Candler County is located in the southeastern region of Georgia. It is a rural area with a population of around 9,500 people. Local politics are dominated by the county government which is comprised of five county commissioners who are elected to four-year terms. The local elections for county commissioner usually draw a good amount of interest from the residents and have competitive races. Candler County has traditionally been an agricultural community, but in recent years there has been an influx of new businesses and industry that have provided much needed economic growth for the citizens. Issues such as education, infrastructure development, economic development, and public safety are top priorities on the minds of local voters. With so many issues to be addressed in the coming years, it's important that the right candidates are selected so they can best represent their constituents and work together with their peers to ensure that Candler County continues to make positive progress towards a bright future.
The political climate in Candler County, GA is very conservative.
In Candler County, GA 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Candler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 28.6%.
Candler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Candler County, GA is very conservative.
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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.
Candler, 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 Candler County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 116 contributions totaling $5,896 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $11,341 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $324 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)