Politics in Quitman, GA (31643) are heavily influenced by the state and county governments. Georgia is currently a Republican-leaning state, with the GOP registering a majority of votes in recent elections. At the county level, Brooks County, which includes Quitman, is often considered a swing county; however, it has leaned more towards voting for Republican candidates in recent years. On the local level, Quitman residents have voted for a variety of political candidates, but voting trends have tended to follow the preferences of their state and county counterparts. As such, residents of Quitman have recently been voting more often for Republican candidates than Democratic ones. Furthermore, local politics are also heavily impacted by issues such as education spending and job growth in the area.
The political climate in Zip 31643 (Quitman, GA) is somewhat conservative.
Brooks County, GA is moderately conservative. In Brooks County, GA 39.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brooks county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.0% to 39.3%.
Brooks county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31643 (Quitman, GA) is somewhat conservative.
Quitman, Georgia is somewhat conservative.
Brooks County, Georgia is moderately conservative.
Valdosta Metro Area is moderately 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.
Quitman, 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 31643 (Quitman)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 101 contributions totaling $3,752 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $43,207 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $554 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)