The Statesboro, GA Metro Area is an area with an active and growing political scene. The area is home to the Bulloch County Board of Commissioners, which governs the county and sets policy for the entire metro area. At the state level, State Senators and Representatives are elected in each district to represent the area's interests in Atlanta. On a national level, the people of the Statesboro Metro Area are represented by members of Congress from both Georgia's First and Twelfth congressional districts. There is also a vibrant network of local organizations that engage citizens on topics ranging from environmental concerns to civil rights issues. With plenty of opportunities for involvement at all levels, residents of the Statesboro Metro Area have many ways to get involved in politics and make their voices heard.
The political climate in Statesboro Metro Area is moderately conservative.
In Statesboro Metro Area 37.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Statesboro metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.1% to 37.4%.
The Statesboro metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Statesboro Metro Area is moderately 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.
Statesboro, 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 Statesboro Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 995 contributions totaling $125,281 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 528 contributions totaling $120,096 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)