Jesup, GA is a small city located in Wayne County with an estimated population of nearly 10,000 people. The political climate in Jesup is represented by the local government officials who make up the City Council of Jesup and serve as elected representatives of their constituents. The City Council consists of a Mayor and four council members. Each member is elected for a four-year term. The Mayor and council members work together to ensure that the policies adopted by the city council are implemented effectively in order to promote economic growth, public safety and quality of life within the city. Local political candidates are generally focused on issues that affect the entire community such as economic development, public infrastructure improvements, education and crime control. In addition to this, candidates also focus on ways to improve the quality of life for those living in Jesup by advocating for increased funding for parks, recreation centers and libraries.
The political climate in Zip 31545 (Jesup, GA) is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, GA is very conservative. In Wayne County, GA 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 21.0%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31545 (Jesup, GA) is strongly conservative.
Jesup, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, Georgia is very conservative.
Jesup Metro Area is very 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.
Jesup, 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 31545 (Jesup)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 77 contributions totaling $4,314 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 173 contributions totaling $28,317 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)