Demetrius Douglas

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Representative · District 78 · Democratic

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735 roll-call votes on record - 598 yes, 76 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Representative, District 78 (Georgia) since Jan 2013. legis.ga.gov ↗

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The record

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735

Roll-call votes on record.

735 votes · 598 yes · 76 no · 52 excused · 9 not voting. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Jun 22, 2026

Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters

State Government31 votes · yes on 26, no on 3, 2 other

Local Government25 votes · yes on 20, no on 3, 2 other

Public Safety22 votes · yes on 21, no on 0, 1 other

Taxation20 votes · yes on 17, no on 2, 1 other

Taxes19 votes · yes on 13, no on 3, 3 other

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: NODublin, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemptionHB 1EX · Jun 22, 2026

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Personal finances

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Political placement

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Left–right estimates (academic)

Shor-McCarty · votesLiberal

More liberal than 79% of Georgia House members

Details

Score−0.60 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.05 more liberal than the Democratic median in this group (−0.55)

Compared with648 members of Georgia House members (1993–2022)

Covers2013–2022

● This person Democrats (288) Republicans (359)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsCentrist

More liberal than 60% of 2022 Georgia House candidates

Details

Score+0.06 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party median0.92 more conservative than the Democratic median in this group (−0.86)

Compared with232 members of 2022 Georgia House candidates

Covers2012–2022

● This person Democrats (99) Republicans (131)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

About these scores

These are third-party academic estimates of one left–right dimension, computed by researchers from roll-call votes or campaign donors. They are not Poliscope’s judgment. Each source uses its own scale, so compare people within a source rather than across sources.

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