Ivey, GA is a small town located in the southeast region of Georgia. It is a close-knit community that has its own unique culture and identity. As with any town, there are local politics that affect the day-to-day life of its citizens. The current mayor is David Jones, who has been in office since 2018 and serves as the leader of Ivey's government. He is dedicated to bringing positive change to Ivey, including enhancing public safety, increasing economic development, and creating more opportunities for local businesses. There are several members of Ivey City Council that work together to support Mayor Jones’s initiatives for the betterment of their community. All decisions made by City Council must be approved by voters before they can take effect and all council members have been highly active in engaging with citizens to ensure their voices are heard and respected in all matters related to local government.
The political climate in Ivey, GA is somewhat conservative.
Wilkinson County, GA is somewhat conservative. In Wilkinson County, GA 43.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilkinson county remained strongly Republican, 55.9% to 43.5%.
Wilkinson county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ivey, GA is somewhat conservative.
Wilkinson 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.
Ivey, 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 Ivey, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $440 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,461 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)