McDuffie County is located in the east-central region of Georgia and has a total area of 229 square miles. The county seat is Thomson, and the county's population was 21,875 according to the 2010 U.S. Census. McDuffie County has been an important area for politics over the years due to its location between Augusta and Atlanta, two major population centers in Georgia. The county is part of the 10th District represented by Republican Jody Hice in the US House of Representatives and is part of Georgia’s 23rd State Senate District represented by Senator Lee Anderson. On the county level, Democrats Tanya Thornton and Fred Curtis Jr currently serve as McDuffie County Commissioners chairperson and vice-chairman respectively; they are joined by fellow Democrat Allen Brown on the Board of Commissioners. Local political issues mainly focus on economic development, education funding and agricultural interests.
The political climate in McDuffie County, GA is moderately conservative.
In McDuffie County, GA 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McDuffie county remained very strongly Republican, 59.0% to 39.9%.
McDuffie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McDuffie County, GA is moderately 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.
McDuffie, 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 McDuffie County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 145 contributions totaling $22,553 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $18,126 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)