The town of Royston, Georgia is a small municipality located in the state's northeastern region. Despite its small size, the town remains politically active and has a strong sense of community. Residents often come together to discuss local issues, including taxes, infrastructure improvements, education, and public safety. The town is represented by elected officials from both major political parties who work together to ensure that all constituents' needs are addressed. At the federal level, Royston is part of Georgia's 10th Congressional District and represented by Republican Jody Hice in the U.S. House of Representatives. Locally, elections for mayor and city council members are held every two years to ensure that residents have a say in how their town is run. The leadership of Royston works tirelessly to make sure that all voices within the community are heard and respected while striving to make it a better place for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Royston, GA is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, GA is very conservative. In Franklin County, GA 14.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.2% to 14.8%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Royston, GA is strongly conservative.
Franklin 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.
Royston, 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 Royston, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 206 contributions totaling $11,117 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 162 contributions totaling $39,544 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)