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Georgia 12th State Senate District

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President margin by year

Place winner margin

1876–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 1876 → 2024

2024

Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

African American†57.7%27.4%9.9%

African0.8%0.8%0.5%

Haitian0.3%0.4%0.3%

American10.0%7.6%5.3%

English5.9%10.3%9.5%

Irish3.7%6.9%9.4%

German3.1%6.3%12.5%

Italian0.7%2.2%4.8%

Scottish0.7%1.7%1.3%

French0.6%1.0%1.6%

Scotch-Irish0.5%——

Mexican2.2%5.5%11.3%

Puerto Rican0.4%1.2%1.8%

Guatemalan0.3%0.7%0.5%

Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.

Age and life stage

Measure	GA SD 12	Georgia	United States
Median age	39.2	37.7	39.1
Age 18–24	10.2%	9.5%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	18.7%	15.0%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	GA SD 12	Georgia	United States
Median household income	$47,126	$77,353	$84,427
Poverty rate	24.9%	13.5%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	19.5%	34.9%	35.6%

Housing and tenure

Measure	GA SD 12	Georgia	United States
Owner-occupied homes	54.8%	65.7%	65.2%
Renter-occupied homes	45.2%	34.3%	34.8%
Median home value	$120,000	$303,300	$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)	$864	$1,393	$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income	49.9%	52.4%	51.1%
Vacant housing units	17.6%	10.3%	10.1%

Getting to work

Measure	GA SD 12	Georgia	United States
Mean commute	21.7 min	28.3 min	26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more	6.1%	10.0%	8.6%
Drives alone to work	78.0%	70.9%	68.8%
Takes public transit	0.5%	1.1%	3.2%
Works from home	7.2%	15.9%	15.1%

Languages at home

Measure	GA SD 12	Georgia	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	4.9%	15.5%	22.3%
Spanish	3.4%	8.7%	13.6%

Religious landscape

Measure	GA SD 12	Georgia	United States
Catholic	—	8.4%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	—	26.2%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	—	49.3%	51.5%

Origins and service

Measure	GA SD 12	Georgia	United States
Foreign-born residents	2.5%	11.2%	14.1%
Naturalized citizens	0.9%	5.4%	7.4%
Not U.S. citizens	1.7%	5.8%	6.8%
Veterans (18+)	7.9%	7.2%	6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)	0.484	0.477	0.483

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations · American Community Survey 2024 — housing and tenure (B25003, B25002, B25077, B25064, B25070), commuting (B08013, B08303, B08301), origins and service (B05002, B21001, B19083).

President results by year

Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries

HarrisDemocratic56.9%45,065TrumpRepublican42.8%33,873OtherAll other candidates0.3%250

D+14.1

Lead: 11,192
Total: 79,188
vs nation: D+15.6

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

BidenDemocratic57.8%47,145TrumpRepublican41.5%33,889OtherAll other candidates0.7%551

D+16.2

Lead: 13,256
Total: 81,585
vs nation: D+11.8

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ClintonDemocratic57.0%43,662TrumpRepublican41.2%31,556OtherAll other candidates1.9%1,418

D+15.8

Lead: 12,106
Total: 76,636
vs nation: D+13.7

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic60.2%50,153RomneyRepublican39.2%32,610OtherAll other candidates0.6%530

D+21.1

Lead: 17,543
Total: 83,293
vs nation: D+17.2

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ObamaDemocratic58.7%49,700McCainRepublican40.7%34,463OtherAll other candidates0.6%508

D+18.0

Lead: 15,237
Total: 84,671
vs nation: D+10.7

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

KerryDemocratic53.2%39,858BushRepublican46.3%34,661OtherAll other candidates0.5%375

D+6.9

Lead: 5,197
Total: 74,894
vs nation: D+9.4

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

GoreDemocratic54.2%34,910BushRepublican45.1%29,063OtherAll other candidates0.7%454

D+9.1

Lead: 5,847
Total: 64,427
vs nation: D+8.6

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

ClintonDemocratic56.5%34,047DoleRepublican38.0%22,909OtherAll other candidates5.5%3,297

D+18.5

Lead: 11,138
Total: 60,253
vs nation: D+10.0

modeled Census-place estimatemodeled estimate

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+14.1MIT Election Lab
Population: 190,8192024 5-year
Population density: 42 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area: 4,520 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income: $47,1262024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 33.8%2024 5-year
Black: 58.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 3.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+94.9 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+52.5 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Most similar: State Senate District 26, GA · twin score 96.8

presidential history

Party record book

Georgia 12th State Senate District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.

1932–2024 · 24 presidential cycles

Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.

Democratic

Franklin D. Roosevelt1932

97.2%

12,220 votes · D+94.9 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 95.6%

Republican

Richard Nixon1972

76.2%

31,630 votes · R+52.5 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · 71.4%

Most votes

Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.

Democratic

Barack Obama2012

50,153votes

60.2% of the vote · D+21.1 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 49,700 votes

Republican

George W. Bush2004

34,661votes

46.3% of the vote · D+6.9 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 34,611 votes

Best relative to the U.S.

This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.

Democratic

Franklin D. Roosevelt1940

+80.7pts D vs U.S.

Place D+90.7 · U.S. D+9.9 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944 · +77.2 pts

Republican

Barry Goldwater1964

+65.4pts R vs U.S.

Place R+42.8 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate

Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +29.3 pts

U.S. House elections · 2 House

Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.

U.S. House

Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.

Source · Akashic county-allocated estimate from certified county returns, House; not precinct-counted.
Year	Vote lead	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	61.1%48,011	38.9%30,550	78,561
2020	D	62.4%50,172	37.6%30,185	80,357

Georgia 12th State Senate District sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.9 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 52.5 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.1 points.

A population of 190,819, a 34% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $47,126 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 26 and State Senate District 24.

Political twins — state-senate districts

The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

State Senate District 26

% Blackelasticity% White

State Senate District 24

% Black% CatholicAfrican American ancestry

State Senate District 23

% Black% Catholic2012 margin

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 Georgia 12th State Senate District

counties it covers13

Baker County Calhoun County Clay County Dougherty County Early County Miller County Mitchell County Quitman County Randolph County Stewart County Sumter County Terrell County Webster County

Frequently asked questions

How did Georgia 12th State Senate District vote in 2024?

In 2024, Georgia 12th State Senate District voted Democratic by 14.1 points (D+14.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 79,188 votes cast, 45,065 went Democratic and 33,873 went Republican.

When did Georgia 12th State Senate District last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Georgia 12th State Senate District voted Republican was 1988.

How many people live in Georgia 12th State Senate District?

Georgia 12th State Senate District has a population of 190,819 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Georgia 12th State Senate District?

Median household income in Georgia 12th State Senate District is $47,126 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.

What is the political history of Georgia 12th State Senate District?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Georgia 12th State Senate District from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 33 went Democratic and 4 went Republican.