Congressional District 3 Congressional District (GA) — Elections 1876–2024

Georgia 3rd Congressional District, Georgia: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+22%. Democratic peak: D+91 in 1932.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+22MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: RealignerAkashic typology
Population: 835,8872024 5-year
Median household income: $80,6582024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 60.4%2024 5-year
Black: 27.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 7.2%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+91 in 1932MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+60 in 1972MIT Election Lab

2024 results by constituent county

25 counties · 6 D · 19 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−22.3%	168,090	265,956	438,246
2020	R	−22.4%	153,992	244,343	403,132
2016	R	−27.5%	115,199	207,607	336,015
2012	R	−28.0%	112,574	201,795	318,824
2008	R	−26.6%	115,885	201,011	319,659
2004	R	−36.4%	83,527	180,238	265,507
2000	R	−28.8%	69,508	127,552	201,576
1996	R	−14.9%	64,540	89,668	168,612
1992	R	−9.6%	64,301	80,765	171,378
1988	R	−34.4%	41,452	85,327	127,389
1984	R	−31.8%	41,593	80,385	121,978
1980	D	+14.4%	60,810	45,112	108,794
1976	D	+36.1%	66,354	31,182	97,536
1972	R	−60.4%	14,880	60,281	75,161
1968	O	−3.7%	18,943	22,043	84,702
1964	R	−3.3%	37,033	39,568	76,620
1960	D	+41.6%	37,062	15,302	52,364
1956	D	+46.7%	36,882	13,390	50,272
1952	D	+58.4%	40,860	10,734	51,594
1948	D	+58.3%	24,058	4,560	33,449
1944	D	+72.4%	23,396	3,750	27,147
1940	D	+79.0%	24,507	2,851	27,422
1936	D	+78.3%	22,330	2,696	25,065
1932	D	+91.0%	21,033	948	22,079
1928	D	+27.8%	13,220	7,467	20,688
1924	D	+62.8%	10,393	1,884	13,542
1920	D	+43.9%	10,333	4,025	14,358
1916	D	+73.0%	10,369	655	13,309
1912	D	+75.6%	8,613	289	11,006
1908	D	+39.3%	6,858	2,496	11,102
1904	D	+51.4%	8,005	1,712	12,241
1900	D	+44.2%	8,431	3,105	12,056
1896	D	+23.1%	9,681	5,934	16,194
1892	D	+34.2%	14,125	5,952	23,900
1888	—	No data	0	0	0
1884	—	No data	0	0	0
1880	—	No data	0	0	0
1876	—	No data	0	0	0

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

12.6%

English

11.0%

Irish

7.4%

German

6.2%

Italian

1.9%

Scottish

1.8%

French

0.8%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 38.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.0%

2.1%

75–84

2.7%

4.5%

65–74

5.3%

6.3%

55–64

6.7%

6.2%

45–54

6.8%

6.0%

35–44

6.6%

6.1%

25–34

6.5%

4.6%

18–24

4.5%

9.1%

5–17

8.7%

2.9%

2.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$80,658

Congressional District 3 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 3$80,658

Georgia$77,353

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

12.3%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1816.5%

Working age (18–64)10.9%

Seniors (65+)11.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

91.6%

speak English only

Spanish5.4%

Other Indo-European1.3%

Asian & Pacific Islander1.2%

Other languages0.5%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

21.9%

Other Christian

11.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

6.7%

Methodist

6.5%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.6%

Mainline Protestant

1.3%

Non-Christian

1.2%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Georgia 3rd Congressional District 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 Georgia 3rd Congressional District peaked at ninety-one points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1984 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of thirty-two points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $80,658 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line.

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Congressional District 3, Georgia — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/1303/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 3, Georgia vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 3, Georgia voted Republican by 22.3 points (R+22), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 438,246 votes cast, 168,090 went Democratic and 265,956 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 3, Georgia's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 3, Georgia as a "Realigner" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 20 times, Republican 13 times, and other 1 times.

When did Congressional District 3, Georgia last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 3, Georgia voted Democratic was 1980.

How many people live in Congressional District 3, Georgia?

Congressional District 3, Georgia has a population of 835,887 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 3, Georgia?

Median household income in Congressional District 3, Georgia is $80,658 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.

What is the political history of Congressional District 3, Georgia?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 3, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Georgia 3rd Congressional District changed its political identity in living memory.

Key facts

Demographics

Frequently asked questions