Locust Grove, GA is a small town located outside of Atlanta in Henry County. Politics in the area are focused on improving local amenities and services for residents, as well as providing easy access to nearby metropolitan areas. The city has a mayor and four council members who work together to ensure that the needs of the population are met. Locust Grove also has two representatives in the Georgia House of Representatives who review and introduce legislation related to state interests. Additionally, there are three representatives in the Georgia State Senate who help make laws that affect all Georgians. All of these elected officials strive to create a more prosperous community by investing in education, infrastructure, health care, and job creation initiatives throughout Henry County.
The political climate in Locust Grove, GA is leaning liberal.
Henry County, GA is moderately liberal. In Henry County, GA 59.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henry county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.7% to 39.2%.
Henry county voted Democratic in 2020 and 2016, after voting Republican in the previous four elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Locust Grove, GA is leaning liberal.
Henry County, Georgia is moderately liberal.
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.
Locust Grove, Georgia: R R r r d D
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 Locust Grove, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 109 contributions totaling $5,741 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 158 contributions totaling $22,330 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)