The Augusta-Richmond County Metro Area is located in the southeastern region of Georgia. It is home to a diverse population of people from all walks of life. Politically, the metro area leans towards both Republican and Democratic views, with approximately 44% of registered voters identifying as Republicans and 38% identifying as Democrats. Local politics are focused on issues that affect everyone living in the area, such as education, health care, and transportation. The local government is made up of commissioners from each county who serve on committees to ensure that the needs of its citizens are met. While there may be some differences between individuals when it comes to their party affiliations or beliefs, ultimately everyone in Augusta-Richmond County works together for the common good.
The political climate in Augusta-Richmond County Metro Area is leaning conservative.
In Augusta-Richmond County Metro Area 47.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Augusta-Richmond County metro area remained narrowly Republican, 50.9% to 47.7%.
The Augusta-Richmond County metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Augusta-Richmond County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Augusta-Richmond County, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Augusta-Richmond County Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21,817 contributions totaling $991,101 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7,027 contributions totaling $1,871,465 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $266 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)