Fort Gaines, GA is a small city located in the southwestern corner of Georgia. It has a vibrant political scene with both local and statewide issues impacting its citizens. On the county-level, Fort Gaines is part of Decatur County and its government services are provided by the Decatur County Commission. The commission consists of five elected officials who serve four year terms. These elected officials are responsible for budgeting, providing public safety, developing programs and addressing local issues that affect the quality of life in Fort Gaines. On the state-level, Fort Gaines is part of District 167 in the Georgia House of Representatives and is currently represented by Representative Robert Dickey. The state legislature sets policies regarding taxes, healthcare, education and other important topics that impact all Georgians and serves as an important bridge between local communities and state agencies.
The political climate in Fort Gaines, GA is somewhat liberal.
Clay County, GA is somewhat liberal. In Clay County, GA 55.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained strongly Democratic, 55.1% to 44.4%.
Clay county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Gaines, GA is somewhat liberal.
Clay County, Georgia is somewhat 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.
Fort Gaines, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Fort Gaines, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $6,538 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)