Rockmart, GA is a city located in the north-west region of Georgia. It has a rich political history, with many citizens actively involved in local and national elections. During the 2018 election cycle, Rockmart had a very competitive mayoral race between two candidates with strong platforms. Both candidates worked hard to engage residents in the process by hosting town halls and debates throughout the campaign season. Ultimately, one candidate emerged victorious, highlighting the importance of local politics within the city. In recent years, Rockmart has seen an increased focus on both local and national issues as citizens become more engaged in the political process and seek to make their voices heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Rockmart, GA is moderately conservative.
Polk County, GA is very conservative. In Polk County, GA 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 21.0%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rockmart, GA is moderately conservative.
Polk County, Georgia is very conservative.
Cedartown Metro Area 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.
Rockmart, 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 Rockmart, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 204 contributions totaling $8,028 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 292 contributions totaling $39,438 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)