Stephens, GA County is a small county in Georgia. It has a vibrant political scene that includes both local and state-wide candidates. The local candidates come from all walks of life and offer unique perspectives on the issues facing the county. Each candidate brings different ideas to the table when it comes to how best to serve the county's needs and develop its future. Local elections are held each year during which citizens can choose their representatives in government. These elections are an important part of democracy within Stephens, GA County and help ensure that residents have a say in who represents them at the state level.
The political climate in Stephens County, GA is very conservative.
In Stephens County, GA 20.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stephens county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.8% to 20.1%.
Stephens county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stephens County, GA is very conservative.
Toccoa 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.
Stephens, 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 Stephens County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 332 contributions totaling $21,401 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 180 contributions totaling $32,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)