Port Wentworth, GA is a small city located in Savannah, Georgia. It has a population of around 6,000 people and is a great place to call home due to its close proximity to Savannah and access to the nearby beaches. The local politics of Port Wentworth are mostly influenced by the Republican Party and are handled through the mayor and City Council who work together to ensure that local policies are kept up with and improved upon in order to keep the city running smoothly. As a result, there are several local political candidates who are vying for votes from residents in order to be elected into office. These candidates include both Republicans and Democrats as Port Wentworth is considered a purple district, meaning that no one political party holds majority power over another. Residents can vote for whichever candidate they feel best represents their interests and values in order for them to be elected into office.
The political climate in Zip 31407 (Port Wentworth, GA) is somewhat liberal.
Chatham County, GA is moderately liberal. In Chatham County, GA 58.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chatham county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.6% to 39.9%.
Chatham county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31407 (Port Wentworth, GA) is somewhat liberal.
Port Wentworth, Georgia is somewhat liberal.
Chatham County, Georgia is moderately liberal.
Savannah Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Port Wentworth, Georgia: r 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 31407 (Port Wentworth)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 124 contributions totaling $6,334 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $7,472 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $934 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)