Polk County, GA is a rapidly growing area with many different political views. The county is represented by a number of local and national politicians who all work to ensure the best interests of the citizens they serve. Every two years, elections are held for the county's local government positions which include the sheriff, coroner, tax commissioner, and five board of commissioners. Elected officials are responsible for creating laws and regulations that affect their constituents' lives and businesses. These commisioners also oversee budgets, allocate funds, and address community issues such as public safety and infrastructure development. In addition to elected officials at the local level, citizens in Polk County can also benefit from representatives serving them in state offices like the House of Representatives or Senate. Through these various roles, Polk County strives to ensure that its communities have access to resources that help them grow and become stronger.
The political climate in Polk County, GA is very conservative.
In Polk County, GA 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 21.0%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Polk County, GA is very conservative.
Cedartown 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.
Polk, 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 Polk County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 212 contributions totaling $13,533 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 322 contributions totaling $64,071 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)