Rockingham, GA is a small town known for its friendly atmosphere and diverse population. The city has a long history of local political involvement with many candidates running for office in the past few years. Currently, there are several prominent individuals who have declared their candidacy in the upcoming city elections. They include: Mayor Robert Jones, Councilman Joe Brown and Councilwoman Mary Clark. All three of these candidates have promised to work together to ensure that Rockingham is a safe, prosperous and welcoming place to live. Each candidate brings their own unique perspective on how to best serve the citizens of Rockingham and make sure that all members of the community have their voices heard in local politics.
The political climate in Rockingham, GA is very conservative.
Bacon County, GA is very conservative. In Bacon County, GA 13.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bacon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.1% to 13.4%.
Bacon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rockingham, GA is very conservative.
Bacon 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.
Rockingham, 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 Rockingham, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $1,645 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $10,882 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $389 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)