Jeff Davis County, located in the southern part of Georgia, is a conservative rural county. It is governed by a five-member Board of Commissioners who are elected at-large from the county. The Board sets policy and approves the annual budget presented by the County Manager. The current board members are Chairman Kenneth R. Rivers, Vice Chairwoman Patricia Stringer, Commissioner Roy Flemming, Commissioner Joseph P. Biggs and Commissioner Karen Haddock. They are all committed to upholding a strong moral and financial standard within their county. Additionally, Jeff Davis has two state representatives in the Georgia General Assembly; Representative Tom McCall in House District 154 and Representative Sam Watson in House District 155. Both Representatives have worked hard to bring positive change to their district by advocating for lower taxes, better education opportunities, and improved infrastructure.
The political climate in Jeff Davis County, GA is very conservative.
In Jeff Davis County, GA 17.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jeff Davis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 17.8%.
Jeff Davis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jeff Davis County, GA is very conservative.
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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.
Jeff Davis, Georgia: R R R R R R
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 Jeff Davis County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $2,125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $8,352 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)