Baldwin County, Georgia is a rural area with a long and proud history of political engagement. While the county does not have its own local government, it is served by the state legislature and the federal government. On the state level, citizens in Baldwin County are represented by Senator Tom Hensley and Representative Mike Dugan in the Georgia General Assembly. At the federal level, Congressman Sanford Bishop represents Baldwin County’s interests in Washington D.C. All candidates emphasize issues that are important to Baldwin County such as economic growth, job creation, and environmental protection. Furthermore, politicians from both sides of the aisle have worked together to promote legislation that strengthens education in Baldwin County. Local campaigns often focus on grassroots organization and community action to ensure that all voices are heard in discussion about policy issues that affect the area.
The political climate in Baldwin County, GA is leaning liberal.
In Baldwin County, GA 50.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baldwin county remained narrowly Democratic, 50.1% to 48.8%.
Baldwin county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Baldwin County, GA is leaning liberal.
Milledgeville 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.
Baldwin, Georgia: r r 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 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 Baldwin County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 364 contributions totaling $30,487 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 193 contributions totaling $46,383 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)