Jakin, GA is a small rural town in 39861 with a population of about 600 people. The city is governed by an elected mayor and four council members who are voted in by the citizens of Jakin. Each year residents have the opportunity to vote for local political candidates who will represent their best interests. The town has long had an active civic society that is passionate about politics and community engagement. Every election cycle brings passionate debates among residents about which candidate should be elected to ensure Jakin’s continued success and prosperity. Jakin’s current mayor, Joe Wilson, has been in office for the past four years and has made significant improvements to the town’s infrastructure while keeping taxes low. He is running for reelection this year against two opponents who have promised to bring more economic development and increased services to the area if elected. As Jakin's residents prepare to go to the polls this November, they will be choosing between three very different candidates who all have unique plans for leading their beloved town into the future.
The political climate in Zip 39861 (Jakin, GA) is leaning conservative.
Early County, GA is leaning conservative. In Early County, GA 47.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Early county remained moderately Republican, 52.2% to 47.2%.
Early county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39861 (Jakin, GA) is leaning conservative.
Jakin, Georgia is leaning conservative.
Early County, Georgia is leaning 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.
Jakin, Georgia: r R r d 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 39861 (Jakin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)