Georgia 4th Congressional District, Georgia: Realigner district. In 2024, voted D+60%. Democratic peak: D+82 in 1916.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+60MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 735,4702024 5-year
- Median household income
- $80,0682024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 28.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 51.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+82 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+55 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Congressional District 4, GAOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 280,711 | 67,870 | 354,094 | ||
| D | 284,649 | 65,526 | 354,104 | ||
| D | 229,330 | 59,747 | 302,756 | ||
| D | 217,580 | 72,318 | 293,819 | ||
| D | 228,895 | 74,312 | 305,230 | ||
| D | 175,107 | 82,067 | 259,354 | ||
| D | 133,279 | 65,140 | 204,788 | ||
| D | 119,400 | 62,905 | 191,929 | ||
| D | 107,862 | 69,482 | 198,031 | ||
| R | 78,949 | 85,831 | 166,112 | ||
| R | 65,854 | 95,125 | 160,979 | ||
| D | 71,829 | 65,879 | 145,928 | ||
| D | 75,539 | 57,107 | 132,646 | ||
| R | 25,615 | 88,318 | 113,933 | ||
| R | 23,895 | 43,498 | 89,478 | ||
| R | 32,526 | 41,635 | 74,161 | ||
| D | 21,804 | 19,865 | 41,669 | ||
| D | 26,457 | 13,162 | 39,620 | ||
| D | 19,194 | 12,870 | 32,065 | ||
| D | 10,374 | 4,782 | 17,683 | ||
| D | 11,081 | 2,166 | 13,248 | ||
| D | 8,740 | 1,771 | 10,551 | ||
| D | 7,231 | 1,011 | 8,271 | ||
| D | 5,124 | 534 | 5,732 | ||
| D | 2,519 | 2,227 | 4,746 | ||
| D | 2,377 | 529 | 3,257 | ||
| D | 2,149 | 929 | 3,077 | ||
| D | 2,073 | 108 | 2,404 | ||
| D | 1,310 | 60 | 1,531 | ||
| D | 1,102 | 531 | 1,948 | ||
| D | 1,270 | 391 | 2,088 | ||
| D | 1,192 | 429 | 1,740 | ||
| D | 1,365 | 977 | 2,445 | ||
| D | 1,875 | 937 | 3,453 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
6.3%
American
5.1%
German
4.8%
Irish
4.3%
Italian
1.8%
Scottish
1.4%
Polish
0.9%
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.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 36.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$80,068
Congressional District 4 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 4$80,068
Georgia$77,353
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.3%
Working age (18–64)11.4%
Seniors (65+)11.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
80.7%
speak English only
Spanish8.5%
Other languages4.0%
Other Indo-European3.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Georgia 4th 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 4th Congressional District peaked at eighty-two points in 1916; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1992 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of nineteen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $80,068 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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Congressional District 4, Georgia — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/1304/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Congressional District 4, Georgia vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 4, Georgia voted Democratic by 60.1 points (D+60), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 354,094 votes cast, 280,711 went Democratic and 67,870 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 4, Georgia's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 4, Georgia as a "Realigner" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 29 times, Republican 5 times, and other 0 times.
When did Congressional District 4, Georgia last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 4, Georgia voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Congressional District 4, Georgia?
Congressional District 4, Georgia has a population of 735,470 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 4, Georgia?
Median household income in Congressional District 4, Georgia is $80,068 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Congressional District 4, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 4, Georgia from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 29 went Democratic and 5 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.