Baxley, GA is a city located in Appling County, Georgia. It has a long history of civic engagement and the people of the region take their politics seriously. Within Baxley there are many local political candidates who are vying for votes during local elections. These candidates come from varying backgrounds and political ideologies and they all strive to represent their constituents as best as possible. Through these local elections, residents have the opportunity to shape their city by choosing leaders that will make decisions based on what is best for their community. Every election cycle brings new energy and excitement to Baxley as citizens come out in droves to cast their vote for the candidate of their choice and participate in the democratic process.
The political climate in Baxley, GA is moderately conservative.
Appling County, GA is very conservative. In Appling County, GA 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Appling county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.3% to 21.3%.
Appling county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Baxley, GA is moderately conservative.
Appling County, Georgia 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.
Baxley, 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 Baxley, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $489 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 171 contributions totaling $39,603 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)