Alma, Georgia is a small town located in Bacon County. The population of the city is estimated to be around 5,000 people. Despite its small size, Alma has an active local political landscape. Every two years, the citizens of Alma decide who will represent them in Congress and the State Legislature. Additionally, local elections are held for mayors and council members to ensure that the needs of the community are met. With a large variety of candidates from different backgrounds and points of view, voters have many choices when it comes to deciding who will represent them on key issues. Furthermore, Alma also participates in national elections to cast their vote and help shape the future of our country. As such, political discourse is an important part of life in Alma.
The political climate in Alma, GA is moderately conservative.
Bacon County, GA is very conservative. In Bacon County, GA 13.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bacon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.1% to 13.4%.
Bacon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alma, GA is moderately conservative.
Bacon County, Georgia is very 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.
Alma, 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 Alma, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $3,290 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $21,764 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $389 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)