The city of Claxton, GA (zip code 30417) is located in Evans County and is part of the Georgia House District 156. The district is represented by its current state representative, Katie Dempsey, who was first elected in 2015. She serves on several committees including Appropriations and Rules. Dempsey has been a proponent for improving the local economy through investments in local agricultural businesses and increasing access to health care services for her constituents. The City of Claxton has also had an active role in local politics by electing several members to serve on city boards and commissions. Through their work, they have helped to shape the future of their community by advocating for policies that benefit the citizens of Claxton. Additionally, there are many organizations and groups within Claxton that advocate for their causes on a state level such as the Environmental Initiative Group and the Middle Georgia Parent Empowerment Association. By engaging in local political issues, these groups have been able to make a difference in their communities by raising awareness about important issues facing them.
The political climate in Zip 30417 (Claxton, GA) is strongly conservative.
Evans County, GA is very conservative. In Evans County, GA 31.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Evans county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 31.2%.
Evans county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30417 (Claxton, GA) is strongly conservative.
Claxton, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Evans 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.
Claxton, 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 30417 (Claxton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $1,570 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $13,539 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $347 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)