Jefferson, GA County is a vibrant community located in the heart of Georgia. The county has seen its fair share of political change over the years with a wide variety of candidates running for local office. In recent elections, issues such as education, healthcare, and economic growth have been hot topics from both parties. Both Republicans and Democrats have had success in Jefferson but generally speaking, concerns over governmental spending have largely been shared by all candidates regardless of party affiliation. Jefferson County is continuing to grow and evolve politically and it will be interesting to watch how it changes with each election cycle.
The political climate in Jefferson County, GA is leaning liberal.
In Jefferson County, GA 53.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained moderately Democratic, 53.1% to 46.3%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jefferson County, GA is leaning liberal.
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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.
Jefferson, 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 Jefferson County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $12,007 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $14,523 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)