Waynesboro, GA is a small city in Burke County, located just two hours away from Atlanta. The city has a population of around 5,000 people and is governed by an elected mayor and six-member city council. Waynesboro's political landscape includes many local issues that affect the community such as economic development, infrastructure investments, and education initiatives. Recently, the mayor and council have been focusing on ways to attract businesses to the area in order to create job opportunities for residents and increase revenue for the community. They also prioritize public safety and are committed to providing resources for local law enforcement agencies to keep citizens safe. With an upcoming election this year, citizens of Waynesboro will be able to choose from a few different candidates vying for office who all bring their own set of ideas about how best to lead the city forward.
The political climate in Waynesboro, GA is leaning liberal.
Burke County, GA is leaning conservative. In Burke County, GA 48.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burke county flipped narrowly Republican, 50.5% to 48.7%.
Burke county flipped Republican in most recent Presidential election (2004 also went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Waynesboro, GA is leaning liberal.
Burke County, Georgia is leaning conservative.
Augusta-Richmond County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Waynesboro, Georgia: d r d D d 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 Waynesboro, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $4,527 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 143 contributions totaling $38,173 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)