East Ellijay, GA is a small town located in the North Georgia Mountains. It is an area steeped in history and local politics. Local political candidates here are focused on the issues that affect their constituents such as education, infrastructure, natural resources, and economic development. They strive to ensure that all citizens have access to quality services and a high quality of life. The candidates also work to create an environment where businesses can thrive and create jobs. Overall, they strive to make East Ellijay a welcoming place for all that live here.
The political climate in East Ellijay, GA is strongly conservative.
Gilmer County, GA is very conservative. In Gilmer County, GA 17.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gilmer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 17.7%.
Gilmer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Ellijay, GA is strongly conservative.
Gilmer 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.
East Ellijay, 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 East Ellijay, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 692 contributions totaling $37,431 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 256 contributions totaling $40,965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)