Harlem, GA is a small town in Georgia with a population of approximately 750 people. The politics in Harlem are handled by the mayor and five city council members, who are all elected by the citizens of Harlem. Each year the residents of Harlem vote for their preferred candidate to serve as mayor and city council members, ensuring that only qualified and dedicated individuals are representing them. This year, the mayor is Jonathan Edwards and council members include William Lee, John Smith, Susan Rogers, Mary Johnson, and Bill Burns. All of these civic leaders work together to ensure the well-being of the community by making decisions on budgeting and other local issues impacting the townspeople. They are also actively involved in various initiatives such as promoting local businesses and fostering economic growth within Harlem.
The political climate in Harlem, GA is moderately conservative.
Columbia County, GA is strongly conservative. In Columbia County, GA 36.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.0% to 36.3%.
Columbia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harlem, GA is moderately conservative.
Columbia County, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Augusta-Richmond County Metro Area is leaning 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.
Harlem, 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 Harlem, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 92 contributions totaling $11,367 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)