Ocilla, GA is located in Irwin County and is governed by a Mayor-Council system of government. The current mayor is Robert Andrews, who was elected to his third term in 2019. The City Council consists of five members who are elected for four-year terms. The City Council works alongside the Mayor to ensure that the community’s needs are addressed and that local laws are enforced. Ocilla has many local organizations and programs that work together to improve the quality of life for its residents, including the Ocilla History Museum and the Ocilla Arts Commission. Furthermore, the city holds regular town meetings to allow citizens to voice their opinions on issues affecting the city or county. Community involvement is highly encouraged as it helps shape decisions made by those in power and builds a stronger sense of civic duty amongst citizens.
The political climate in Zip 31774 (Ocilla, GA) is strongly conservative.
Irwin County, GA is very conservative. In Irwin County, GA 24.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Irwin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 24.2%.
Irwin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31774 (Ocilla, GA) is strongly conservative.
Ocilla, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Irwin 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.
Ocilla, 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 31774 (Ocilla)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $975 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $22,264 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $655 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)