McRae, Georgia is a small town located in Telfair County. The city has a rich history of politics that has shaped the local community for many years. The City of McRae’s government consists of a mayor and five council members, all elected by the citizens of the city. The mayor and council members are responsible for making decisions about the city’s budget and overall policies. Currently, the Mayor is Joe Grubb and he is joined on the council by Bill Barnett, Sara Smith, Dale Williams, June Eddings, and John Davis. Each member brings their own unique perspective to the table when it comes to governing McRae. Additionally, Telfair County also has its own board of commissioners which provides support to the City Council of McRae with issues such as zoning regulations or building codes. With an active local government in place, McRae has been able to make great strides in terms of economic development while still maintaining its character and charm for future generations to enjoy.
The political climate in McRae-Helena, GA is somewhat conservative.
Telfair County, GA is strongly conservative. In Telfair County, GA 34.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Telfair county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.2% to 34.3%.
Telfair county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McRae-Helena, GA is somewhat conservative.
Telfair County, Georgia is strongly 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.
McRae-Helena, Georgia: d 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 McRae-Helena, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $1,125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $29,225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $390 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)