The small town of Abbeville, GA, located in Wilcox County, is home to a population of just over 2,000 people. Despite its size, Abbeville is the county seat, and therefore the center of local politics within Wilcox County. Decisions made at the local level are made by the mayor and members of the city council. Because Abbeville is so small, its elections tend to be non-partisan; candidates do not publicly declare their political affiliations or party affiliations. The focus instead rests on local issues that will benefit all citizens of Abbeville. Recent topics discussed by local politicians have included improving infrastructure, creating more job opportunities and enacting legislation that will protect and preserve the environment for future generations.
The political climate in Zip 31001 (Abbeville, GA) is strongly conservative.
Wilcox County, GA is very conservative. In Wilcox County, GA 26.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilcox county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.3% to 26.3%.
Wilcox county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31001 (Abbeville, GA) is strongly conservative.
Abbeville, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Wilcox County, Georgia is very conservative.
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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.
Abbeville, 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 31001 (Abbeville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $400 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $50 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)