The Athens-Clarke County, GA Metro Area is home to a diverse community of citizens who are passionate about their local politics. Every election year, residents come together to learn more about the issues at hand and to make sure their voices are heard. The Athens-Clarke County Board of Elections is responsible for overseeing all local elections in the area and makes sure that votes are counted fairly and accurately. Local political candidates often hold rallies and town hall meetings to discuss the issues important to residents in order to gain support for their campaigns. Regular updates on current events and upcoming election information can be found on their website or through local news outlets. Through informing citizens and engaging with them directly, candidates hope to secure votes that will help ensure positive changes in the community for years to come.
The political climate in Athens-Clarke County Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Athens-Clarke County Metro Area 53.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Athens-Clarke County metro area remained moderately Democratic, 53.3% to 45.0%.
The Athens-Clarke County metro area voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Athens-Clarke County Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Athens-Clarke County, Georgia: r r d r 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Athens-Clarke County Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15,978 contributions totaling $939,016 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,550 contributions totaling $1,105,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $434 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)