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1892–2024
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Savannah
presidential margin
2008R+8.02012R+10.92016R+12.62020R+10.42024R+13.9
full record · 1892 → 2024
R+13.9
2024
median income$70,617U.S. $80,734 · GA $77,353
median age38.8U.S. 39.1
poverty rate14.9%U.S. 12.5%
bachelor’s+ (25+)31.7%U.S. 35.6%
non-english10.3%U.S. 22.3%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
English10.7%
Irish9.3%
German8.7%
African American†25.5%
African0.7%
Jamaican0.6%
Mexican4.6%
Puerto Rican1.8%
Honduran0.5%
Asian Indian0.5%
Chinese0.3%
Filipino0.3%
religion
other traditions
Mainline5.1%
Black Protestant4.7%
Other Christian1.0%
Latter-day Saints0.9%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents, unaffiliated is the unclaimed remainder.

Savannah, Georgia

Akashic
SavannahTrumpR+13.9
—
2024 presidential margin by county for Savannah, GAA map of the constituent counties of Savannah, GA, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Bryan County, GA · R+36.3Liberty County, GA · D+17.4Wayne County, GA · R+59.8Chatham County, GA · D+18.0Screven County, GA · R+25.2Candler County, GA · R+47.5Appling County, GA · R+62.4Effingham County, GA · R+49.1Long County, GA · R+29.5Evans County, GA · R+42.3Jasper County, SC · R+9.6Hampton County, SC · D+6.4Bacon County, GA · R+73.2Jeff Davis County, GA · R+68.3Bulloch County, GA · R+29.0Toombs County, GA · R+50.7Montgomery County, GA · R+53.0Tattnall County, GA · R+53.4Beaufort County, SC · R+14.5McIntosh County, GA · R+28.6
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican56.6%268,722
Kamala HarrisDemocratic42.7%202,628
Chase OliverLibertarian0.7%3,401
D+60
R+60
20 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
County-level results (20 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Savannah, GA — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Appling County, GARepublicanR+62.4
Bacon County, GARepublicanR+73.2
Beaufort County, SCRepublicanR+14.5
Bryan County, GARepublicanR+36.3
Bulloch County, GARepublicanR+29.0
Candler County, GARepublicanR+47.5
Chatham County, GADemocraticD+18.0
Effingham County, GARepublicanR+49.1
Evans County, GARepublicanR+42.3
Hampton County, SCDemocraticD+6.4
Jasper County, SCRepublicanR+9.6
Jeff Davis County, GARepublicanR+68.3
Liberty County, GADemocraticD+17.4
Long County, GARepublicanR+29.5
McIntosh County, GARepublicanR+28.6
Montgomery County, GARepublicanR+53.0
Screven County, GARepublicanR+25.2
Tattnall County, GARepublicanR+53.4
Toombs County, GARepublicanR+50.7
Wayne County, GARepublicanR+59.8
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
42.7%Harris202,628
56.6%Trump268,722
0.7%Oliver3,401
−13.9%
474,751
R
44.2%Biden194,979
54.6%Trump240,954
1.3%Jorgensen5,683
−10.4%
441,616
R
41.8%Clinton151,207
54.4%Trump196,901
3.8%Johnson13,842
−12.6%
361,950
R
44.0%Obama152,092
54.8%Romney189,652
1.2%Johnson4,160
−10.9%
345,904
R
45.6%Obama155,606
53.6%McCain182,921
0.7%Barr2,539
−8.0%
341,066
R
40.8%Kerry115,967
58.6%Bush166,342
0.6%Badnarik1,714
−17.7%
284,023
R
43.5%Gore100,239
55.0%Bush126,772
1.6%Browne3,623
−11.5%
230,634
R
46.4%Clinton94,504
46.7%Dole95,177
6.9%Perot14,072
−0.3%
203,753
R
42.4%Clinton86,576
43.0%Bush87,948
14.6%Perot29,856
−0.7%
204,380
R
39.6%Dukakis65,328
59.8%Bush98,733
0.7%Paul1,110
−20.2%
165,171
R
41.0%Mondale71,644
58.9%Reagan102,999
0.1%Other155
−17.9%
174,798
D
54.4%Carter82,766
43.1%Reagan65,607
2.5%Anderson3,768
+11.3%
152,141
D
63.6%Carter88,923
36.3%Ford50,718
0.1%McCarthy87
+27.3%
139,728
R
26.3%McGovern31,093
73.6%Nixon87,181
0.1%Schmitz158
−47.4%
118,432
O
29.8%Humphrey38,763
27.4%Nixon35,602
42.8%Wallace55,619
Wallace +13.0
129,984
R
39.9%Johnson50,281
60.1%Goldwater75,841
0.0%Hass1
−20.3%
126,123
D
55.9%Kennedy43,687
44.1%Nixon34,481
0.0%
+11.8%
78,168
D
55.7%Stevenson34,874
39.8%Eisenhower24,894
4.5%Andrews2,807
+15.9%
62,575
D
59.7%Stevenson43,183
40.3%Eisenhower29,202
0.0%
+19.3%
72,385
D
51.2%Truman27,052
16.5%Dewey8,701
32.4%Thurmond17,104
+34.7%
52,857
D
79.7%Roosevelt24,086
18.4%Dewey5,572
1.9%Thomas578
+61.2%
30,236
D
86.1%Roosevelt27,897
13.7%Willkie4,436
0.3%Thomas86
+72.4%
32,419
D
90.3%Roosevelt25,737
9.1%Landon2,600
0.5%Lemke153
+81.2%
28,490
D
91.0%Roosevelt24,560
8.2%Hoover2,217
0.8%Thomas226
+82.7%
27,003
D
54.5%Smith13,431
45.5%Hoover11,231
0.0%Thomas3
+8.9%
24,665
D
78.5%Davis15,147
14.3%Coolidge2,757
7.3%La Follette1,403
+64.2%
19,307
D
77.0%Cox11,815
23.0%Harding3,527
0.0%
+54.0%
15,342
D
83.5%Wilson12,643
5.8%Hughes879
10.7%Benson1,621
+77.7%
15,143
D
83.1%Wilson9,709
4.7%Taft552
12.2%Roosevelt1,429
+78.3%
11,690
D
59.9%Bryan8,789
27.0%Taft3,954
13.1%Debs1,927
+33.0%
14,670
D
71.4%Parker8,365
16.9%Roosevelt1,986
11.7%Debs1,370
+54.4%
11,721
D
67.0%Bryan9,247
29.7%McKinley4,103
3.2%Woolley447
+37.3%
13,797
D
54.6%Bryan9,089
39.5%McKinley6,578
5.9%Palmer988
+15.1%
16,655
D
60.1%Cleveland12,788
23.4%Harrison4,987
16.5%Weaver3,503
+36.7%
21,278
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1892 to 2024. Most recent: −13.9% in 2024.flipped R · 1984−13.9%DR18922024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1892+36.7%
1896+15.1%
1900+37.3%
1904+54.4%
1908+33.0%
1912+78.3%
1916+77.7%
1920+54.0%
1924+64.2%
1928+8.9%
1932+82.7%
1936+81.2%
1940+72.4%
1944+61.2%
1948+34.7%
1952+19.3%
1956+15.9%
1960+11.8%
1964−20.3%
1968+2.4%
1972−47.4%
1976+27.3%
1980+11.3%
1984−17.9%
1988−20.2%
1992−0.7%
1996−0.3%
2000−11.5%
2004−17.7%
2008−8.0%
2012−10.9%
2016−12.6%
2020−10.4%
2024−13.9%
DemocraticRepublican
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Voter registration in SavannahTotal registered voters, 2016–2024. Latest 763,307 in 2024.190.8K381.7K572.5K763.3K763.3K20162024
Registered voters
Voter registration in Savannah
YearTotal registered
2016593,277
2018643,111
2020704,871
2022730,229
2024763,307
Source: U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAVS)

