Americus, GA is a small town located in southwest Georgia with a population of 17,084. It is known for having a rich history and is home to many landmarks and local attractions such as the Andersonville National Cemetery, The Windsor Hotel, and the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site. In terms of politics, Americus has been represented by different local politicians over the years in both State and National legislative bodies. At the state level, Americus is represented by Representative Tom McCall from the 151st district in the Georgia House of Representatives. He was elected in 2020 after winning a runoff election in 2019. At the national level, Americus is currently represented by Representative Sanford Bishop from Georgia's 2nd congressional district who won reelection to Congress most recently in 2018. Both Representative McCall and Bishop are highly respected members of their respective parties who continue to work hard to serve their constituents in Americus.
The political climate in Americus, GA is somewhat liberal.
Sumter County, GA is leaning liberal. In Sumter County, GA 52.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sumter county remained Democratic, 52.0% to 47.2%.
Sumter county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Americus, GA is somewhat liberal.
Sumter County, Georgia is leaning liberal.
Americus 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.
Americus, Georgia: r 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 Americus, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 141 contributions totaling $11,846 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 182 contributions totaling $58,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $319 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)