The town of Bluffton, GA is a small community located in the state of Georgia. It has a population of 39824 and is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The mayor and council are elected by the people to serve their community, and they work together to make decisions regarding the town's economic development, public safety, and quality of life. The mayor serves as the head of the executive branch while the council members serve as representatives for their constituents. Additionally, local political candidates run for office during elections each year to represent their party or platform in order to lead and steward Bluffton forward. Through these efforts, Bluffton strives to maintain its commitment to progress while preserving its historic charm.
The political climate in Zip 39824 (Bluffton, GA) is leaning liberal.
Clay County, GA is somewhat liberal. In Clay County, GA 55.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained strongly Democratic, 55.1% to 44.4%.
Clay county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39824 (Bluffton, GA) is leaning liberal.
Bluffton, Georgia is leaning liberal.
Clay County, Georgia is somewhat liberal.
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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.
Bluffton, Georgia: D D D D D D
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 zip 39824 (Bluffton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $15,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2,500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $2,950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,475 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)