The Waycross metro area is a bustling hub of activity in the southeastern United States. It is home to a variety of businesses, entertainment venues, and educational institutions. The political environment in Waycross is quite diverse, with both major parties represented in the local government. As with many other cities and towns across the country, residents of Waycross have an opportunity to vote for their chosen representatives at various levels of government. At the state level, this includes the Georgia General Assembly and Governor’s office. At the federal level, this includes members of Congress from Georgia’s 1st Congressional District as well as senators representing Georgia in Washington D.C. Local elections are also held regularly in Waycross for city council positions, county commission seats, school board memberships and other roles. Because of its size and varied interests among its citizens, political debates can be quite engaging in between election cycles as well.
The political climate in Waycross Metro Area is very conservative.
In Waycross Metro Area 23.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Waycross metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.0% to 23.3%.
The Waycross metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Waycross 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.
Waycross, 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 Waycross Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 201 contributions totaling $55,375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 436 contributions totaling $112,434 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)