Talbotton, GA is a small town in the Peach State, with a population of around 1,000 people. It has a long history of civic engagement and political participation, and local elections often draw large numbers of voters. The city is served by the Talbot County Board of Commissioners which governs the county as a whole. There are also several other local boards such as the Talbot County School Board, which oversee various aspects of life in the community. During election periods there are many candidates running for local office and they usually have different perspectives on how to best to serve their constituents. Whether it is managing tax revenue or providing better public services like schools and infrastructure, voters have the opportunity to decide who will be representing them at a local level.
The political climate in Talbotton, GA is somewhat liberal.
Talbot County, GA is moderately liberal. In Talbot County, GA 60.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Talbot county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 60.0% to 39.5%.
Talbot county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Talbotton, GA is somewhat liberal.
Talbot County, Georgia 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.
Talbotton, Georgia: D D D D D D
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Talbotton, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $3,067 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)