Rochelle, GA is a small town with a unique political landscape. The local government consists of a mayor and a five-member city council elected by the citizens. Every two years, voters in Rochelle have the opportunity to elect their local representatives and decide on important issues affecting the town. Recently, some of these issues have included economic development, building schools, and improving infrastructure. Local candidates in Rochelle typically rely on grassroots campaigns to get their message out to the community, from door-to-door canvassing to public forums for dialogue. Despite its small size, Rochelle has experienced robust political participation as more people become engaged in deciding the future of their hometown.
The political climate in Rochelle, GA is moderately conservative.
Wilcox County, GA is very conservative. In Wilcox County, GA 26.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilcox county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.3% to 26.3%.
Wilcox county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rochelle, GA is moderately conservative.
Wilcox 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.
Rochelle, 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 Rochelle, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)