The 31743 De Soto, GA region is a small community in the western part of the state. The area is part of Douglas County, which has been closely divided politically in recent elections. Voters in this area have tended to lean toward more conservative candidates, though there are significant portions of the population that support more progressive positions as well. Local political races usually feature several candidates from both major parties competing for the office. In recent years, county and city offices have seen a growing presence of independent and third-party candidates. The people of De Soto take their political involvement seriously and actively participate in local elections by attending town hall meetings, holding rallies, and casting their ballots on Election Day. It is clear that while residents may not always agree on the issues, they are all committed to being informed citizens who make their voices heard in politics.
The political climate in Zip 31743 (De Soto, GA) is leaning conservative.
Sumter County, GA is leaning liberal. In Sumter County, GA 52.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sumter county remained Democratic, 52.0% to 47.2%.
Sumter county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31743 (De Soto, GA) is leaning conservative.
De Soto, Georgia is leaning conservative.
Sumter County, Georgia is leaning liberal.
Americus Metro Area is leaning 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.
De Soto, Georgia: r r 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 31743 (De Soto)
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 2 contributions totaling $750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)