Houston, GA County is located in the rolling hills of middle Georgia. It has a population of more than 10,000 people and is governed by a Board of Commissioners. The Board is made up of five members who are elected by the citizens of Houston to serve four-year terms. Local political candidates in Houston include incumbent Commissioner Sam Jones, challenger Cora Adams, and school board member Sarah Smith. These candidates have been running on platforms that focus on public safety, job creation and economic development for the area. They have also spoken about how they would improve infrastructure with better roads and bridges, better access to technology for residents, and support for local businesses. Residents can look forward to an election season that will bring these issues to the forefront and provide them with an opportunity to make their voices heard on who should be representing them.
The political climate in Houston County, GA is somewhat conservative.
In Houston County, GA 43.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Houston county remained strongly Republican, 55.5% to 43.1%.
Houston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Houston County, GA is somewhat conservative.
Warner Robins Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Houston, 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 Houston County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,474 contributions totaling $107,881 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,415 contributions totaling $178,257 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)