Martinez, GA is an area that is heavily tied to politics and local government. As part of Columbia County, the residents of Martinez help elect representatives to serve on the county commission and in state governmental offices. These representatives keep close ties with the community and work hard to ensure the needs of their constituents are met. The people of Martinez also take part in electing officials to represent them in the Georgia General Assembly and at the federal level as well. Elections are held regularly to determine who will be responsible for shaping the laws that affect everyone living in Martinez. With such a strong emphasis on politics, many citizens are involved with voting and staying informed about current issues that may impact their lives or their families.
The political climate in Martinez, 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
Martinez, 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.
Martinez, 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 Martinez, 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)