Tifton, Georgia is a city with an estimated population of 17,099 as of 2019. Located in Tift County, the city has seen growth in recent years due to its proximity to several major cities. The politics of Tifton are managed by both the municipal and county governments. The current mayor of Tifton is Julie Smith, who was elected in 2018 and reelected in 2020. There are five members on the City Council, all of whom serve four-year terms. The County Commission is composed of 7 members who also serve four-year terms. In addition to the local governmental bodies, citizens can participate in state and federal elections that determine representatives for larger districts. Recently, the area has been represented by Republican Austin Scott for the 8th Congressional District of Georgia. Through these various channels, citizens have the opportunity to shape and decide how their city and county will be governed.
The political climate in Tifton, GA is somewhat conservative.
Tift County, GA is very conservative. In Tift County, GA 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tift county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.7%.
Tift county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tifton, GA is somewhat conservative.
Tift County, Georgia is very conservative.
Tifton 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.
Tifton, 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 Tifton, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 727 contributions totaling $65,400 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 776 contributions totaling $509,113 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $656 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)