McIntosh County, located in southeastern Georgia, is governed by a three-member Board of Commissioners, elected by the citizens of the county. The commissioners are responsible for setting policies that guide the day-to-day business of the county. They serve as the legislative body of McIntosh County and determine how county funds are allocated. Additionally, they appoint a number of department heads, such as those within public safety, parks and recreation, public works and engineering. These department heads work with their respective staffs to ensure that McIntosh County is a safe and prosperous place to live. There are also several local political offices held in McIntosh County including Sheriff's Office, Clerk of Superior Court Office, Tax Commissioner's Office, Probate Court Office and Juvenile Court Office. All these offices are held by individuals elected by local voters every four years. Additionally, there are several state representatives from this area who serve on committees or task forces dedicated to advancing progressive policy changes within Georgia. All these elected officials strive to make McIntosh County an even better place to live for all citizens.
The political climate in McIntosh County, GA is moderately conservative.
In McIntosh County, GA 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McIntosh county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.0% to 39.0%.
McIntosh county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McIntosh County, GA is moderately conservative.
Brunswick Metro Area is very 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.
McIntosh, Georgia: d 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 McIntosh County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 85 contributions totaling $2,747 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $35,523 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $271 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)