Taliaferro County, located in Georgia, is a small rural county known for its rich history and culture. With a population of just under 2,000 people, Taliaferro County has long been an area of local politics. A number of positions are elected to help govern the county like the county commissioner, tax commissioner and sheriff. These positions are all elected by the citizens of Taliaferro each year and the candidates must have a deep understanding of the community's needs in order to succeed. There are also other roles such as mayor and city council members that are elected on a regular basis in order to provide local leadership for the citizens of Taliaferro County.
The political climate in Taliaferro County, GA is moderately liberal.
In Taliaferro County, GA 60.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 38.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Taliaferro county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.5% to 38.8%.
Taliaferro county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Taliaferro County, GA is moderately liberal.
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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.
Taliaferro, Georgia: D D 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 Taliaferro County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35 contributions totaling $1,707 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)