Montgomery, GA County is known for its diverse political landscape. The county is home to a variety of elected officials at all levels of government who represent the interests of their communities. At the local level, Montgomery County has a Commission Chairman and seven Commissioners who oversee the day-to-day operations of county government. The commission is responsible for budgeting, taxation and other matters related to local policy. On the state level, Montgomery County residents are represented in the Georgia General Assembly by two state senators and four state representatives. In addition, Montgomery County also has representation in Congress with a Congressman from Georgia’s 8th District. Representatives from both major political parties are involved in representing constituents in Montgomery County at all levels of government.
The political climate in Montgomery County, GA is very conservative.
In Montgomery County, GA 24.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.6% to 24.7%.
Montgomery county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Montgomery County, GA is very conservative.
Vidalia 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.
Montgomery, 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 Montgomery County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $1,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $3,814 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)