Bostwick, GA is a small town located in Morgan County. Despite its size, the town is heavily involved in local politics and regularly holds city council meetings and elections that determine the future of the area. The most recent election was held in November 2020 and saw three local candidates vying for the mayoral seat. Among those three candidates was Ray Stokes, who was ultimately elected to serve as mayor of Bostwick for the next two years. Stokes has promised to focus on initiatives that will benefit all residents of Bostwick, such as increasing jobs and providing more public services to citizens. He has also stated his commitment to maintaining a strong sense of community by strengthening its education system and promoting local businesses. As a result, many people in Bostwick are hopeful about what is to come under Mayor Stokes' leadership.
The political climate in Bostwick, GA is strongly conservative.
Morgan County, GA is very conservative. In Morgan County, GA 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morgan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 28.6%.
Morgan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bostwick, GA is strongly conservative.
Morgan County, Georgia is very conservative.
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta Metro Area is moderately 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.
Bostwick, 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 Bostwick, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 277 contributions totaling $13,164 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 341 contributions totaling $69,385 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)