The Americus, GA Metro Area is politically diverse and engaging. It is home to a mix of political ideologies and a vibrant civic culture. Residents of the metro area are active participants in local politics, from attending city council meetings to working for their elected officials. The area has several local political groups that organize around issues important to the community, such as education, health care, economic development, environmental protection, and civil rights. The two major political parties in Americus are the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Both parties have headquarters in the area and are actively involved in local elections as well as state-level races throughout Georgia. Additionally, there are a number of smaller third-party groups that often focus on more specific issues or represent certain minority interests in the community. Overall, politics in the Americus Metro Area is an exciting and ever-changing landscape with many opportunities for citizens to get involved and make their voices heard.
The political climate in Americus Metro Area is leaning conservative.
In Americus Metro Area 47.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Americus metro area remained narrowly Republican, 52.0% to 47.2%.
The Americus metro area voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Americus 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.
Americus, Georgia: r r r d 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 Americus Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 192 contributions totaling $15,908 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 259 contributions totaling $78,823 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $304 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)