Madison County in Georgia is known for its small-town charm and friendly residents. It is also home to an active political scene, with many local politicians vying for election every year. The most recent elections saw a number of candidates running for the county commission, sheriff, and other local offices. Local voters had the opportunity to choose between several candidates from both major political parties who each made convincing cases for why they should be elected. In addition to these races, Madison County also held several referendums on important issues such as taxes and infrastructure improvements. Overall, Madison County has seen a significant amount of engagement in politics recently and continues to be an important part of the state's political landscape.
The political climate in Madison County, GA is very conservative.
In Madison County, GA 22.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 22.8%.
Madison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Madison County, GA is very conservative.
Athens-Clarke County Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Madison, 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 Madison County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 320 contributions totaling $9,246 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 288 contributions totaling $102,958 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $357 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)