Hiram, Georgia is a city located in Paulding county. It is a small city with an estimated population of 10,878 people according to the 2018 census. Despite its size, Hiram has a rich history when it comes to politics. The city has been governed by elected officials since 1875 and has had several different mayors over the course of its history. Elections are held every four years for the mayor and other local offices such as council members and other representatives. The current mayor of Hiram is Matt Richardson who was first elected in 2012 and reelected again in 2016. Also, members from all political parties come together every year to discuss issues that are important to the citizens of Hiram and make important policy decisions. Overall, politics in Hiram have always been robust and active with many engaged citizens participating in their local government activities.
The political climate in Hiram, GA is somewhat conservative.
Paulding County, GA is strongly conservative. In Paulding County, GA 34.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Paulding county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 34.8%.
Paulding county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hiram, GA is somewhat conservative.
Paulding County, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta Metro Area is moderately 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.
Hiram, 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 Hiram, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,384 contributions totaling $32,991 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 822 contributions totaling $115,073 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)