The politics in 39854 Georgetown-Quitman County unified, GA is a reflection of the surrounding area with its conservative values and commitment to traditional ideologies. The county is represented in Congress by Representative Sanford Bishop who has held his seat since 1993. His platform focuses on fighting poverty, ensuring economic security for all constituents, and promoting civil rights and social justice. On the state level, the county is represented by Senator John Kennedy who was elected to office in 2013. He has championed lower taxes, smaller government, and an increase in state investment in rural communities. At the local level, officials are elected from the various townships such as Georgetown City Council members and Quitman County Board of Commissioners members. They are responsible for overseeing public services such as road maintenance, law enforcement, firefighting, etc., making sure that these areas have adequate resources to serve their citizens.
The political climate in Zip 39854 (Georgetown-Quitman County unified, GA) is leaning conservative.
Quitman County, GA is somewhat conservative. In Quitman County, GA 44.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Quitman county remained moderately Republican, 54.6% to 44.9%.
Quitman county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39854 (Georgetown-Quitman County unified, GA) is leaning conservative.
Georgetown-Quitman County unified, Georgia is leaning conservative.
Quitman County, Georgia is somewhat conservative.
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Georgia is leaning liberal.
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VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Georgetown-Quitman County unified, Georgia: D D d d 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 39854 (Georgetown-Quitman County unified)
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 53 contributions totaling $2,258 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)