Pendergrass, GA is a small town located in Jackson County. It is a rural area with a population of around 2,100 people. The local politics of the area are based on conservative values and the community usually agrees on most issues. The town has a mayor and city council who work together to ensure that the town runs smoothly. Local elections for mayor and city council are held every four years, with residents voting for their preferred candidates. These elections create an opportunity for citizens to be involved in the decisions that impact their lives and give them an active say in how their town is run. With such strong community involvement, political issues typically have wide support from all areas of the town.
The political climate in Pendergrass, GA is very 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
Pendergrass, GA is very 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.
Pendergrass, 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 Pendergrass, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 630 contributions totaling $31,033 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 485 contributions totaling $66,253 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)