The small town of Mershon, Georgia is home to a population of around 1,500 people. The city's politics are focused on local issues that affect the community and its citizens. Local elections usually involve candidates who have deep ties to the community and local issues at hand. The local government actively works to ensure that all citizens are able to take part in the political process and make their voices heard. Recently, several initiatives have been put in place to increase voter turnout for local elections in an effort to make democracy relevant on a local level. For instance, campaigns aimed at informing citizens about upcoming elections and encouraging residents to vote have been implemented throughout the city. Additionally, resources such as early voting locations and improved access to voter information are available for all residents of Mershon, GA so they can have a say in their political future.
The political climate in Zip 31551 (Mershon, GA) is very conservative.
Pierce County, GA is very conservative. In Pierce County, GA 12.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pierce county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.3% to 12.2%.
Pierce county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31551 (Mershon, GA) is very conservative.
Mershon, Georgia is very conservative.
Pierce County, Georgia is very conservative.
Waycross Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Mershon, 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 31551 (Mershon)
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)