The politics of 31204 Macon, GA, are largely influenced by the city's diverse population. The city is home to a variety of different racial and ethnic groups, including African American, Hispanic, and white residents. As such, the political landscape is reflective of this diversity as well. The mayor of the city is elected by the citizens every four years and is responsible for providing leadership and setting policy goals for the city. Additionally, there are also several local elected representatives in both the state House and Senate that represent Macon's interests at the state level. In general, all these positions strive to find ways to improve quality of life for Macon's residents through initiatives like public safety reforms and economic development projects.
The political climate in Zip 31204 (Macon, GA) is moderately liberal.
Bibb County, GA is moderately liberal. In Bibb County, GA 61.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 37.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bibb county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 61.3% to 37.5%.
Bibb county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31204 (Macon, GA) is moderately liberal.
Macon, Georgia is moderately liberal.
Bibb County, Georgia is moderately liberal.
Macon-Bibb County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Macon, 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 31204 (Macon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 559 contributions totaling $59,611 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 139 contributions totaling $26,608 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)