Wayne County, GA is a small county located in the southeastern corner of the state. Although it is rural and relatively small in size, politics still play an important role in the lives of its residents. The county is governed by a five-member board of commissioners that are elected by local citizens every four years. Each commissioner represents one of five districts within the county, ensuring all voices have a say in how Wayne County operates. Although there are no major political candidates from Wayne County running for any office at this time, the board of commissioners work to ensure that all citizens' needs and concerns are heard and addressed accordingly.
The political climate in Wayne County, GA is very conservative.
In Wayne County, GA 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 21.0%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wayne County, GA is very conservative.
Jesup 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.
Wayne, 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 Wayne County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 141 contributions totaling $17,781 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 284 contributions totaling $62,969 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)