Columbus, GA (zip code 31829) is a growing mid-sized city in the south-central region of Georgia. As with any city, the politics of Columbus reflects the interests and passions of its citizens. Civic engagement is at an all-time high, with more people than ever before discussing and debating local issues that affect their lives. Currently, there are several candidates vying for local political office in Columbus, including Mayor Teresa Tomlinson, City Councilman Glenn Davis, and City Councilwoman Mimi Woodson. Each candidate brings unique perspectives and ideas to the table, offering Columbus residents a range of choices when it comes to who they want to represent them in local government. With such a wide variety of candidates available to choose from, Columbus residents have plenty of options when it comes time to vote for their next mayor or city council member.
The political climate in Zip 31829 (Columbus, GA) is somewhat liberal.
Muscogee County, GA is moderately liberal. In Muscogee County, GA 61.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Muscogee county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.4% to 37.4%.
Muscogee county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31829 (Columbus, GA) is somewhat liberal.
Columbus, Georgia is somewhat liberal.
Muscogee County, Georgia is moderately liberal.
Columbus Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Columbus, Georgia: d d D D D D
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 31829 (Columbus)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,000 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $3,818 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)