The Savannah DMA stretches from Georgia's barrier islands into rural Lowcountry South Carolina, blending a majority-minority port city with fast-growing exurban counties that have trended competitive in statewide races.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 82.7 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 47.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 3.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.9 points.

A population of 1,015,115, a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,617 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Augusta-Aiken and Macon.

Political twins — media markets

The media markets whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Augusta-Aiken
Georgia
85.1twin score
% Black12-yr trend% Catholic
Macon
Georgia
83.6twin score
% Catholic% White% Asian≠ college share
Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL)
Georgia
78.4twin score
% Black% CatholicAfrican American ancestry≠ American ancestry

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Places within Savannah

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Appling CountyBacon CountyBeaufort CountyBryan CountyBulloch CountyCandler CountyChatham CountyEffingham CountyEvans CountyHampton CountyJasper CountyJeff Davis CountyLiberty CountyLong CountyMcIntosh CountyMontgomery CountyScreven CountyTattnall CountyToombs CountyWayne County

Frequently asked questions

How did Savannah, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Savannah, Georgia voted Republican by 13.9 points (R+13.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 474,751 votes cast, 202,628 went Democratic and 268,722 went Republican.
When did Savannah, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Savannah, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Savannah, Georgia?
Savannah, Georgia has a population of 1,015,115 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Savannah, Georgia?
Median household income in Savannah, Georgia is $70,617 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Savannah, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Savannah, Georgia from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.