Sandersville, GA is a small town in the heart of Georgia that is known for its rich history and culture. In terms of politics, Sandersville is represented on both the local and state levels by a range of political parties. On the local level, Sandersville City Council meetings are held regularly to discuss city-specific matters like zoning ordinances and budgetary issues. On the state level, citizens of Sandersville have elected representatives from both major political parties to serve in the Georgia State Legislature. These representatives make decisions regarding issues such as taxes, education funding, healthcare reform, infrastructure investments, and criminal justice reform. Residents are actively encouraged to participate in their local and state government by attending city council meetings, voting in elections, attending protests/campaign events/rallies, and speaking with their representatives to let their voices be heard.
The political climate in Sandersville, GA is leaning liberal.
Washington County, GA is leaning liberal. In Washington County, GA 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained narrowly Democratic, 50.0% to 49.2%.
Washington county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sandersville, GA is leaning liberal.
Washington County, Georgia is leaning liberal.
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.
Sandersville, Georgia: d r d d d d
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 Sandersville, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 252 contributions totaling $28,610 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 312 contributions totaling $242,378 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $777 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)