Lincoln County is located in the state of Georgia and has a strong political presence. It is represented by several different politicians at the local, state and national levels. Lincoln County is part of the 8th Congressional District of Georgia and its current representative is Congressman Austin Scott. At the state level, Lincoln County is represented by State Senator Lee Anderson and State Representative Dave Belton. On the local level, Lincoln County has a commission that consists of five members who are responsible for making decisions related to county matters such as taxes, budgeting, zoning laws and other necessary tasks for keeping the county running smoothly. Additionally, there are many civic organizations in Lincoln County that promote activism and support candidates that share their values. Residents in Lincoln County have many opportunities to participate in politics through attending meetings, rallies and events organized by these various organizations.
The political climate in Lincoln County, GA is very conservative.
In Lincoln County, GA 30.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 30.9%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lincoln County, GA is very conservative.
Augusta-Richmond County Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Lincoln, 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 Lincoln County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 316 contributions totaling $20,399 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 143 contributions totaling $28,283 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)