Hiawassee, GA is a small rural town located in the northern Georgia mountains. It is known as a charming and peaceful community with welcoming locals and scenic views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The politics in Hiawassee, GA are just as serene and low-key as its scenery. The town has a strong local government that works diligently to ensure their constituents receive the best services possible. In addition to local government officials like mayor and city council members, Hiawassee also elects representatives to state and federal offices. This ensures that Hiawassee's interests are represented on both the local and national level. These representatives work hard to ensure that all citizens are heard and protected while making decisions for the good of their constituents. Despite its small size, Hiawassee takes an active role in politics by participating in elections and staying informed on current issues at all levels of government.
The political climate in Hiawassee, GA is strongly conservative.
Towns County, GA is very conservative. In Towns County, GA 19.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Towns county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.0% to 19.4%.
Towns county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hiawassee, GA is strongly conservative.
Towns County, Georgia 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.
Hiawassee, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Hiawassee, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 260 contributions totaling $7,186 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 240 contributions totaling $43,455 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)