Effingham County, Georgia is a small county located in the southeastern corner of the state. It is home to about 54,000 people and is part of the Savannah metropolitan area. The county’s government is led by a five-member board of commissioners and the county seat is Springfield. Effingham County has a strong tradition of civic engagement and encourages its citizens to participate in local politics. Effingham County residents have a wide range of options when it comes to political representation, from local offices to State Senate and House seats. Candidates for public office are often outspoken advocates and active participants in their communities, making sure that their voices are heard by local elected officials. In addition to helping build an informed and engaged populace, candidates work hard to ensure that all citizens have access to reliable resources that can help them keep informed on issues affecting the county such as health care, education, transportation, public safety, environmental policies, economic development incentives, and more.
The political climate in Effingham County, GA is very conservative.
In Effingham County, GA 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Effingham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.0% to 24.4%.
Effingham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Effingham County, GA is very conservative.
Savannah Metro Area is leaning 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.
Effingham, 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 Effingham County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 286 contributions totaling $10,687 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 284 contributions totaling $37,408 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)