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1876–2024
Talbot County, Georgia
Talbot County·Georgia

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

A small Black-majority rural county that consistently trends Democratic

18762024·38 elections
Talbot County, Georgia · Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+12
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
5,742
2024 ACS
Most similar
Taliaferro County
GA · similarity 1.00
7 precincts · 3,379 votes cast
Harris · D+12
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+12.0%
1,8881,4833,379
2020D
+20.5%
2,1141,3923,522
2016D
+24.7%
2,0021,1963,261
2012D
+30.4%
2,2651,2023,493
2008D
+28.9%
2,3691,3013,700
2004D
+24.7%
1,8301,1032,947
2000D
+32.3%
1,6628442,531
1996D
+39.5%
1,5796522,346
1992D
+40.9%
1,7686712,682
1988D
+21.7%
1,2488022,060
1984D
+31.5%
1,4947782,272
1980D
+47.4%
1,6355722,243
1976D
+56.1%
1,6344592,093
1972R
−32.2%
5089901,498
1968D
+12.7%
5103171,515
1964R
−4.0%
6276791,306
1960D
+57.7%
771207978
1956D
+67.8%
710136846
1952D
+59.0%
678175853
1948D
+60.3%
58292812
1944D
+89.7%
83245877
1940D
+86.0%
65649706
1936D
+89.6%
79641843
1932D
+90.3%
91245960
1928D
+75.7%
53674610
1924D
+87.1%
49133526
1920D
+79.6%
37943422
1916D
+91.1%
51117542
1912D
+81.0%
4468541
1908D
+47.4%
408129588
1904D
+70.1%
48474585
1900D
+56.9%
405107524
1896D
+48.8%
472156648
1892D
+39.1%
619242965
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
43.0%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
26.2%
Methodist
8.0%
Other Christian
0.9%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Talbot County's population of roughly 6,500 is majority Black, a demographic pattern that has anchored its Democratic lean across multiple election cycles despite the broader rightward shift of rural Georgia.

The Democratic margin in Talbot County peaked at ninety-one points in 1916. By 1976 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was twelve points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Talbot County's median household income of $41,597 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 Taliaferro County and Phillips County.