Perry, GA is a small city located in Houston County and has a population of approximately 17,000 people. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government and has several elected officials including the mayor, council members, and a treasurer. The city holds elections every two years for each one of these positions. Recently, Perry has seen a surge in political activism as candidates from both major parties have campaigned hard to represent citizens’ interests at all levels of government. Issues such as education and infrastructure improvement have been hot topics during recent elections with candidates approaching residents directly to discuss their ideas and opinions on how to best serve the community. With so much competition among politicians for the support of voters, it is clear that everyone in Perry has an opportunity to be heard when it comes to making decisions about their future.
The political climate in Perry, GA is leaning conservative.
Houston County, GA is somewhat conservative. In Houston County, GA 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Houston county remained strongly Republican, 55.5% to 43.1%.
Houston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Perry, GA is leaning conservative.
Houston County, Georgia is somewhat conservative.
Warner Robins Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Perry, 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 Perry, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,152 contributions totaling $160,669 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,029 contributions totaling $162,374 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)