Williamson, Georgia is a small rural town in the state of Georgia. It is governed by a five-member city council elected by the citizens to represent their needs. The mayor serves a four-year term and presides over the city council meetings. The other four members are elected from wards to serve two-year terms. The city council works together to ensure that Williamson meets the needs of its citizens, such as providing quality public services, making sure streets are well maintained, and supporting economic development. The politics in Williamson revolve around local issues and concerns that affect the community. Through careful deliberation and thoughtful action plans, the city council works together to find solutions that benefit all of its residents.
The political climate in Williamson, GA is very conservative.
Pike County, GA is very conservative. In Pike County, GA 14.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pike county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.1% to 14.0%.
Pike county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Williamson, GA is very conservative.
Pike County, Georgia is very conservative.
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta Metro Area is moderately 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.
Williamson, 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 Williamson, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $1,711 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $6,391 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)