The city of Ashburn, GA is located in Turner County and has a population of approximately 2,400 people. The local politics in this area are primarily centered around issues that affect the community such as education, infrastructure, public safety, economic development and job growth. Locally elected officials are responsible for making decisions about these various topics. Currently there are two candidates running for mayor; Bob Johnson and Joe Robinson. Both candidates have outlined their goals and beliefs for the future of Ashburn. Bob Johnson believes that investment in workforce development and job training can improve the quality of life for residents; while Joe Robinson advocates for investments in public infrastructure projects to help attract new businesses to the area. Both candidates are committed to working together with residents to create a vibrant and successful community.
The political climate in Zip 31714 (Ashburn, GA) is somewhat conservative.
Turner County, GA is strongly conservative. In Turner County, GA 37.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Turner county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 37.2%.
Turner county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31714 (Ashburn, GA) is somewhat conservative.
Ashburn, Georgia is somewhat conservative.
Turner 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.
Ashburn, 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 31714 (Ashburn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $1,700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $283 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $8,541 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $450 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)