Blue Ridge, Georgia is a small town in the north of the state with a population of just over 1,400. The politics here are usually focused on local issues that directly affect the residents, such as education initiatives and economic development strategies. At the local level, Blue Ridge doesn't have any specific political candidates running for office. Instead, elected politicians come from surrounding towns and counties to represent Blue Ridge's interests in county and state government. Residents regularly engage in conversations about upcoming elections and initiatives to ensure their voice is heard by those charged with making decisions that will impact their lives.
The political climate in Blue Ridge, GA is moderately conservative.
Fannin County, GA is very conservative. In Fannin County, GA 17.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fannin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.0% to 17.3%.
Fannin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blue Ridge, GA is moderately conservative.
Fannin 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.
Blue Ridge, 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 Blue Ridge, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 565 contributions totaling $32,242 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 186 contributions totaling $37,557 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)