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County | Cong. District | State SD | State HD
42,692 people in Columbia County have voted early in the 2026 general election, 34.7% of the county’s registered voters.
2,429 voted by mail and 40,263 early in person.
Turnout so far is 16% higher than at this point in 2022, when 36,788 had voted.
Votes so far each day, against 2022 at the same number of days before election day. Drag the slider to see the whole voting period.
White voters are 62.7% of the early vote so far, down from 67.8% at this point in 2022 and 68.1% in 2024.
202620242022
White 62.7%
Black 22.5%
Hispanic 3.0%
Asian 3.2%
Other race 8.6%
Each chart is one group’s share of voters so far, by day of in-person early voting. Earlier elections are lined up by days before election day and run to the end of this year’s early voting.
| Race | 2026 | 2024 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White | 62.7% | 68.1% | 67.8% |
| Black | 22.5% | 17.2% | 19.7% |
| Hispanic | 3.0% | 3.1% | 2.3% |
| Asian | 3.2% | 3.1% | 2.6% |
| Other race | 8.6% | 8.4% | 7.6% |
In the 2024 presidential election, Columbia County’s two-party margin was R+25.8, compared with R+2.2 statewide. That made it the 106th most Republican of Georgia’s 159 counties.
Every Georgia county, sized by its 2024 presidential vote; Democratic-leaning on the left. The marker is Columbia County.
Columbia County has voted more Republican than Georgia in all nine statewide contests since 2018, though the gap has narrowed from 32.9 points in the 2018 governor’s race to 23.6 points in the 2024 presidential race.
Each dot is Columbia County’s two-party margin in one statewide contest; the grey tick is Georgia’s margin in that contest. Democratic margins are on the left.
| Contest | Columbia | Georgia | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Governor | R+34.3 | R+1.4 | 32.9 more R |
| 2020 President | R+26.2 | D+0.3 | 26.5 more R |
| 2020 U.S. Senate | R+28.8 | R+1.8 | 27.0 more R |
| 2020 U.S. Senate (special) | R+29.3 | R+1.0 | 28.3 more R |
| 2021 U.S. Senate | R+26.6 | D+1.2 | 27.8 more R |
| 2021 U.S. Senate (special) | R+26.4 | D+2.1 | 28.5 more R |
| 2022 Governor | R+35.6 | R+7.6 | 28.0 more R |
| 2022 U.S. Senate | R+27.3 | D+1.0 | 28.2 more R |
| 2024 President | R+25.8 | R+2.2 | 23.6 more R |
With 169,189 residents, Columbia County is the 15th most populous of Georgia’s 159 counties. It has 123,052 registered voters, the 15th most of any county.
Race
Votes
Vote %
White
Black
Hispanic
Asian
Other
26,745
9,610
1,275
1,371
3,691
62.6%
22.5%
3.0%
3.2%
8.6%
Gender
Votes
Vote %
Female
Male
Unknown
23,117
19,475
100
54.1%
45.6%
0.2%
Age
Votes
Vote %
18-29
30-39
40-49
50-64
65+
Unknown
4,065
4,031
6,232
12,165
16,178
21
9.5%
9.4%
14.6%
28.5%
37.9%
0.0%
25,018 (58.6%) of 2026 general election early voters voted early in the 2022 general election
8,042 (18.8%) of 2026 general election early voters voted on election day in the 2022 general election
9,632 (22.6%) of 2026 general election early voters did not vote in the 2022 general election