Atkinson County is a part of the larger Georgia state political system. The county has two representatives in the House of Representatives, one being from the Republican party and the other from the Democratic party. Atkinson County also has two representatives in the State Senate, both belonging to the Republican Party. Each representative serves as a voice for their constituents in their respective districts. In terms of local politics, Atkinson County is divided into six separate municipal governments: Pearson City, Willacoochee City, Douglas City, Chauncey Town, Denton City and Hoboken Town. Each municipality has its own mayor and city council members who are responsible for making decisions about how best to serve their constituents. As a result of these elected officials' leadership and commitment to providing quality services, Atkinson County has become an increasingly desirable place to live and work.
The political climate in Atkinson County, GA is very conservative.
In Atkinson County, GA 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Atkinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.9% to 26.1%.
Atkinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Atkinson County, GA is very 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.
Atkinson, 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 Atkinson County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $6,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)