Fayette County, Georgia is home to a diverse political landscape. The county is part of the 25th district in the Georgia Legislature, which is represented by Republican Robert Dickey and Democrat Pam Stephenson. Members of the Fayette County Board of Commissioners are responsible for making decisions about local government policies and services within the county. Currently, four Republicans and one Democrat are on the board, which includes Charles Oddo (Chairman), Randy Ognio (Vice Chairman), Eric Maxwell, Sam Harrell, and Steve Brown. Additionally, local elections are held every two years for Mayor of Fayetteville and City Council members from each of the city’s five districts. Voters in Fayette County have a wide range of perspectives when it comes to politics and offer an interesting perspective on state and national issues.
The political climate in Fayette County, GA is leaning conservative.
In Fayette County, GA 45.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained moderately Republican, 52.7% to 45.9%.
Fayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fayette County, GA is leaning 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.
Fayette, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Fayette County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,701 contributions totaling $447,462 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,017 contributions totaling $820,398 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $407 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)