Edison, Georgia is a small town located in the heart of rural Georgia with a population of 39846. It has a long history of political involvement and is home to numerous local elected officials who represent the citizens of Edison in state government. Edison's politics are characterized by strong support for conservative candidates and policies. The current city mayor is an independent who was elected following an election season marked by significant voter turnout and a heated debate about the future direction of the city. Local political issues often revolve around topics such as taxes, education reform, economic development, environmental protection, and public safety. Citizens of Edison take great pride in their local politicians and have recently become more engaged in community activities such as attending city council meetings, participating in town hall meetings, and engaging with local candidates during election cycles.
The political climate in Zip 39846 (Edison, GA) is somewhat liberal.
Calhoun County, GA is somewhat liberal. In Calhoun County, GA 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 42.0%.
Calhoun county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39846 (Edison, GA) is somewhat liberal.
Edison, Georgia is somewhat liberal.
Calhoun County, Georgia is somewhat liberal.
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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.
Edison, 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 39846 (Edison)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $280 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $2,110 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)