The small city of Baconton, GA is a tight-knit community with a proud history and deep political roots. As a small town, the local politics in Baconton has always been an important part of its identity and culture. Local elections are often contentious and hard fought, as citizens take pride in their ability to shape their own destiny through voting. Candidates will come from all walks of life and bring different ideas to the table during campaigns. Political discourse is passionate but respectful, as citizens take part in lively debates about the issues that matter most to them. Despite its size, Baconton's political landscape is full of energetic voices that are determined to make their voices heard.
The political climate in Baconton, GA is leaning conservative.
Mitchell County, GA is somewhat conservative. In Mitchell County, GA 44.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mitchell county remained strongly Republican, 55.1% to 44.5%.
Mitchell county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Baconton, GA is leaning conservative.
Mitchell County, Georgia is somewhat 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.
Baconton, Georgia: d 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 Baconton, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $533 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $533 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $8,601 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $614 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)