The city of Clarkesville in Georgia is home to many passionate citizens who are dedicated to their local government. The local government works to ensure that the community is safe and well taken care of. They have put measures in place to keep the city clean, secure, and prosperous. They are also responsible for providing essential services such as water and electricity, road maintenance, garbage collection, and parks and recreation facilities. The city has a long history of electing officials from both major political parties, so the people of Clarkesville can count on their elected representatives representing their interests effectively. Councilmen serve four-year terms and the mayor serves four-year terms as well. It's important for the residents of Clarkesville to stay informed about who is currently in office so they can be involved in decisions affecting their community.
The political climate in Clarkesville, GA is strongly conservative.
Habersham County, GA is very conservative. In Habersham County, GA 17.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Habersham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.4% to 17.4%.
Habersham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clarkesville, GA is strongly conservative.
Habersham County, Georgia is very conservative.
Cornelia 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.
Clarkesville, 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 Clarkesville, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 433 contributions totaling $29,403 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 403 contributions totaling $123,472 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $306 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)