The politics in 31079 Rochelle, GA are closely tied to the surrounding area. While the population of Rochelle is relatively small, it is part of a larger county that has representatives from both major parties and at all levels of government. Locally, Rochelle's Town Council consists of five members who make decisions on everything from budgeting to daily operations in the city. The City Council is responsible for providing services such as police protection, street maintenance, and garbage collection for residents. Additionally, they approve zoning changes and other ordinances that may affect local businesses. At the state level, Rochelle is represented by a State Representative and two State Senators who serve in the General Assembly and vote on legislation that impacts everyone living within 31079 Rochelle. Federal representation includes a member of Congress who serves in the House of Representatives and participates in making laws affecting all citizens across the entire United States. Therefore, residents have access to elected officials at all levels who represent their interests locally and nationally.
The political climate in Zip 31079 (Rochelle, GA) is strongly conservative.
Wilcox County, GA is very conservative. In Wilcox County, GA 26.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilcox county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.3% to 26.3%.
Wilcox county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31079 (Rochelle, GA) is strongly conservative.
Rochelle, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Wilcox 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.
Rochelle, 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 31079 (Rochelle)
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 $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)