Young Harris, Georgia is a small city located in Towns County with a population of approximately 790 people. While it may be small, the city has an active political landscape. The mayor of Young Harris is Dr. John English, who was elected to the position in 2018. He is supported by the six-member City Council who govern the city’s affairs. Many local residents participate in elections and are invested in issues concerning their community, such as infrastructure improvements, environmental protection, and economic development. The city also works closely with other local governments to ensure that all citizens have access to quality services and resources. Overall, it is clear that politics are important to those who live in Young Harris and they take pride in being engaged and involved in their community's decision-making process.
The political climate in Young Harris, GA is moderately 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
Young Harris, GA is moderately 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.
Young Harris, 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 Young Harris, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 123 contributions totaling $7,975 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 124 contributions totaling $13,519 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)