Dahlonega, Georgia is a small city located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It has a long and rich history of politics, from the founding of the town by gold miners to its current status as a popular tourist destination. The City of Dahlonega operates under its own mayor-council form of government, which consists of an elected Mayor and six council members who serve on four-year terms. The current mayor is Gary McCullough, who was first elected in 1995 and has served continuously since then. The City Council meets monthly to discuss local issues such as zoning regulations, public safety initiatives, infrastructure improvements, and budgetary decisions. In recent years, Dahlonega residents have also become increasingly engaged in state and national politics, supporting candidates at all levels with their votes as well as their enthusiastic activism.
The political climate in Dahlonega, GA is moderately conservative.
Lumpkin County, GA is very conservative. In Lumpkin County, GA 20.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lumpkin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 20.1%.
Lumpkin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dahlonega, GA is moderately conservative.
Lumpkin 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.
Dahlonega, 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 Dahlonega, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,306 contributions totaling $64,884 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 640 contributions totaling $193,584 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $302 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)