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1876–2024
Kingsland, GA·Georgia

Kingsland, GA changed its political identity in living memory.

18762024·38 elections
GA
Latest
R+36
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
56,970
2024 ACS

Kingsland, GA, Georgia: Realigner metro. In 2024, voted R+36%. Democratic peak: D+98 in 1924.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+36MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
RealignerAkashic typology
Population
56,9702024 5-year
Median household income
$74,3782024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
69.8%2024 5-year
Black
16.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
7.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+98 in 1924MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+52 in 1972MIT Election Lab
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−35.5%
8,40517,81926,482
R
−30.7%
7,96715,25123,688
R
−33.5%
5,93012,31019,069
R
−27.5%
6,37711,34318,050
R
−23.5%
6,48210,50217,084
R
−34.2%
4,6379,48814,193
R
−27.0%
3,6366,37110,119
R
−6.8%
3,6444,2228,486
R
−7.5%
2,9523,5177,572
R
−16.3%
2,0902,9135,050
R
−13.5%
2,1642,8415,005
D
+33.4%
2,9241,4394,443
D
+49.7%
2,9629953,957
R
−51.9%
7532,3803,133
O
+10.2%
1,1467513,885
R
−3.1%
1,6931,8023,495
D
+16.3%
1,3219502,271
D
+7.5%
1,1781,0142,192
D
+35.0%
1,2856191,904
D
+31.7%
5522081,085
D
+75.9%
55676632
D
+80.6%
56460625
D
+80.9%
51553571
D
+78.5%
41749469
D
+1.3%
274267541
D
+97.7%
1721175
D
+83.1%
15214166
D
+95.4%
2514259
D
+97.3%
2192223
R
−12.4%
181233419
D
+9.8%
380312694
D
+21.9%
350210640
R
−4.4%
190209431
R
−25.5%
179305495
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No data
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
14.5%
German
13.4%
English
12.3%
American
7.6%
Italian
3.3%
Scottish
3.0%
French
1.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. 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
94.0%
speak English only
Spanish3.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.0%
Other Indo-European0.9%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
17.5%
Other Christian
6.3%
Methodist
4.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.1%
Mainline Protestant
1.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Kingsland, GA sits in the Deep South. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 2 consecutive presidential elections.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Kingsland, GA peaked at ninety-eight points in 1924; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1984 election delivered the metro to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of fourteen points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $74,378 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line.

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Kingsland, GA, Georgia — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/28680/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Kingsland, GA, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Kingsland, GA, Georgia voted Republican by 35.5 points (R+36), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 26,482 votes cast, 8,405 went Democratic and 17,819 went Republican.
What is Kingsland, GA, Georgia's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Kingsland, GA, Georgia as a "Realigner" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 17 times, Republican 16 times, and other 1 times.
When did Kingsland, GA, Georgia last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Kingsland, GA, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Kingsland, GA, Georgia?
Kingsland, GA, Georgia has a population of 56,970 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kingsland, GA, Georgia?
Median household income in Kingsland, GA, Georgia is $74,378 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Kingsland, GA, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Kingsland, GA, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.