The small town of Pearson, GA (zip code 31642) has a population of about 1,000 people, with its citizens deeply rooted in their local community and culture. Politically, the town leans conservatively with many citizens participating in the grassroots efforts of local Republican politics. The 2016 presidential election saw a majority of votes from the town cast in favor of Donald Trump for president. Local issues are often left to the city council and mayor to decide; however, citizens have an active role in voicing their opinions on matters that affect them directly. Along with state races for positions like governor and state senators, Pearson also holds its own nonpartisan elections each year for mayors and other members of the city council who are responsible for making decisions affecting the town's municipal services and budgeting.
The political climate in Zip 31642 (Pearson, GA) is strongly conservative.
Atkinson County, GA is very conservative. In Atkinson County, GA 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Atkinson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.9% to 26.1%.
Atkinson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31642 (Pearson, GA) is strongly conservative.
Pearson, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Atkinson County, Georgia is very 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.
Pearson, 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 31642 (Pearson)
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 20 contributions totaling $2,305 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)