Evans, Georgia is a small suburb in the Augusta area. It is a part of Columbia County and has a population of about 18,000 residents. The city is served by an elected mayor-council form of government with five elected council members who serve for four year terms. The mayor is also elected to represent the people of Evans for four years. Politics in Evans are largely dominated by local Republican candidates, who have won every mayoral election since the city's founding in 1997. Issues such as economic growth, public safety, and quality of life are at the forefront of local politics in Evans. Residents are encouraged to stay informed on issues that affect their city and to support their preferred candidates during elections.
The political climate in Evans, GA is moderately conservative.
Columbia County, GA is strongly conservative. In Columbia County, GA 36.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 36.3%.
Columbia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Evans, GA is moderately conservative.
Columbia County, Georgia is strongly conservative.
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.
Evans, 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 Evans, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,200 contributions totaling $566,985 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,809 contributions totaling $610,349 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $337 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)