The city of Auburn, GA is a small town located in Barrow County. Although it has a small population, the citizens of Auburn are very passionate about their local politics. The city elects its own Mayor and five City Council members every four years. These elected officials are responsible for making decisions on topics such as budgeting, public safety, infrastructure improvements, and community development. The people who call Auburn home also have several opportunities to get involved in the political sphere by attending city council meetings or participating in local elections. In addition to these activities, many residents stay informed through the media and social media outlets. By keeping up with current events and expressing their opinions on important issues, citizens of Auburn can ensure that their voices are heard by their local government representatives.
The political climate in Auburn, GA is strongly conservative.
Barrow County, GA is very conservative. In Barrow County, GA 27.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barrow county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.6% to 27.5%.
Barrow county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Auburn, GA is strongly conservative.
Barrow County, Georgia is very conservative.
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Auburn, 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 Auburn, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $3,794 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 228 contributions totaling $53,624 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)