Calhoun County in Georgia is a growing and diverse area, with all the dynamics that come with such a population. Politically, the county is made up of a range of different representatives who are dedicated to representing their constituents and the needs of the community. At state level, Senator David Perdue serves as one of Georgia’s two senators in Washington DC while Representative Sanford Bishop represents Calhoun County at the US House of Representatives. On a local level, there are multiple city councils responsible for making decisions on issues concerning their specific towns. Each municipality has its own mayor along with other elected officials who make up their respective councils. All these figures work together to ensure that Calhoun County remains an inclusive and prosperous place for all residents.
The political climate in Calhoun County, GA is somewhat liberal.
In Calhoun County, GA 57.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.5% to 42.0%.
Calhoun county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Calhoun County, GA is somewhat liberal.
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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.
Calhoun, Georgia: D D D D D D
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 Calhoun County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $5,280 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $754 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $35,425 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $770 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)