The city of Macon, GA located in the zip code 31207 is a vibrant and thriving community. Local politics in the area are strongly rooted in the city’s diverse population and culture. Macon has a long history of electing representatives that best represent its people. The current mayor is Robert Reichert who was elected in 2007 and re-elected multiple times since then. He promotes a vision focused on economic growth and development, while improving quality of life for residents. In addition to Mayor Reichert, other local council members such as Virgil Watkins, LaFaye Copeland, Larry Schlesinger, Al Tillman, Bert Bivins, Tom Ellington, and Marty Simpkins work to create policies that will best serve their constituents. Working together with the Mayor and other local leaders they strive to create positive change for all residents of the area.
The political climate in Zip 31207 (Macon, GA) is strongly 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 31207 (Macon, GA) is strongly liberal.
Macon, Georgia is strongly 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 31207 (Macon)
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 2 contributions totaling $2,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)