Your county over the past 10 years?

[Adam Griffin]

I thought it might be interesting to see how each user's county is represented.

Whitfield County, Georgia:



Area Statistics:

Population: 90,889*
County Seat: Dalton
Geography: 30 miles south of Chattanooga, TN and 80 miles north of Atlanta, GA
Economy: Textile/floor manufacturing; produces 90% of world's floor covering

Voting Record:

2006 - Governor:
Sonny Perdue (R): 74.5%
Mark Taylor (D): 23.3%

2004 - President:
George W Bush (R): 73.2%
John Kerry (D): 26.3%

2004 - Senator:
Johnny Isakson (R): 73.27%
Denise Majette (D): 24.69%

2002 - Governor:
Sonny Perdue (R): 69.4%
Roy Barnes (D): 28.6%

2002 - Senator:
Saxby Chambliss (R): 65.2%
Max Cleland (D): 33.3%

2000 - President:
George W Bush (R): 68.0%
Al Gore (D): 30.2%

1998 - Governor:
Roy Barnes (D): 42.5%
Guy Millner (R): 55.4%

1998 - Senator:
Paul Coverdell (R): 70.0%
Michael Coles (D): 28.7%

1996 - President:
Bill Clinton (D): 35.4%
Bob Dole (R): 56.7%
Ross Perot (I): 7.5%

1996 - Senator:
Max Cleland (D): 32.4%
Guy Millner (R): 65.2%

Whitfield County is a fort for Republicanism. Even during the running of George Wallace when most Georgia counties flipped to vote for him, Whitfield remained Republican. Whitfield County didn't vote for Kennedy either, when most of the state did. It went Democrat in 1964, 1976, & 1980 only. This perhaps has something to do with the fact that my area of the state did not want to secede from the Union and has held to the party for the most part since then. When I ask a lot of my friends their stances on issues, they have liberal stances but they will refer to themselves as Republicans. There is quite an amount of liberal attitude in my county, but also quite a bit of apathy as well; normally only about 20-25% of the population will vote in a presidential election.

(* Including undocumented residents, it is estimated to be 100,000+)