Laurens County is located in the heart of Georgia and is a beacon of community pride and progress. The county has a rich history and continues to make advances in areas such as economic development, education, and healthcare. Politically, the county is run by a board of commissioners who are elected by the citizens of Laurens County every four years. These elected officials are responsible for making decisions that affect the day-to-day operations of the county government, including setting taxes and budgets for services, enacting ordinances, and managing public safety. Beyond local elections for the board of commissioners, Laurens County also participates in state and federal elections every election cycle to ensure its citizens' voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Laurens County, GA is strongly conservative.
In Laurens County, GA 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Laurens county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 35.5%.
Laurens county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Laurens County, GA is strongly conservative.
Dublin Metro Area is strongly 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.
Laurens, 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 Laurens County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 557 contributions totaling $30,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 414 contributions totaling $111,311 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $269 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)