The politics in Isle of Hope, GA are rooted in a long tradition of community involvement and local democracy. The city is governed by an elected mayor, who is supported by a five-member town council. Members of the council are elected from each of the five wards that make up the city and serve four-year terms. The Mayor presides at all meetings, acts as head of the police department, appoints boards and commissions, executes contracts and ordinances, and serves as the official representative for Isle of Hope. In addition to regular meetings between the town council and mayor, there are numerous opportunities for public involvement in local decision-making processes such as zoning hearings and budget reviews. Through these efforts, Isle of Hope citizens have a voice in shaping their community’s future.
The political climate in Isle of Hope, GA is leaning liberal.
Chatham County, GA is moderately liberal. In Chatham County, GA 58.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chatham county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.6% to 39.9%.
Chatham county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Isle of Hope, GA is leaning liberal.
Chatham County, Georgia is moderately liberal.
Savannah Metro Area is leaning 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.
Isle of Hope, Georgia: r d D D D D
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 Isle of Hope, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,195 contributions totaling $70,942 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 452 contributions totaling $181,787 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $402 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)