In 31833 West Point, GA politics are shaped by the local government and its elected officials. The city has a mayor-council form of government with a six-member City Council serving as the legislative body. Each council member is elected to a four-year term, and the mayor is chosen by the citizens every four years in a general election. Currently, there are two political parties represented on the City Council, and recent elections have resulted in an even split between Republican and Democratic elected officials. Local candidates from both parties work diligently to represent their constituents in ensuring that West Point remains a safe and vibrant community for all citizens.
The political climate in Zip 31833 (West Point, GA) is moderately conservative.
Troup County, GA is moderately conservative. In Troup County, GA 38.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Troup county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.4% to 38.5%.
Troup county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31833 (West Point, GA) is moderately conservative.
West Point, Georgia is moderately conservative.
Troup County, Georgia is moderately conservative.
LaGrange 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.
West Point, 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 31833 (West Point)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 36 contributions totaling $2,402 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 186 contributions totaling $91,664 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $493 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)