Gray, GA is a small town located in Jones County with a population of roughly 5,000 people. While Gray is too small to have its own local government, it does have representation at the county level. Currently, the Jones County Board of Commissioners is comprised of five members who each represent one of the five districts in the county. In addition to the Board of Commissioners, there are several other elected officials that serve Jones County including a sheriff, district attorney, probate judge and other local judges. Each of these elected officials play an important role in maintaining law and order in Gray and overseeing all aspects of local government. As a result, the politics in Gray are largely influenced by those who are elected to serve on the Jones County Board of Commissioners as well as other elected offices within the county.
The political climate in Gray, GA is moderately conservative.
Jones County, GA is very conservative. In Jones County, GA 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jones county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.5% to 32.7%.
Jones county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gray, GA is moderately conservative.
Jones County, Georgia is very conservative.
Macon-Bibb County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Gray, 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 Gray, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $4,587 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $270 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 92 contributions totaling $37,428 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $407 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)