Graham, GA is a small city with a population of roughly 2,300 people. Despite its modest size, the politics in Graham are as active and engaged as any other city. Issues such as crime, housing, development, and public services are discussed regularly among local residents and debated in City Council meetings. The Mayor of Graham is Joe Griffin who has been in office for over 10 years and works closely with the seven-member City Council to ensure that their decisions reflect their constituents' needs. Local elections take place every four years and see a high turnout of voters eager to make sure their voices are heard when it comes to choosing new leadership. Several political action groups have also formed within the city that actively lobby elected officials on issues important to them and work hard to ensure that the rights of all citizens are respected and protected.
The political climate in Graham, GA is strongly conservative.
Appling County, GA is very conservative. In Appling County, GA 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Appling county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.3% to 21.3%.
Appling county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Graham, GA is strongly conservative.
Appling 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.
Graham, 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 Graham, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 65 contributions totaling $2,288 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 139 contributions totaling $21,053 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)