The politics in Hawkinsville, Georgia are an important part of the city's history and culture. Located in Pulaski County, the city has long been considered a hub of activity and progress for the state of Georgia. The local government is a mayor-council system with a nonpartisan city council that is elected every four years. The mayor serves as the main leader of the city and is responsible for representing the needs and interests of citizens to local, state, and national officials. Additionally, the mayor works with administrators from various departments within the city government to ensure that laws are properly enforced and services are provided to citizens. With many different organizations within Hawkinsville contributing to its political landscape, it is important that all voices are heard in order to make decisions that benefit everyone in their community.
The political climate in Hawkinsville, GA is moderately conservative.
Pulaski County, GA is very conservative. In Pulaski County, GA 30.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pulaski county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 30.1%.
Pulaski county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hawkinsville, GA is moderately conservative.
Pulaski County, Georgia is very conservative.
Warner Robins Metro Area 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.
Hawkinsville, 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 Hawkinsville, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $5,202 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 82 contributions totaling $34,910 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $426 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)