Gainesville, GA is a vibrant and diverse city located in Hall County. It is home to a range of businesses, cultural centers, educational institutions and social organizations. Politically, the city of Gainesville is governed by an elected Mayor and City Commission. These commissioners are tasked with leading the community forward in areas such as transportation, public safety, economic development and community services. In addition to local government leadership, Gainesville also has federal representation from the congressional district it belongs to. The current representatives for Georgia's 9th Congressional District are Doug Collins (R) in the House of Representatives and Kelly Loeffler (R) in the Senate. With such strong political representation at both the state and federal level, Gainesville residents have a powerful voice in shaping local policies on matters that affect them most.
The political climate in Gainesville, GA is somewhat conservative.
Hall County, GA is very conservative. In Hall County, GA 27.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.8% to 27.6%.
Hall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gainesville, GA is somewhat conservative.
Hall County, Georgia is very conservative.
Gainesville 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.
Gainesville, 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 Gainesville, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,146 contributions totaling $265,068 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,113 contributions totaling $1,061,043 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $341 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)