St. Marys, GA is a city located in Camden County, Georgia. It has a long-standing political tradition with a strong commitment to local government and civic engagement. The City Council consists of five members who are elected every four years by the citizens of St. Marys and serve as the governing body for the City. The City Manager serves as the executive branch of government and oversees all day-to-day operations of the City. Each election cycle, there are various candidates running for different offices throughout St. Marys, such as mayor, council members or school board members. Candidates must be registered voters in order to run for office and their campaigns often focus on issues such as economic growth, public safety initiatives and infrastructure investment. Despite differences in opinion between candidates running for office, St. Marys residents remain dedicated to creating a better future for their community through civic engagement and local government involvement.
The political climate in St. Marys, GA is moderately conservative.
Camden County, GA is strongly conservative. In Camden County, GA 33.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Camden county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 33.6%.
Camden county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Marys, GA is moderately conservative.
Camden County, Georgia is strongly conservative.
St. Marys Metro Area is strongly 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. Marys, 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. Marys, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 566 contributions totaling $33,531 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 442 contributions totaling $51,659 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)