Douglas, GA is a small city located in Coffee County in south-central Georgia. It has a population of approximately 9,000 people and is known for its historic downtown with antique stores and local restaurants. Politically, the city leans right-of-center with Republicans dominating most races. In recent years, there have been several key political issues that have been discussed including education funding, economic development, and public safety. Local candidates for office focus on these issues and strive to create a better quality of life for the citizens of Douglas. The next local election will be held in 2020, when residents will have the opportunity to vote on important issues facing their community. With such an engaged citizenry and passionate politicians, Douglas remains dedicated to local politics and making sure that all voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 31535 (Douglas, GA) is strongly conservative.
Coffee County, GA is very conservative. In Coffee County, GA 29.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Coffee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.5% to 29.7%.
Coffee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31535 (Douglas, GA) is strongly conservative.
Douglas, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Coffee County, Georgia is very conservative.
Douglas 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.
Douglas, 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 zip 31535 (Douglas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $2,989 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $9,904 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $291 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)