Politically, 31516 Blackshear, GA is part of the Georgia's 3rd Congressional District. The current representative for this district is Drew Ferguson, a Republican who was first elected in 2016 and reelected in 2018. He works to ensure that the economic needs of his constituents are met, as well as advocating for strong defense policies. In local politics, Blackshear City Council is responsible for setting policy and governing the city. Currently the mayor is John D. Tankersley who was elected in 2014 and has been reelected twice since then due to his commitment to improving the quality of life in Blackshear. During his tenure he has championed initiatives such as introducing a 'Walk-to-School' program which encourages children to get more exercise on their way to school each day. Overall, politics in 31516 Blackshear is largely focused on improving the local community by providing opportunities for growth and development.
The political climate in Zip 31516 (Blackshear, GA) is very conservative.
Pierce County, GA is very conservative. In Pierce County, GA 12.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pierce county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.3% to 12.2%.
Pierce county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31516 (Blackshear, GA) is very conservative.
Blackshear, Georgia is very conservative.
Pierce County, Georgia is very conservative.
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.
Blackshear, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 31516 (Blackshear)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $847 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 186 contributions totaling $45,280 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)