Lyons, Georgia is a small town located in Toombs County in the southeastern part of the state. Despite its size, Lyons has a vibrant political landscape; it has a mayor-council form of government that is led by Mayor Mike Evans. The city council is comprised of five members elected to represent each of the city's five wards. The council meets regularly to discuss issues facing the town from budgeting and infrastructure projects to public safety and recreation. Lyons' citizens have an active voice in their local politics, and regularly show up to attend the monthly council meetings. The councilors also hold frequent community forums where they can hear directly from their constituents about their concerns and ideas for making Lyons an even better place to live.
The political climate in Lyons, GA is moderately conservative.
Toombs County, GA is very conservative. In Toombs County, GA 26.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Toombs county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.1% to 26.9%.
Toombs county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lyons, GA is moderately conservative.
Toombs County, Georgia is very conservative.
Vidalia 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.
Lyons, 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 Lyons, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $1,418 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $16,753 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)