The politics in the Thomasville, GA Metro Area are diverse and varied. The area is home to multiple cities and towns with unique political opinions and perspectives. From the small town of Barwick to the larger city of Valona, there are many different political views represented in the area. Local politics often revolve around issues that affect citizens on a daily basis such as taxes, education, public safety, economic development, and environmental protection. There are several local political parties in the Thomasville metro area including Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Libertarians, and Green Party members. Each party has representatives from each local municipality who serve their constituents by making sure their voices are heard in government decisions. The area also has several state-level representatives who represent Thomasville's interests at the state level.
The political climate in Thomasville Metro Area is moderately conservative.
In Thomasville Metro Area 39.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Thomasville metro area remained very strongly Republican, 59.3% to 39.8%.
The Thomasville metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Thomasville 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.
Thomasville, 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 Thomasville Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 198 contributions totaling $46,669 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 492 contributions totaling $267,014 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $543 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)