Buchanan, GA is a small town located in Haralson County with a population of around 4,000 people. The town has many unique attractions and activities to offer its residents including an annual blueberry festival and access to the beautiful Pine Mountain Range. Politically, Buchanan is part of Haralson County which elects county commissioners who oversee county services such as law enforcement, road maintenance, and other forms of local government. The county also elects state representatives who are responsible for representing the citizens of Haralson County at the state level. Residents of Buchanan can participate in their local political process by attending meetings hosted by their elected officials or by joining local political organizations that work towards electing candidates who support their interests.
The political climate in Buchanan, GA is strongly conservative.
Haralson County, GA is very conservative. In Haralson County, GA 12.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Haralson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.5% to 12.6%.
Haralson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Buchanan, GA is strongly conservative.
Haralson 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.
Buchanan, 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 Buchanan, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 69 contributions totaling $1,939 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 95 contributions totaling $8,728 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)