Banks County in Georgia is a small rural county with an estimated population of 19,000 people. With such a small population, Banks County has only a few locally elected politicians to represent the county. These include members of the Board of Commissioners who are responsible for making decisions about taxes, zoning, and other local ordinances. In addition to the Board of Commissioners, Banks County also has a Sheriff's office and a District Attorney's office that serve to protect and uphold justice in the county. The local government also works closely with state representatives from both parties who are tasked with advocating for the needs of their constituents at the state level. With such limited resources and representation, it is important for those living in Banks County to stay up-to-date on current political initiatives in order to ensure that their voices are heard and represented by their elected officials.
The political climate in Banks County, GA is very conservative.
In Banks County, GA 10.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Banks county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.5% to 10.6%.
Banks county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Banks 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.
Banks, 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 Banks County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 118 contributions totaling $5,509 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 136 contributions totaling $46,791 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $344 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)