The politics of Thomaston, GA Metro Area are dominated by the Republican Party. The party enjoys strong support from the local residents, and its platform focuses on issues important to the area such as job creation and economic growth. Local political candidates that have been elected in recent years have all been Republicans and include Representative Lynn Smith, Senator Julie Liles and Senator Steve Toth. All three of these candidates have worked towards promoting job security and economic prosperity in the area through their legislative efforts. Additionally, they have advocated for small businesses to take advantage of government opportunities and incentives to help them succeed. They also support initiatives that provide additional educational opportunities for local residents while strengthening public safety protocols in the community.
The political climate in Thomaston Metro Area is very conservative.
In Thomaston Metro Area 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Thomaston metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.7% to 32.6%.
The Thomaston metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Thomaston 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.
Thomaston, 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 Thomaston Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 57 contributions totaling $23,611 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $414 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 206 contributions totaling $64,490 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)