The Toccoa, GA Metro Area is an area with a rich history of political engagement. Locals are passionate about the issues that impact their community and work to ensure that their voices are heard at the local, state, and federal level. The people of Toccoa have a great deal of knowledge on current political topics and often partake in conversations with local representatives to make sure that their opinions are taken into account when making policy decisions. There has been a long-standing tradition in Toccoa for citizens to speak up and be involved in the political process. This has resulted in many great changes including improved access to healthcare, improvements in education, and more investment in local infrastructure projects. As the area continues to grow, so too will its political voice as more locals join together to fight for the rights of all citizens.
The political climate in Toccoa Metro Area is very conservative.
In Toccoa Metro Area 20.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Toccoa metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.8% to 20.1%.
The Toccoa metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Toccoa 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.
Toccoa, 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 Toccoa Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 332 contributions totaling $21,401 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 180 contributions totaling $32,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)