Lakeland, GA is a small town in the state of Georgia located about 45 miles south of Atlanta. The town has a vibrant community and rich history with a population of around 1,500 people. While Lakeland does not have its own political system or representatives, it falls within the jurisdiction of Georgia's 11th Congressional District and the Georgia General Assembly. In terms of local politics in Lakeland, the town participates in county elections such as those for county commissioner or mayor. In addition to these county elections, Lakeland residents also participate in state and federal elections by voting for candidates that represent their interests on both levels. Residents of Lakeland are actively engaged in local politics and strive to make their voices heard when voting for candidates who they think can best serve their community.
The political climate in Lakeland, GA is moderately conservative.
Lanier County, GA is very conservative. In Lanier County, GA 28.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lanier county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.2% to 28.5%.
Lanier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lakeland, GA is moderately conservative.
Lanier County, Georgia is very conservative.
Valdosta 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.
Lakeland, 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 Lakeland, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $841 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $3,525 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $320 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)