The politics in the Summerville, GA Metro Area are largely driven by local initiatives and issues. These include addressing housing affordability, improving public transportation, increasing economic development opportunities, and protecting the environment. The political candidates that are running for office in this area vary from year to year, but generally these candidates focus on representing their constituents’ interests over any particular party ideology. Local elections are usually more competitive than those at the national level as people tend to be more involved with local politics and care deeply about their district’s success. Issues such as health care, education, employment and social welfare are often topics of debate during campaigns. Voter turnout is typically high during elections as citizens strive to make sure their voices are heard and they have a say in who will be leading their community into the future.
The political climate in Summerville Metro Area is very conservative.
In Summerville Metro Area 18.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Summerville metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.2% to 18.4%.
The Summerville metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Summerville 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.
Summerville, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Summerville Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 196 contributions totaling $35,347 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 154 contributions totaling $88,491 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $575 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)