The politics in 31539 Hazlehurst, GA are largely centered around local government and community members. The city of Hazlehurst is served by a mayor and five city council members who are elected to serve two-year terms. The mayor and council members often work together to make important decisions about the city's budget, zoning, ordinances, infrastructure development, and other matters that impact citizens’ daily lives. In addition to these governing bodies, there is also an engaged electorate that actively participates in local elections. Community meetings provide citizens with the opportunity to express their opinions on issues including public safety and economic development initiatives. Community involvement is essential for the city of Hazlehurst to remain a vibrant place to live, work, and raise families.
The political climate in Zip 31539 (Hazlehurst, GA) is strongly conservative.
Jeff Davis County, GA is very conservative. In Jeff Davis County, GA 17.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jeff Davis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 17.8%.
Jeff Davis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31539 (Hazlehurst, GA) is strongly conservative.
Hazlehurst, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Jeff Davis County, Georgia is very conservative.
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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.
Hazlehurst, 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 31539 (Hazlehurst)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $2,125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 82 contributions totaling $7,852 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)