Macon, GA is a diverse city with a population of around 153,000 people. Politics in Macon are vibrant and ever-changing as candidates from all walks of life vie for local offices. The most recent elections saw competing candidates representing both major political parties vying for positions such as Mayor and City Council Member. Many campaigns centered on varied issues such as economic development, public safety, education reform and infrastructure investment. As the election cycle continues, it will be interesting to see how the politics of Macon evolve in order to better serve its residents.
The political climate in Zip 31210 (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 31210 (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 31210 (Macon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 944 contributions totaling $100,997 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 792 contributions totaling $265,015 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $335 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)