The small town of Appling, GA (30802) is located in Columbia County and has a population of around 5,000 people. It is governed by the Board of Commissioners, who are elected to serve four-year terms. There have been various local political candidates running for office in Appling over the years, including candidates for mayor, city council, county commission, school board, and more. These candidates have proposed different ideas for the future of Appling such as improved infrastructure and services like police protection and public schools. They have also focused on improving the quality of life of the citizens and bringing more jobs into the area. With an engaged electorate who are passionate about their community, Appling's politics provide an exciting opportunity to make a positive impact on the community.
The political climate in Zip 30802 (Appling, GA) is strongly conservative.
Columbia County, GA is strongly conservative. In Columbia County, GA 36.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 36.3%.
Columbia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30802 (Appling, GA) is strongly conservative.
Appling, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Columbia County, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Augusta-Richmond County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Appling, 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 30802 (Appling)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $972 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 93 contributions totaling $95,770 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,030 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)