Whitfield County is located in the northwestern part of Georgia and its politics are closely tied to the state's Republican-leaning political environment. The county is governed by a five-member Board of Commissioners, who are elected from five districts. Elections for local offices take place every four years, where candidates must compete in party primaries before advancing to the general election. Over the past few years, Republican candidates have been successful in many local elections. The most recent election saw three Republicans being elected to the Board of Commissioners as well as a Republican sheriff and district attorney. In addition, all other municipal and county offices are held by Republicans. This reflects the political leanings of Whitfield County residents, who tend to be socially conservative and favor smaller government. However, there is still room for debate on certain issues depending on the individual candidates' stances on them during election season.
The political climate in Whitfield County, GA is very conservative.
In Whitfield County, GA 29.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Whitfield county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 29.0%.
Whitfield county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Whitfield County, GA is very conservative.
Dalton 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.
Whitfield, 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 Whitfield County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 912 contributions totaling $52,109 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 689 contributions totaling $939,592 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,364 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)