St. Simons is a small island community located in the southeastern part of Georgia. It is known for its beautiful beaches, historic sites, and picturesque views. The politics in St. Simons are quite unique due to its small size and tight-knit community. While there are no local political candidates or parties represented on the island, the people of St. Simons are very active in their local government and show great pride in their community. Local issues such as coastal erosion, beach access rights, and development projects have been hotly debated amongst residents over the years and many times rallies have taken place to ensure that the voice of the people’s concerns are heard by elected officials. The people of St. Simons also take great interest in state politics that impact their beloved island community and can often be found attending meetings with officials from other parts of Georgia to ensure that their interests are looked out for when decisions are made about how things are done in their area.
The political climate in St. Simons, GA is somewhat conservative.
Glynn County, GA is moderately conservative. In Glynn County, GA 37.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Glynn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.8%.
Glynn county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Simons, GA is somewhat conservative.
Glynn County, Georgia is moderately conservative.
Brunswick Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
St. Simons, 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 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 St. Simons, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,245 contributions totaling $92,049 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 801 contributions totaling $278,131 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $347 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)