Barnesville, GA is located in Lamar County and has a population of 6,755. Politics in Barnesville is largely conservative but there are many local candidates of various political affiliations running for office each election cycle. In recent elections, the Republican party has been dominant in Barnesville, with a majority of elected officials being affiliated with the Republican Party. The current mayor is Jim Davis and he was elected in 2018 on a platform of fiscal responsibility and creating opportunities to attract more businesses to the area. Other local politicians include Councilman Roy Fekete who was elected to the city council in 2013, and City Commissioner Janie Phillips who was appointed to her position in 2020. All of these leaders work hard to represent their constituents within the city limits while also advocating for the greater good of Lamar County as a whole.
The political climate in Zip 30204 (Barnesville, GA) is strongly conservative.
Lamar County, GA is very conservative. In Lamar County, GA 29.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lamar county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.0% to 29.0%.
Lamar county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30204 (Barnesville, GA) is strongly conservative.
Barnesville, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Lamar County, Georgia is very conservative.
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Barnesville, 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 30204 (Barnesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 137 contributions totaling $4,201 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 128 contributions totaling $23,296 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)