Clayton, GA is a small town located in Rabun County with a population of around 2,000 people. Despite its size, Clayton has an active political environment with many local candidates running for office each election cycle. The city’s government is currently led by Mayor James Davenport and the six-member City Council which is made up of representatives from the various wards in the city. Each year, voters are able to cast their ballots for local candidates and help shape the future of their community. Issues such as infrastructure improvements, economic development, and public safety often drive the debates surrounding local elections. Residents of Clayton also have the opportunity to engage with their elected officials year-round through town hall meetings and other activities designed to keep them informed about important issues facing their city.
The political climate in Clayton, GA is strongly conservative.
Rabun County, GA is very conservative. In Rabun County, GA 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rabun county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 20.7%.
Rabun county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clayton, GA is strongly conservative.
Rabun 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.
Clayton, 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 Clayton, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,129 contributions totaling $75,427 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 386 contributions totaling $85,352 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)