Jasper, GA is a small city located in Pickens County in the state of Georgia. The city is governed by a mayor and five council members who are elected to four-year terms. The mayor serves as the head of the legislative branch of the government and oversees the day-to-day operations of the city. The council members are responsible for setting policy and budgets, passing ordinances, and representing their constituents. Jasper City Council meets regularly and holds public hearings on matters that affect local residents. Residents can voice their opinions at these meetings or write letters to their representatives expressing their thoughts on current issues facing the community. Jasper has traditionally been a very politically active town, with citizens taking part in local campaigns and voting for candidates who share their beliefs.
The political climate in Jasper, GA is strongly conservative.
Pickens County, GA is very conservative. In Pickens County, GA 16.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pickens county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.2% to 16.4%.
Pickens county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jasper, GA is strongly conservative.
Pickens County, Georgia is very conservative.
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.
Jasper, 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 Jasper, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,243 contributions totaling $316,550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,581 contributions totaling $266,222 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)