The small city of Thomson, GA is situated within McDuffie County. It is a generally peaceful and tight-knit community that boasts a diverse population of about 7,000 people. While the town may be small in size, it is home to an engaged political climate. The local government is composed of several elected officials who focus on advocating for their constituents and improving the lives of those in their district. In recent years, there has been an increased emphasis on creating economic opportunities for businesses and individuals alike and expanding access to healthcare and educational resources for all residents of the area. Local candidates often engage in debates over these topics during election cycles and strive to make sure that their voices are heard on important issues such as economic growth, healthcare access, education reform, and social justice initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 30824 (Thomson, GA) is somewhat conservative.
McDuffie County, GA is moderately conservative. In McDuffie County, GA 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McDuffie county remained very strongly Republican, 59.0% to 39.9%.
McDuffie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30824 (Thomson, GA) is somewhat conservative.
Thomson, Georgia is somewhat conservative.
McDuffie County, Georgia is moderately conservative.
Augusta-Richmond County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Thomson, 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 30824 (Thomson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 108 contributions totaling $21,803 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $16,371 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)