Upson County, Georgia is a vibrant and growing community located in the southern part of the state. The county is governed by an elected Board of Commissioners which serves as legislative and administrative body for the county. They are responsible for setting the tax rates, providing services, maintaining public infrastructure and making decisions on important matters such as zoning and development. Additionally, Upson County has an elected Sheriff who oversees law enforcement operations within the county. On a more local level, Upson is home to several municipalities with their own mayor and board of aldermen which take responsibility for setting local policies within their city limits. With these various levels of government working together, Upson County is able to provide necessary services and resources to citizens while promoting growth within the area.
The political climate in Upson County, GA is very conservative.
In Upson County, GA 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Upson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 32.6%.
Upson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Upson County, GA is very conservative.
Thomaston Metro Area is very 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.
Upson, 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 Upson County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 57 contributions totaling $23,611 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $414 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 206 contributions totaling $64,490 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)