The small town of Baxley, GA has a population of around 5,000 people and is located in Appling County. It is the county seat and holds a strong sense of community pride. Politics in 31513 Baxley, GA are important to the citizens of the area as they are invested in their local government and its decisions. The city is governed by a mayor and five-member City Council who each serve four-year terms. Elections for council seats are staggered so that two seats are up for election every two years. Local candidates for these positions are typically well known within the community due to their personal or professional ties to the area and its people. The residents of Baxley stay abreast on current issues at City Council meetings held twice monthly. They work together to ensure that their values remain intact while progress continues through development and economic growth.
The political climate in Zip 31513 (Baxley, GA) is strongly conservative.
Appling County, GA is very conservative. In Appling County, GA 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Appling county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.3% to 21.3%.
Appling county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31513 (Baxley, GA) is strongly conservative.
Baxley, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Appling 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.
Baxley, 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 31513 (Baxley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $163 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $13,201 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)