Pelham, GA is a small town located near the Florida-Georgia state line. It is mostly known for its rural, southern charm and sweet tea. Though there are no large-scale politics taking place in the town, residents of Pelham take pride in voting for local elections. The Town Council focuses on local issues such as providing public safety, maintaining infrastructure and parks, and managing the local economy. Residents of Pelham take interest in these activities, often attending meetings and showing support for the candidates chosen to represent their interests. Local candidates demonstrate commitment to community service and actively participate in important projects such as cleaning up parks, creating walking paths around town and improving overall quality of life. The people of Pelham value their local political system and take part in it with enthusiasm.
The political climate in Pelham, GA is leaning conservative.
Mitchell County, GA is somewhat conservative. In Mitchell County, GA 44.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mitchell county remained strongly Republican, 55.1% to 44.5%.
Mitchell county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pelham, GA is leaning conservative.
Mitchell County, Georgia is somewhat 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.
Pelham, Georgia: d 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 Pelham, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $260 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $3,749 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)