Scotland, GA is a small town located in 31083 zip code. Although its population may be relatively low compared to larger cities, the politics in Scotland have a significant impact on the people who live there. The city is divided into wards, each with an elected council member responsible for representing and advocating for their ward’s concerns. Additionally, Scotland holds elections for mayor every four years which are contested by local candidates who live within the city limits of Scotland and understand the issues facing its citizens. Elections are also held to determine representation in county governments and state offices. As such, the politics of Scotland are respected by its citizens and serve as an important part of life in this small town.
The political climate in Zip 31083 (Scotland, GA) is moderately conservative.
Telfair County, GA is strongly conservative. In Telfair County, GA 34.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Telfair county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.2% to 34.3%.
Telfair county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31083 (Scotland, GA) is moderately conservative.
Scotland, Georgia is moderately conservative.
Telfair County, Georgia is strongly 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.
Scotland, Georgia: d 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 31083 (Scotland)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)