Hamilton, GA is a small city located in Harris County with a population of about 4,200 people. The politics in the city are mainly focused on the local government and its elected officials. Currently, the mayor of Hamilton is Pat Carnathan. There are four council members who represent each of the four districts within the city. These council members are responsible for making decisions that affect the citizens of Hamilton and its infrastructure. The citizens have their say by voting for candidates during local elections. Additionally, there are several state and federal representatives who serve this community, such as U.S Representative Austin Scott and State Senator Josh McKoon. All these different levels of government ensure that Hamilton's residents can have their voice heard at all levels of decision-making.
The political climate in Hamilton, GA is very conservative.
Harris County, GA is very conservative. In Harris County, GA 27.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harris county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.6% to 27.3%.
Harris county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hamilton, GA is very conservative.
Harris County, Georgia is very conservative.
Columbus Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Hamilton, 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 Hamilton, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 257 contributions totaling $18,460 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 181 contributions totaling $52,447 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $290 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)