Barrow County is located in the northeast corner of Georgia and has a population of just over 77,000 people. Politically, Barrow County is largely conservative. The local government consists of a five-member Board of Commissioners who serve four-year terms and are responsible for setting county policy, including taxes and local ordinances. The county is also represented in the state legislature by two senators and one representative. Despite its small size, Barrow County plays an important role in statewide politics as it often serves as a swing vote in tightly contested elections. As such, local elections tend to be highly competitive as candidates try to win the support of voters.
The political climate in Barrow County, GA is very conservative.
In Barrow County, GA 27.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barrow county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.6% to 27.5%.
Barrow county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Barrow County, GA is very conservative.
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta Metro Area is moderately 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.
Barrow, 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 Barrow County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 436 contributions totaling $37,124 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 648 contributions totaling $200,731 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $310 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)