The town of Ephesus, GA is a small, rural community located in the southeastern part of the state. The local politics in Ephesus are largely focused on creating prosperity for all its citizens and providing necessary services to the community. Issues that have been addressed recently include public safety, infrastructure improvements, education, and environmental protection. The town has a long history of electing local representatives from both major political parties who strive to work together to find solutions that benefit everyone. Local elections often involve competitive races between candidates from both sides of the aisle who bring unique perspectives and ideas to improve the lives of their constituents. In addition to electing representatives for their respective districts, citizens of Ephesus also vote on important initiatives such as bond issues and tax levies that affect the entire town. This commitment to democracy ensures that every citizen's voice is heard on issues impacting their lives.
The political climate in Ephesus, GA is strongly conservative.
Heard County, GA is very conservative. In Heard County, GA 15.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Heard county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.8% to 15.3%.
Heard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ephesus, GA is strongly conservative.
Heard 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.
Ephesus, 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 Ephesus, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 77 contributions totaling $4,620 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 150 contributions totaling $19,324 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)