Danville is a small town located in Lamar County, Georgia. The town is known for its strong sense of community and its rich history that dates back to the late 19th century. Despite its small size, the city has an active political life, with local elections taking place every year. In the past few years, the local races have become increasingly competitive as more candidates enter into the fray. Candidates from both major parties have been successful in recent elections, focusing on issues such as job creation, public safety, infrastructure improvements and education reform. Local groups such as the Lamar County Democratic Party and Lamar County Republican Party are actively involved in organizing debates and forums for candidates to present their platforms before voters. As Danville continues to grow and change, politics will remain an important part of life in this vibrant community.
The political climate in Zip 31017 (Danville, GA) is somewhat conservative.
Twiggs County, GA is leaning conservative. In Twiggs County, GA 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Twiggs county remained moderately Republican, 53.3% to 46.0%.
Twiggs county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31017 (Danville, GA) is somewhat conservative.
Danville, Georgia is somewhat conservative.
Twiggs County, Georgia is leaning conservative.
Macon-Bibb County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Danville, Georgia: D d d d 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 31017 (Danville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $60 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $2,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)