The city of Douglas, GA is located in Coffee County and is home to over 11,000 people. Despite its relatively small size, the politics of Douglas are an important part of the local community. In recent years, the city has seen a number of local initiatives on topics such as economic development, education reform, and public safety. The City Council is responsible for making policy decisions that will shape the future of Douglas and their decisions are always heavily discussed by locals. During election season, local political candidates come out in full force to make their case to be elected. They campaign on issues that range from supporting small businesses to protecting natural resources. No matter which candidate residents choose to support, it's clear that Douglas takes its politics seriously and works hard to ensure that everyone's voice is heard.
The political climate in Douglas, GA is moderately conservative.
Coffee County, GA is very conservative. In Coffee County, GA 29.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Coffee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.5% to 29.7%.
Coffee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Douglas, GA is moderately conservative.
Coffee County, Georgia is very conservative.
Douglas 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.
Douglas, 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 Douglas, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 78 contributions totaling $10,116 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 175 contributions totaling $44,945 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)