Matthews, GA is a small town located in the southern part of Georgia. The people of Matthews are friendly and close-knit, and they take great pride in their community. Politics in Matthews can be characterized as mainly conservative. Issues like the economy, public safety, and infrastructure are important to residents here, who often come together to discuss how best to improve their town. Local elections typically involve a small slate of candidates from both major parties vying for votes. While some ballots may have nonpartisan initiatives on them from time to time, most elections feature candidates from the Republican and Democratic parties. Each election cycle brings out passionate citizens ready to make their voices heard at the polls.
The political climate in Matthews, GA is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, GA is leaning liberal. In Jefferson County, GA 53.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained moderately Democratic, 53.1% to 46.3%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Matthews, GA is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, Georgia is leaning 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.
Matthews, 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 Matthews, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $128 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $8,090 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)