Douglas County, Georgia is a county located in the south of Georgia and it is home to some important political representatives. The county is part of the Third Congressional District of Georgia and its current representative is Drew Ferguson. Other elected officials in Douglas County include Chairman Romona Jackson Jones, as well as Commissioners Joe Brown, Robert Condrey, and Kelly Robinson. With local elections taking place in 2020, citizens in Douglas County have the opportunity to choose their representatives for various positions and ensure their voices are heard in politics.
The political climate in Douglas County, GA is strongly liberal.
In Douglas County, GA 61.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 36.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.9% to 36.8%.
Douglas county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Douglas County, GA is strongly liberal.
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta Metro Area is moderately liberal.
Georgia is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Douglas, Georgia: R R d d D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Douglas County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,875 contributions totaling $89,407 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 700 contributions totaling $157,837 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)