Lanier County, GA is a small rural county located in the southeastern part of the state. The politics in Lanier County are generally quite conservative, with most of the local government officials being members of the Republican party. Since most of its population consists of rural and agricultural communities, it is not surprising that many of its elected officials share traditional values that are often associated with conservative politics. They have successfully managed to preserve their way of life by ensuring that they have representation at all levels of government. Although there is always debate about certain issues, the overall attitude is one that respects tradition and hard work. When it comes to picking political candidates for local offices, voters typically choose based on who best embodies their values and beliefs rather than any particular party affiliation.
The political climate in Lanier County, GA is very conservative.
In Lanier County, GA 28.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lanier county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.2% to 28.5%.
Lanier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lanier County, GA is very conservative.
Valdosta Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Lanier, 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 Lanier County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $1,295 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $3,525 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $320 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)