Tybee Island, GA is a small beach town located near Savannah in the state of Georgia. It is a popular tourist destination known for its beautiful beaches and wildlife. Despite its small size, the town has an active political scene with many important issues affecting the local community. Residents are sharply divided on topics such as development and tourism, as well as environmental conservation and preservation. As a result, local political candidates must have strong positions and be able to speak to these issues in order to gain voters’ support. Local elections are often held just prior to national ones and serve as an indication of how people feel about certain issues on a smaller scale. Additionally, Tybee Island residents also take part in county wide elections where their impact is felt even greater. Such participation allows them to have a say in how their community is shaped and ultimately decide who will best represent their interests at the local level.
The political climate in Tybee Island, GA is leaning liberal.
Chatham County, GA is moderately liberal. In Chatham County, GA 58.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chatham county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.6% to 39.9%.
Chatham county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tybee Island, GA is leaning liberal.
Chatham County, Georgia is moderately liberal.
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.
Tybee Island, Georgia: r d D D D D
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 Tybee Island, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 306 contributions totaling $25,650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $48,877 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $611 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)