Wilmington Island is part of Chatham County, Georgia and has a rich political history. In recent years, local politics in 31410 Wilmington Island have been largely dominated by the Republican Party. This is reflected in the local county-level leadership which includes Supervisor Al Scott and Commissioner Dean Kicklighter being both members of that party. There are also several other prominent Republican figures living and working on the island including State Representative Craig Gordon, City Councilman Tony Martin and Judge John E. Morse Jr. Despite this strong Republican presence, some Democrats have been able to make their mark locally as well; most notably Mayor Pro Tem Kurtis Purtee who was first elected in 2019. Overall, 31410 Wilmington Island has a diverse political landscape with various parties represented offering citizens a chance to be heard on issues important to them.
The political climate in Zip 31410 (Wilmington Island, 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 31410 (Wilmington Island, GA) is somewhat liberal.
Wilmington Island, 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.
Wilmington Island, 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 31410 (Wilmington Island)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,571 contributions totaling $76,574 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 578 contributions totaling $337,666 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $584 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)