Colquitt County, Georgia is located in the southwest part of the state near Albany. It has a rich political history, with many important statewide offices being held by citizens of the county. The Georgia General Assembly includes representatives from Colquitt County and the local government includes a five-member board of commissioners elected in partisan elections. These representatives are accountable to their constituents and serve to ensure that all citizens have their voices heard. Additionally, Colquitt County has strong ties to federal politics with several former members of Congress having been born or raised in the area. With such an influential political past, Colquitt County remains an important force in Georgia politics today.
The political climate in Colquitt County, GA is very conservative.
In Colquitt County, GA 26.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colquitt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.2% to 26.0%.
Colquitt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Colquitt County, GA is very conservative.
Moultrie Metro Area is very 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.
Colquitt, 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 Colquitt County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 184 contributions totaling $5,454 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 344 contributions totaling $107,404 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $312 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)