Statesboro, GA is located in Bulloch County and is home to a dynamic political climate. In the local government, the recent election saw Mayor Jonathan McCollar being re-elected for a second term. Additionally, there have been several city council elections that have seen Stateboro residents electing new representatives to represent their interests. At the state level, Bulloch County is represented by Senator Jack Hill in the Georgia Senate and Representative Jan Tankersley in the Georgia House of Representatives. Both of these representatives have worked hard to bring funding for economic development and infrastructure improvement projects to the city of Statesboro. Overall, it is clear that Statesboro takes politics seriously and works hard to ensure that its citizens are well represented in both local and state government.
The political climate in Zip 30461 (Statesboro, GA) is moderately conservative.
Bulloch County, GA is moderately conservative. In Bulloch County, GA 37.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bulloch county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.1% to 37.4%.
Bulloch county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30461 (Statesboro, GA) is moderately conservative.
Statesboro, Georgia is moderately conservative.
Bulloch County, Georgia is moderately conservative.
Statesboro Metro Area is moderately conservative.
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.
Statesboro, 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 30461 (Statesboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 250 contributions totaling $21,649 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $33,406 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)