Allentown, Georgia is a small city located in Troup County and is part of the LaGrange metropolitan area. Politically, the city of Allentown leans to the conservative side. In recent years, local political candidates have included State Senator Steve Jones, who was elected in 2015 to represent District 26. Other elected officials include Commissioner Richard Gunter, Sheriff James Woodruff Jr., and City Council member Jeffrey Baskin. While there are many issues facing Allentown, some of the most pressing ones include economic development, health care access and infrastructure projects. Residents of Allentown have been active in pushing for change on these issues and have high expectations when it comes to their representation at the state and local level.
The political climate in Zip 31003 (Allentown, GA) is moderately conservative.
Wilkinson County, GA is somewhat conservative. In Wilkinson County, GA 43.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilkinson county remained strongly Republican, 55.9% to 43.5%.
Wilkinson county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31003 (Allentown, GA) is moderately conservative.
Allentown, Georgia is moderately conservative.
Wilkinson County, Georgia is somewhat 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.
Allentown, Georgia: d 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 31003 (Allentown)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)