Ocilla, GA is a small city located in south-central Georgia. It has a population of about 3,500 people and is part of Irwin County. Politically, Ocilla leans conservative and the majority of its citizens typically vote Republican. While local candidates may not always line up with county or state representatives, Ocilla still participates in elections and holds public forums so that citizens can learn about the issues facing their city. Additionally, the local government works hard to ensure that citizens are informed and engaged by offering events like town hall meetings where officials can answer questions in an open dialogue. Regardless of party affiliation, Ocilla is committed to creating an atmosphere of inclusion in order to foster civic engagement amongst its residents.
The political climate in Ocilla, GA is moderately conservative.
Irwin County, GA is very conservative. In Irwin County, GA 24.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Irwin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 24.2%.
Irwin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ocilla, GA is moderately conservative.
Irwin County, Georgia 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.
Ocilla, 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 Ocilla, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 172 contributions totaling $35,918 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 139 contributions totaling $68,160 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $490 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)