The small city of Valdosta in Lowndes County, Georgia is home to an active political atmosphere. The county is currently represented in the United States Congress by Austin Scott, a Republican who was elected to the House of Representatives in 2010. Local leadership consists of Mayor John Gayle and the city council members from District One, District Two and District Three. Valdosta citizens are involved in their local government, attending town hall meetings and voicing their opinions on important issues such as infrastructure projects, public safety and economic development. The city also hosts several annual events related to politics and civic engagement including candidate forums. Additionally, Valdosta takes pride in its voting history, consistently achieving one of the highest voter turnouts during major elections like gubernatorial races and presidential elections.
The political climate in Zip 31606 (Valdosta, GA) is somewhat conservative.
Lowndes County, GA is somewhat conservative. In Lowndes County, GA 43.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lowndes county remained strongly Republican, 55.4% to 43.4%.
Lowndes county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31606 (Valdosta, GA) is somewhat conservative.
Valdosta, Georgia is somewhat conservative.
Lowndes County, Georgia is somewhat conservative.
Valdosta 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.
Valdosta, 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 31606 (Valdosta)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $431 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $2,580 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)