Spalding County in Georgia has a long and colorful history when it comes to politics. The county is represented by local representatives, state senators, and members of the United States Congress. Recently, there have been changes in leadership with the election of new Mayor Mark Massey into office in 2018. He has worked hard to foster a relationship with both Republicans and Democrats alike, having worked on both sides of the aisle while working in the State Capitol. With his leadership, Spalding County now looks forward to a brighter future with increased social services and economic development opportunities for its citizens.
The political climate in Spalding County, GA is moderately conservative.
In Spalding County, GA 39.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spalding county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 39.1%.
Spalding county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spalding County, GA is moderately 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.
Spalding, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Spalding County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 650 contributions totaling $50,950 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 657 contributions totaling $134,719 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)