The city of Macon, Georgia is located in the 31206 zip code and is an integral part of the state’s history and culture. The city has a long history of political involvement, from its past as a trading post to more modern times. It is home to a number of notable political figures such as former Vice President Walter Mondale and prominent U.S. Senator Sam Nunn, who was born in Macon. Currently, there are several elected officials representing Macon at the local, state and national level. These include Congressman Sanford Bishop Jr., State Representative Robert Dickey, and Macon-Bibb County Mayor Robert Reichert. Each of these officials has their own unique approach to representing the interests of Macon residents and all have strong focuses on improving the educational system, public safety, economic development, infrastructure improvements and cultural programs for the city's residents.
The political climate in Zip 31206 (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 31206 (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 31206 (Macon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $8,282 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $4,514 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)