Augusta-Richmond County, GA is a vibrant city with a diverse population and bustling political atmosphere. Its local politics are dominated by the Democratic Party, which holds a majority on the 9-member Richmond County Board of Commissioners. The mayor of Augusta-Richmond County is Hardie Davis Jr., who was first elected in 2012. He has been actively involved in bettering his community through various initiatives such as establishing an independent police review board and creating an Office of Community Engagement and Collaboration. Additionally, Augusta-Richmond County has many active organizations like the Political Action Committee Augusta Rising that seek to empower its citizens through civic engagement and voter education. There are also several local political candidates running for office in this upcoming election cycle, all of whom have the potential to make meaningful changes for their constituents.
The political climate in Augusta, GA is strongly liberal.
Richmond County, GA is very liberal. In Richmond County, GA 67.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richmond county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.9% to 30.8%.
Richmond county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Augusta, GA is strongly liberal.
Richmond County, Georgia is very liberal.
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.
Augusta, 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 Augusta, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,582 contributions totaling $315,629 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,432 contributions totaling $958,029 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $279 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)