Last updated 2026-10-17 07:25:55
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Break the results down by the following
County | Cong. District | State SD | State HD
20,738 people in Clayton County have voted early in the 2026 general election, 10.1% of the county’s registered voters.
824 voted by mail and 19,914 early in person.
Turnout so far is 2% lower than at this point in 2022, when 21,167 had voted.
In the 2024 presidential election, Clayton County’s two-party margin was D+69.6, compared with R+2.2 statewide. That made it the most Democratic of Georgia’s 159 counties.
Every Georgia county, sized by its 2024 presidential vote; Democratic-leaning on the left. The marker is Clayton County.
Clayton County has voted more Democratic than Georgia in all nine statewide contests since 2018, though the gap has narrowed from 77.7 points in the 2018 governor’s race to 71.8 points in the 2024 presidential race.
Each dot is Clayton 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 | Clayton | Georgia | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Governor | D+76.3 | R+1.4 | 77.7 more D |
| 2020 President | D+71.6 | D+0.3 | 71.3 more D |
| 2020 U.S. Senate | D+72.7 | R+1.8 | 74.5 more D |
| 2020 U.S. Senate (special) | D+73.8 | R+1.0 | 74.8 more D |
| 2021 U.S. Senate | D+76.9 | D+1.2 | 75.6 more D |
| 2021 U.S. Senate (special) | D+77.2 | D+2.1 | 75.1 more D |
| 2022 Governor | D+73.0 | R+7.6 | 80.6 more D |
| 2022 U.S. Senate | D+77.2 | D+1.0 | 76.2 more D |
| 2024 President | D+69.6 | R+2.2 | 71.8 more D |
With 297,471 residents, Clayton County is the 7th most populous of Georgia’s 159 counties. It has 205,459 registered voters, the 7th most of any county.
Race
Votes
Vote %
White
Black
Hispanic
Asian
Other
1,654
16,645
502
337
1,600
8.0%
80.3%
2.4%
1.6%
7.7%
Gender
Votes
Vote %
Female
Male
Unknown
12,645
8,059
34
61.0%
38.9%
0.2%
Age
Votes
Vote %
18-29
30-39
40-49
50-64
65+
Unknown
1,384
1,517
2,102
6,795
8,930
10
6.7%
7.3%
10.1%
32.8%
43.1%
0.0%
16,435 (79.3%) of 2026 general election early voters voted early in the 2022 general election
1,352 (6.5%) of 2026 general election early voters voted on election day in the 2022 general election
2,951 (14.2%) of 2026 general election early voters did not vote in the 2022 general election