The city of Waycross, GA is located in the southeastern part of the state and has a rich political history. Home to over 15,000 residents, Waycross serves as a hub for local government and community activity. The city is governed by a mayor-council system where five elected representatives serve on the council along with the mayor. Elections for these positions take place every four years. Local politics in 31501 Waycross are centered around issues such as economic development, public safety and infrastructure improvements. These topics are discussed at regular town hall meetings and other community events. The people of Waycross have always been passionate about their local government and take great pride in making sure that their voices are heard when it comes to topics affecting them.
The political climate in Zip 31501 (Waycross, GA) is moderately conservative.
Ware County, GA is very conservative. In Ware County, GA 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ware county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 29.4%.
Ware county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31501 (Waycross, GA) is moderately conservative.
Waycross, Georgia is moderately conservative.
Ware County, Georgia is very conservative.
Waycross Metro Area is very 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.
Waycross, 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 31501 (Waycross)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 123 contributions totaling $30,820 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $251 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $34,437 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $319 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)