The politics in Whigham, GA are bustling with activity. Local residents take pride in their community and actively participate in the political process to ensure that their voices are heard. The town is represented by a mayor and five city council members who are elected every four years. Additionally, there are several other local offices such as county sheriff and board of education members that help keep the community running efficiently. All these officials work together to ensure the best possible outcome for the people of Whigham, GA. In addition to local politics, citizens of Whigham stay informed about state and federal politics in order to advocate for their interests at all levels of government.
The political climate in Whigham, GA is strongly conservative.
Grady County, GA is strongly conservative. In Grady County, GA 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grady county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.7% to 33.8%.
Grady county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Whigham, GA is strongly conservative.
Grady County, Georgia is strongly 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.
Whigham, 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 Whigham, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $267 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $11 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $3,604 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)