Chester, GA is an active and vibrant community located in 31012. Politically, the area is a mix of both Democratic and Republican constituents. The current mayor of the city is Democrat Gerald Parker, who was first elected in 2019 and has since worked to bring together the diverse political opinions of Chester’s residents. Additionally, the city council members are made up of three Republicans and two Democrats that work closely with Mayor Parker on various initiatives for the city. Voting participation is important to this community, with most residents actively participating in local elections when given the opportunity. Chester takes great pride in its political landscape and works diligently to ensure that all voices are heard in their local government process.
The political climate in Zip 31012 (Chester, GA) is strongly conservative.
Dodge County, GA is very conservative. In Dodge County, GA 26.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dodge county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.4% to 26.9%.
Dodge county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31012 (Chester, GA) is strongly conservative.
Chester, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Dodge 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.
Chester, 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 31012 (Chester)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $74 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $1,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)