Lake City, GA is a small town located in the state of Georgia. It has an elected government that serves to maintain the peace and order within the area. The main governing body of Lake City is the Mayor and Councilmembers who work together to create laws, policies, and regulations for the city. The Mayor and Council are elected by the citizens through general elections held every four years. In addition to the Mayor and Council, local government also includes a wide range of committees and boards which help make decisions and advise on important matters. These boards are established by both state law as well as local ordinance passed by the City Council. All citizens have the opportunity to become involved with their local government by attending meetings or voting in elections.
The political climate in Lake City, GA is strongly liberal.
Clayton County, GA is very liberal. In Clayton County, GA 84.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 14.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clayton county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 84.9% to 14.1%.
Clayton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake City, GA is strongly liberal.
Clayton County, Georgia is very liberal.
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta Metro Area is moderately 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.
Lake City, Georgia: D D D D D D
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 Lake City, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 329 contributions totaling $45,992 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 106 contributions totaling $62,960 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $594 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)