Blackshear, GA is a small city in Pierce County that is home to a diverse and vibrant community. The politics of Blackshear are no different; citizens care deeply about the local issues that affect their quality of life and work hard to ensure their voices are heard. Local politicians representing the area work hard to stay informed on regional happenings and make sure they represent their constituents in a positive way. Recently, the city has been focusing on ways to attract more businesses to the area as well as improving infrastructure. This focus on economic development shows the commitment of politicians from both political parties to build up the community for its residents.
The political climate in Blackshear, GA is strongly conservative.
Pierce County, GA is very conservative. In Pierce County, GA 12.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pierce county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.3% to 12.2%.
Pierce county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blackshear, GA is strongly conservative.
Pierce County, Georgia is very conservative.
Waycross Metro Area 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.
Blackshear, 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 Blackshear, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $1,694 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 372 contributions totaling $90,560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)