Coweta County, Georgia is a quiet community located in the south-western region of the state. It is a largely rural area populated with small towns and communities, and is home to just over 140,000 people. Politically, Coweta County is heavily conservative and Republican-leaning. In recent years, Republicans have dominated most county races and this trend has been reflected in local elections as well. Voters in Coweta have overwhelmingly elected Republican candidates for positions such as county commissioners, school board members, judges and Sheriff's deputies. Because of this strong Republican presence within the county, most of the local political campaigns focus on conservative fiscal policies rather than social issues. Additionally, there are several organizations within the county that support both Democratic and Republican candidates. This ensures that all citizens have the opportunity to hear from all sides when it comes to important political topics.
The political climate in Coweta County, GA is very conservative.
In Coweta County, GA 31.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Coweta county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.0% to 31.5%.
Coweta county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Coweta County, GA 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.
Coweta, 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 Coweta County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,887 contributions totaling $238,979 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,770 contributions totaling $409,766 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)