In Telfair County, Georgia, politics is an important part of the community. The county is represented by a group of elected officials who each serve their constituents in different roles. At the top-level, members of the US House of Representatives and Senators from Georgia represent citizens of Telfair County on a federal level. At the state level, members of the Georgia General Assembly representing Telfair County serve in both the lower and upper houses. On a local level, members of various county government boards such as commissioners are also elected to serve as representatives for citizens living in Telfair County. The local election cycle offers citizens many opportunities to become involved in their community and voice their opinion on matters that directly affect them.
The political climate in Telfair County, GA is strongly conservative.
In Telfair County, GA 34.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Telfair county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.2% to 34.3%.
Telfair county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Telfair County, GA is strongly 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.
Telfair, Georgia: d 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 Telfair County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $1,125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $29,891 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $374 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)