Fort Gaines, GA is a small town with a unique political dynamic. The population of the town is spread out among a few different precincts, each electing representatives to the local and state governments. The people of Fort Gaines take their politics seriously and participate actively in all local elections. Candidates for local and state offices often come from Fort Gaines, and are known for their commitment to the citizens of the city. All candidates strive to work hard for their constituents, ensuring that they bring the best resources possible into the city. In recent elections, voter turnout has been higher than average due to people wanting to make sure their voices are heard in the political process. People in Fort Gaines are engaged and passionate about politics, demonstrating an impressive level of civic engagement that helps keep the community vibrant.
The political climate in Zip 39851 (Fort Gaines, GA) is somewhat 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 39851 (Fort Gaines, GA) is somewhat liberal.
Fort Gaines, Georgia is somewhat 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.
Fort Gaines, 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 39851 (Fort Gaines)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $3,269 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)