Appling County, located in Georgia, is known for its rich history and culture. It is home to a variety of different communities with varying political views. Appling County is comprised of several municipalities, each with their own local politics. For example, the City of Baxley has a mayor and five city council members that govern the community. The City of Alma also has an elected mayor and council members who lead the city. In addition, there are several smaller townships that are governed by trustees or commissioners, depending on the size of the township. Appling County also elects a county commissioner every four years to represent all communities within the county. Generally speaking, Appling County tends to lean toward conservative politics but there is still room for diversity when it comes to evaluating candidates and their platforms during elections.
The political climate in Appling County, GA is very conservative.
In Appling County, GA 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Appling county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.3% to 21.3%.
Appling county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Appling County, GA is very conservative.
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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.
Appling, 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 Appling County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $163 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $18,476 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)