Metter, GA is a small city located in Candler County. It is a rural town with a population of 3,127 people as of the 2020 census. Despite its size, Metter has a strong local government and many engaged citizens. Local politics here are important to the community and they often focus on issues such as infrastructure improvement, public safety, economic development, and public education. Residents of Metter have their own opinions and ideas that shape the policies of their local government. In addition to the city council who makes decisions about local ordinances, residents also have the opportunity to get involved in state and federal politics by voting in elections and participating in other civic activities. In this way, Metter demonstrates how small communities can still participate in the political process at all levels.
The political climate in Zip 30439 (Metter, GA) is strongly conservative.
Candler County, GA is very conservative. In Candler County, GA 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Candler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 28.6%.
Candler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30439 (Metter, GA) is strongly conservative.
Metter, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Candler County, Georgia is very conservative.
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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.
Metter, Georgia: R R R R R R
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 30439 (Metter)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 116 contributions totaling $5,896 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $10,966 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $406 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)