Irwin County, GA is a rural community located in the southern portion of the state. Politics in Irwin County are important because they set the rules and regulations that affect its citizens. The county has a long history of electing conservative candidates to local offices, with Republicans overwhelmingly dominant in recent elections. Local politics often focuses on issues such as public health, education, infrastructure, and economic development. Issues such as animal control and agricultural zoning are also commonly of concern to many local residents. In addition, local politicians often take up national issues such as immigration reform that may be of particular importance to this region's citizens. It is expected for all citizens of Irwin County to participate in local politics in some way to ensure their voice is heard and their concerns addressed.
The political climate in Irwin County, GA is very conservative.
In Irwin County, GA 24.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Irwin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 24.2%.
Irwin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Irwin 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.
Irwin, 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 Irwin County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $975 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $23,589 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $549 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)