Clermont, GA is a small town located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in Northern Georgia. It is a tight knit community with a strong sense of pride and dedication to their local politics. The Town Council is comprised of five members who are elected by the citizens every four years. They are responsible for making decisions on issues such as public works projects, zoning regulations, financial matters, and more. The town also has an active mayor that is elected every two years and is tasked with representing the constituents of Clermont at meetings with other local government bodies. All elections in Clermont are held at the Town Hall where residents come out to cast their ballot and make sure their voice is heard.
The political climate in Clermont, GA is very conservative.
Hall County, GA is very conservative. In Hall County, GA 27.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.8% to 27.6%.
Hall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clermont, GA is very conservative.
Hall County, Georgia is very conservative.
Gainesville Metro Area 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.
Clermont, 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 Clermont, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 66 contributions totaling $6,905 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $51,259 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $545 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)