Leary, GA is a small town in the state of Georgia with a population of 39862. It is located within Turner County and has experienced considerable growth over the years. Despite being relatively small, Leary has been actively involved in politics since its founding in 1817. As such, it has become home to numerous local political leaders who have sought to represent their constituents’ best interests. Local candidates strive to improve the quality of life for everyone in the community by making sure that all relevant issues are addressed by their respective elected officials. Several campaigns have been launched over recent years dedicated to creating better access to education, healthcare services, and other essential services needed by residents. Additionally, local leaders have made strides towards ensuring the health and safety of the people living in Leary through important initiatives such as crime prevention and emergency preparedness planning.
The political climate in Zip 39862 (Leary, 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 39862 (Leary, GA) is somewhat liberal.
Leary, 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.
Leary, 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 39862 (Leary)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $5,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2,500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $33,315 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,075 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)