The city of Blakely, GA is a small town located in southwest Georgia. It has a proud history of strong civic engagement and a commitment to local politics. Despite its small size, the town's political landscape is diverse and vibrant. Local elections feature a wide range of candidates from both major parties with differing views on the best course for the community. The citizens of Blakely take their responsibility to vote seriously and turn out in large numbers for local elections. This high level of engagement ensures that all voices are heard and that the best interests of the community are represented at every level of government.
The political climate in Blakely, GA is leaning liberal.
Early County, GA is leaning conservative. In Early County, GA 47.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Early county remained moderately Republican, 52.2% to 47.2%.
Early county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blakely, GA is leaning liberal.
Early County, Georgia is leaning 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.
Blakely, Georgia: r R r d 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 Blakely, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45 contributions totaling $17,719 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $394 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $3,302 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)