Dooly County, Georgia is a historically important and vibrant part of the Peach State. The county has a long political history, with a number of highly influential residents playing an important role in local and state politics. Some of the most well-known politicians from Dooly County include former Governor Jimmy Carter, who served two terms in office, and United States Senator Richard B. Russell Jr., who served for almost 40 years in the Senate. Today, Dooly County is represented in the Georgia General Assembly by District 139 Representative Bill Werkheiser and District 145 Representative Bob Trammell. Both representatives are ardent advocates for the people of Dooly County and have earned high praise from their constituents for their hard work on behalf of the community. They bring a diversity of experience to local government, having both served as mayors before being elected to their respective offices in the legislature. Regardless of one's political beliefs or affiliations, these two men have worked tirelessly to ensure that all individuals who call Dooly County home are heard and represented fairly.
The political climate in Dooly County, GA is leaning conservative.
In Dooly County, GA 46.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dooly county remained moderately Republican, 52.6% to 46.5%.
Dooly county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dooly County, GA is leaning 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.
Dooly, Georgia: d d d d 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 Dooly County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $2,752 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $28,115 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $686 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)