The city of Watkinsville, GA (zip code 30677) is located in Oconee County and is part of the Athens-Clarke County Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government with six council members. The current mayor is Robert S. Blakely, who was elected to the post in 2015. The City Council meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month to discuss local issues and set policy for the city. Local elections are held every four years to vote for candidates for Mayor and five council members, as well as other positions such as Board members for various committees. As a small community, Watkinsville has become known for its sense of community pride and support for small businesses in the area. It has also become a popular place to live due to its proximity to larger cities such as Atlanta and Athens.
The political climate in Zip 30677 (Watkinsville, GA) is strongly conservative.
Oconee County, GA is very conservative. In Oconee County, GA 32.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oconee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.9% to 32.4%.
Oconee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30677 (Watkinsville, GA) is strongly conservative.
Watkinsville, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Oconee County, Georgia is very conservative.
Athens-Clarke County Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Watkinsville, 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 30677 (Watkinsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,864 contributions totaling $110,329 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 548 contributions totaling $322,530 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $589 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)