Riddleville, GA is a small town located in the southeast of the United States. It is known for its quaint home-town feel and friendly community members. Despite its size, Riddleville has an active political landscape that intersects with both local and state politics. The city has three local governing bodies—the mayor and two city council representatives—that are elected by popular vote every two years. These leaders actively engage the citizens to develop local initiatives to improve the quality of life in their municipality. Issues such as public safety, economic development, infrastructure improvements, and education are all discussed in city council meetings that are open to the public. In addition to these local officials, Riddleville residents also have representation at the state level with their senators and representatives who advocate on behalf of their constituents in the state legislature. This combination of both local and state political involvement allows citizens to get involved at whatever level they feel most comfortable engaging with their government.
The political climate in Riddleville, 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
Riddleville, 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.
Riddleville, 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 Riddleville, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,916 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)