Springfield, GA is a small town located in Georgia's Lowcountry region. The town has an active political scene with local candidates vying for office in various elections. There are two main political parties within Springfield: the Republicans and Democrats. The Republican party typically holds a majority of the elected offices in Springfield, while the Democratic party is gaining ground and more residents are becoming involved in local politics. Recently, Springfield hosted a candidate forum for city council members to discuss their platforms and answer questions from constituents. This event was well-attended by members of both parties and showed the strong interest that its citizens have in local politics. While there is some disagreement on certain issues, most residents of Springfield look forward to finding common ground through open communication and dialogue between both sides.
The political climate in Springfield, GA is strongly conservative.
Effingham County, GA is very conservative. In Effingham County, GA 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Effingham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.0% to 24.4%.
Effingham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Springfield, GA is strongly conservative.
Effingham County, Georgia is very conservative.
Savannah Metro Area 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.
Springfield, 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 Springfield, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $390 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $6,457 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)