Moultrie, GA is a city located in Colquitt County and has a population of approximately 14,000 people. The local politics are overseen by the City Commission, which consists of six members who are each elected to serve four year terms. In addition, there is a mayor who is elected to preside over the Commission. The current mayor is Catherine Obryan and she has been in office since 2013. Moultrie also elects representatives to the Georgia State Senate and House of Representatives as well as the US Congress. Locals actively participate in elections and many volunteer their time to support candidates they believe will be most beneficial to their community. There are many political issues that affect Moultrie such as economic growth, public safety and education reform which are addressed through the political process every election cycle.
The political climate in Zip 31768 (Moultrie, GA) is strongly conservative.
Colquitt County, GA is very conservative. In Colquitt County, GA 26.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colquitt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.2% to 26.0%.
Colquitt county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31768 (Moultrie, GA) is strongly conservative.
Moultrie, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Colquitt County, Georgia is very conservative.
Moultrie 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.
Moultrie, 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 31768 (Moultrie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $2,330 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 200 contributions totaling $76,022 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $380 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)