LaGrange, Georgia is the county seat of Troup County and a small city of about 30,000 people. Located in west-central Georgia, LaGrange is known for its historic architecture and charm, as well as its recreational activities. It is also home to several prominent businesses and educational institutions, including LaGrange College. The city's political climate is largely centered around local government affairs in Troup County. Issues such as public safety, economic development, infrastructure investment and school funding are important topics discussed in city council meetings. Voters in LaGrange have the opportunity to choose their representatives from a variety of candidates running for various local offices each election cycle. While there are typically no major state or federal elections occurring in LaGrange, voter turnout remains high given the importance of local elections to the community’s future prosperity and growth.
The political climate in LaGrange, GA is leaning conservative.
Troup County, GA is moderately conservative. In Troup County, GA 38.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Troup county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 38.5%.
Troup county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
LaGrange, GA is leaning conservative.
Troup County, Georgia is moderately conservative.
LaGrange Metro Area is moderately 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.
LaGrange, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 LaGrange, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 576 contributions totaling $35,781 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,796 contributions totaling $578,066 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $322 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)