Politically, Whitemarsh Island, GA is part of the Chatham County municipality. As such, it is represented in local government by a single county Commission chairman and six commissioners who are elected from single-member districts. The latest municipal elections saw five incumbents reelected and one new commissioner take office. Commissioner Scott Miller was elected to represent District 6. He has promised to prioritize issues like public safety and transportation improvements to ensure the community continues to thrive in the future. Additionally, he has voiced his commitment to maintaining strong ties between Whitemarsh Island and its surrounding cities so that all citizens can benefit from shared resources. With these measures in place, Whitemarsh Island can look forward to seeing positive changes in their political landscape in the years ahead.
The political climate in Whitemarsh 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
Whitemarsh 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.
Whitemarsh 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 Whitemarsh Island, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,571 contributions totaling $76,574 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 578 contributions totaling $337,666 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $584 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)