Yatesville, GA is a small town located in Upson County, with a population of approximately 1,100 people. The town is governed by an elected mayor and council members who work together to ensure the well-being of its citizens. Every two years, locals have the opportunity to decide who will represent them by voting in local political candidates who are running for office. These candidates are typically chosen from within the community and offer different perspectives on how to best serve the needs of Yatesville's residents. They strive to create policies that provide quality health care, public safety, education opportunities and other essential services that meet the needs of all citizens living in Yatesville. As a result, citizens often take an active role in determining who should be their representatives by attending town hall meetings and debating important issues with their local elected officials.
The political climate in Yatesville, GA is strongly conservative.
Upson County, GA is very conservative. In Upson County, GA 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Upson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 32.6%.
Upson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Yatesville, GA is strongly conservative.
Upson County, Georgia is very conservative.
Thomaston Metro Area 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.
Yatesville, 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 Yatesville, 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 7 contributions totaling $1,033 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)