Milledgeville, GA is a small city located in Baldwin County with a population of around 20,000 people. It is the county seat and has a long history of being an important political hub for the state of Georgia. The local political scene revolves mainly around issues that affect life in Milledgeville, such as education, safety, economic development, and infrastructure. Political candidates who are running for office in the city are usually from the local area and have close ties to the citizens of Milledgeville. The local government is responsible for providing essential services to the citizens as well as making decisions on issues that affect the entire county. There are several organizations and volunteer groups in Milledgeville that focus on engaging residents with politics by promoting civic engagement and encouraging people to vote during election season. These organizations help ensure that everyone in Milledgeville is aware of their right to participate in the political process.
The political climate in Zip 31061 (Milledgeville, GA) is leaning liberal.
Baldwin County, GA is leaning liberal. In Baldwin County, GA 50.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baldwin county remained narrowly Democratic, 50.1% to 48.8%.
Baldwin county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31061 (Milledgeville, GA) is leaning liberal.
Milledgeville, Georgia is leaning liberal.
Baldwin County, Georgia is leaning liberal.
Milledgeville 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.
Milledgeville, Georgia: r r 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 31061 (Milledgeville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 363 contributions totaling $29,987 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 192 contributions totaling $46,133 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)