Helen, GA is a small town located in the Northeast Georgia mountains. It is home to slightly over 500 people and has a distinct Germanic-style architecture which gives it a unique look and feel. The local politics in Helen are focused on ensuring the quality of life of its citizens by providing services such as water, sewage, and free municipal parking. Local political candidates for town positions must demonstrate their commitment to serving the community and preserving its unique heritage. They also strive to promote economic development and keep taxes low. Additionally, they must be supportive of long-term environmental stewardship through initiatives such as maintaining public lands. Candidates who can show that they will be dedicated to actively engaging with local citizens on these issues are most likely to gain support from constituents.
The political climate in Zip 30545 (Helen, GA) is strongly conservative.
White County, GA is very conservative. In White County, GA 16.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, White county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.4% to 16.3%.
White county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30545 (Helen, GA) is strongly conservative.
Helen, Georgia is strongly conservative.
White County, Georgia is very conservative.
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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.
Helen, 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 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 zip 30545 (Helen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $1,299 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,145 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)