Hoschton, Georgia is a small city located in the northern part of Jackson County. It is a rural community with a population of about 1,200 people. The city is governed by a mayor and four elected council members. The council sets local policy as well as administers the budget for the city. Hoschton also has an active civic and political life with numerous grassroots organizations that advocate for various issues affecting local residents. Recently, the city held elections for mayor and City Council positions and there were many candidates vying for those positions. However, no specific names are mentioned in this content so they will not be included here. Overall, Hoschton’s political climate is relatively stable and residents feel represented by their elected officials.
The political climate in Hoschton, 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
Hoschton, 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.
Hoschton, 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 Hoschton, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 624 contributions totaling $30,843 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 434 contributions totaling $63,079 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)