Oconee, Georgia is a small town located in the Appalachian foothills of northeast Georgia. It is home to an active political landscape that focuses on local issues such as education, economic growth, and quality of life. The local government is composed of a mayor and city council elected by the citizens of Oconee every two years. The council works with state and federal representatives to ensure that the needs of the community are met. In addition, they work closely with local organizations and civic groups to promote initiatives that benefit the citizens. Additionally, Oconee’s residents are politically engaged, actively participating in elections and taking part in public discourse on social media and online forums. With all these factors combined, Oconee has become a model for political participation in rural Georgia communities.
The political climate in Oconee, GA is leaning conservative.
Washington County, GA is leaning liberal. In Washington County, GA 50.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained narrowly Democratic, 50.0% to 49.2%.
Washington county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oconee, GA is leaning conservative.
Washington County, Georgia 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.
Oconee, Georgia: d r d d d d
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 Oconee, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $1,900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $4,180 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $418 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)