Union County in Georgia is a small rural county located in the state's northern region. The county has a deep-rooted history, with strong ties to agriculture and industry. Politically, Union County is conservative leaning and votes largely Republican. Local elections are usually uncontested, with the same candidates often running for seats on the county commission or school boards. While there are no major national political figures from Union County, local representatives such as state legislators and members of Congress are generally well known and respected by the community. This is due to their commitment to maintaining a high standard of living in Union County through economic development initiatives, infrastructure investments, and educational opportunities for its citizens.
The political climate in Union County, GA is very conservative.
In Union County, GA 18.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 18.0%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union County, GA is very conservative.
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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.
Union, 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 Union County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,413 contributions totaling $40,976 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 352 contributions totaling $42,149 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)