Columbus, Georgia, located in Muscogee county is the third largest city in the state of Georgia and serves as a major industrial center. The political landscape of Columbus is just as vibrant and dynamic as its industry. The mayor of Columbus is Skip Henderson, who was elected to office in 2017 and re-elected in 2021. He has been a major advocate for revitalizing downtown Columbus and improving public education. Local government consists of nine council members, four appointed by the Mayor to represent different districts and 5 elected from the city at large. These council members work closely with the Mayor to support local initiatives that benefit all citizens of Columbus. They meet regularly to discuss budgeting, development projects and other initiatives that promote economic growth, public safety and community health. Additionally, there are numerous organizations such as Black Voters Matter, Indivisible Columbus, and League of Women Voters that actively engage residents of 31906 Columbus in the political process.
The political climate in Zip 31906 (Columbus, GA) is moderately 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 31906 (Columbus, GA) is moderately liberal.
Columbus, Georgia is moderately 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 31906 (Columbus)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 959 contributions totaling $75,438 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 200 contributions totaling $357,443 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,787 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)