327,51070,715
2008D
+19.7%
44,15829,56874,065
2004D
+3.1%
32,86730,85064,052
2000D
+9.0%
28,19323,47952,163
1996D
+11.9%
24,86719,36046,248
1992D
+8.0%
25,47621,38651,280
1988R
−10.2%
18,77223,05842,000
1984R
−6.7%
20,83523,81644,651
1980D
+20.4%
23,27215,20339,566
1976D
+28.2%
24,09213,49637,588
1972R
−55.1%
8,23428,44936,683
1968R
−10.4%
7,59111,19334,590
1964R
−25.6%
12,44621,02533,474
1960R
−5.7%
8,5539,57818,131
1956R
−0.1%
8,1608,17616,336
1952D
+17.9%
11,2207,81419,034
1948D
+34.1%
5,9202,44310,203
1944D
+65.7%
6,4981,3447,842
1940D
+76.9%
5,3927026,101
1936D
+83.2%
5,0094555,471
1932D
+86.8%
3,4132303,667
1928D
+14.3%
2,0981,5743,672
1924D
+76.6%
2,0672182,415
1920D
+86.3%
1,3721011,473
1916D
+86.7%
1,8331101,987
1912D
+82.9%
1,817512,129
1908D
+52.0%
1,5994592,192
1904D
+78.8%
1,5221641,724
1900D
+64.0%
1,2452721,520
1896D
+43.2%
1,3655011,999
1892D
+57.3%
2,0625402,654
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
0.8%
African American
37.6%
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
Baptist
24.1%
Other Christian
12.7%
Methodist
9.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
6.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.7%
Mainline Protestant
1.5%
Non-Christian
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 41.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Fort Moore and a majority-minority population, Muscogee has voted Democratic by double digits in every recent presidential cycle, with its 2024 margin of D+23.4 reflecting the county's dense urban core and large Black electorate.

The Democratic margin in Muscogee County peaked at eighty-seven points in 1932. By 1992 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was twenty-three points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Muscogee County's median household income of $58,073 sits well below state and national norms, and 19% 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 Richmond County and Fredericksburg city.