Columbia County, Georgia is home to a vibrant political landscape. The county is served by several local representatives in both the state and federal government. At the local level, Columbia County residents are represented by their dedicated county commission, a nonpartisan board of five elected officials responsible for overseeing the county’s budget, development regulations, and services like public safety and transportation. Additionally, Columbia County has representatives in both chambers of the state legislature who work on behalf of their constituents to craft laws that impact our community. At the federal level, citizens have two U.S Representatives from Georgia’s 12th District and one Senator from Georgia who represent their interests on Capitol Hill. All levels of government collaborate to keep the area running smoothly while protecting the rights of citizens and visitors alike.
The political climate in Columbia County, GA is strongly conservative.
In Columbia County, GA 36.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 36.3%.
Columbia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Columbia County, GA is strongly conservative.
Augusta-Richmond County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Columbia, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Columbia County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,725 contributions totaling $579,284 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,184 contributions totaling $739,696 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $339 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)