La Fayette, GA is a city in Walker County with a small population of 7,121 people. The city is governed by the mayor and six council members who are elected to four-year terms. The current mayor is Fred Hinely and the six council members are Tommy Stone, Joe Burns, Sandy Lusk, Jim Ashby, Jim Howard and Paul Brown. These individuals work together to support the citizens of La Fayette through their leadership and decision making. Local issues such as zoning regulations, economic development initiatives and public safety matters are discussed at City Council meetings that are open to all citizens. The local political climate in La Fayette allows for thoughtful debates about important issues while also maintaining a sense of belonging for all its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 30728 (La Fayette, GA) is very conservative.
Walker County, GA is very conservative. In Walker County, GA 19.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.9% to 19.6%.
Walker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30728 (La Fayette, GA) is very conservative.
La Fayette, Georgia is very conservative.
Walker County, Georgia is very conservative.
Chattanooga Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
La Fayette, 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 30728 (La Fayette)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $6,804 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $13,638 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)