Murray County, Georgia is a small rural county located in the North West corner of the state. Although the population of the county is small, politics are still an important aspect of life here. Local officials are elected by residents to represent them in local government and to make decisions on matters such as taxes and local laws. In recent years, elections for local offices have become increasingly competitive as candidates from both sides of the political aisle vie for office. Residents are encouraged to actively participate in the electoral process and stay informed about their candidates' platforms and stances on issues that are important to Murray County citizens.
The political climate in Murray County, GA is very conservative.
In Murray County, GA 14.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Murray county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.1% to 14.9%.
Murray county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Murray County, GA is very conservative.
Dalton 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.
Murray, 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 Murray County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 227 contributions totaling $7,737 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 262 contributions totaling $213,029 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $813 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)