Commerce, GA is a small city located in the northeast region of Georgia. While the city has a population of around 6,500 people, its political landscape is one that has seen a great deal of activity in recent years. With both local and state politics playing a role in forming the city’s future, residents regularly participate in elections to ensure their voices are heard. In local elections, individuals must register to vote and decide which candidates they feel best represent their interests. From there, local representatives take part in planning and implementing policies for the betterment of Commerce. Similar efforts are applied at the state level with numerous representatives from other areas working to ensure all Georgians are receiving fair representation within the government.
The political climate in Commerce, GA is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, GA is very conservative. In Jackson County, GA 20.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.3% to 20.3%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Commerce, GA is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, Georgia is very conservative.
Jefferson 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.
Commerce, 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 Commerce, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 198 contributions totaling $12,983 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 211 contributions totaling $36,544 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)