Macon, Georgia is located in the central part of the state and is an important political center in the region. It is home to a range of political organizations, including its own County Party Committee, as well as several civic and community groups that are actively engaged in politics. The city also hosts a number of political rallies and debates throughout the year. Macon has been represented by various members of Congress since it became an independent city in 1823, with nearly all of them belonging to one party or another. Currently, Macon is represented in Congress by Sanford Bishop (D) and David Scott (R). In addition to these representatives at the national level, there are numerous state legislators who serve on behalf of Macon's constituents at both the local and state levels. These include senators and representatives from both parties who have worked hard to ensure that the people of Macon have their voices heard in the legislative process.
The political climate in Macon, GA is moderately liberal.
Bibb County, GA is moderately liberal. In Bibb County, GA 61.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bibb county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.3% to 37.5%.
Bibb county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Macon, GA is moderately liberal.
Bibb County, Georgia is moderately liberal.
Macon-Bibb County Metro Area 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.
Macon, Georgia: d d 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 Macon, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,580 contributions totaling $232,116 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,735 contributions totaling $459,512 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)