Dougherty County, located in southwest Georgia, is governed by a five-member Board of Commissioners. All five board members are elected on a nonpartisan basis to serve four-year terms. The county is also represented in the state legislature by one Senator and two House Representatives. Currently, the Senator for Dougherty County is Tyler Harper and the House Representatives are Gerald Greene and Deborah Gonzalez. All three were elected with overwhelming support from Dougherty residents in the most recent election held in 2018. The Board of Commissioners works hard to ensure that all citizens have access to important services such as police protection, fire safety, public transportation, health care, housing assistance and educational support. In addition to these services, Dougherty County strives to provide a safe environment for its citizens through increased economic development opportunities and improved recreational activities.
The political climate in Dougherty County, GA is very liberal.
In Dougherty County, GA 69.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dougherty county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.6% to 29.6%.
Dougherty county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dougherty County, GA is very liberal.
Albany Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Dougherty, Georgia: D D D D D D
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 Dougherty County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 795 contributions totaling $67,461 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 560 contributions totaling $135,954 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)