39897 Whigham, GA is a small rural town located in Southwest Georgia. The politics in this quaint town are quite conservative, as the majority of the population tends to vote Republican in both local and national elections. Residents here tend to focus on issues such as religious liberty, low taxes, and limited government regulation over business and industry. There are no current local political candidates running for office, making it likely that the next election will be determined by how well their views align with those of the majority of the population. The political atmosphere in Whigham is very friendly and welcoming to new ideas and points of view, so regardless of which candidate wins an election, everyone is sure to be heard and respected.
The political climate in Zip 39897 (Whigham, GA) is strongly conservative.
Grady County, GA is strongly conservative. In Grady County, GA 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grady county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.7% to 33.8%.
Grady county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 39897 (Whigham, GA) is strongly conservative.
Whigham, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Grady County, Georgia is strongly conservative.
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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.
Whigham, 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 39897 (Whigham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $267 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $11 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $3,604 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)