The politics in 30182 Waco, GA are currently dominated by the local Republican Party. The incumbent Senator is David Perdue, who was first elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2020. The Georgia House of Representatives is represented by David Knight, who was elected in 2018 and serves as the District 71 Representative. At the county level, Coweta County Commissioner Al Smith, a Democrat, holds office as Chairperson for District 1. Additionally, a number of local school boards and city councils are made up of both Republicans and Democrats from Waco and its surrounding areas. Local elections are typically based on issues such as education, government spending, taxes and economic development. While Waco has traditionally been a conservative area with strong ties to GOP leadership, citizens have recently seen an increased interest in Democratic candidates as well.
The political climate in Zip 30182 (Waco, GA) is very conservative.
Haralson County, GA is very conservative. In Haralson County, GA 12.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Haralson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.5% to 12.6%.
Haralson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30182 (Waco, GA) is very conservative.
Waco, Georgia is very conservative.
Haralson County, Georgia is very conservative.
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Waco, 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 30182 (Waco)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)