Sugar Hill, GA is a vibrant and diverse community located in the northern suburbs of Atlanta. The town has a population of approximately 25,000 people and offers a wide variety of activities for both locals and visitors alike. In terms of politics, Sugar Hill is home to an array of political views, including Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and more. As such, elections for local offices are often hotly contested with many different candidates providing differing platforms and ideologies. Every election cycle brings new challenges to the forefront which allow voters to make informed decisions about their representatives at the municipal level. Ultimately, this helps to create a stable foundation for public governance in Sugar Hill that will continue to serve its citizens well into the future.
The political climate in Sugar Hill, GA is leaning liberal.
Gwinnett County, GA is moderately liberal. In Gwinnett County, GA 58.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gwinnett county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.4% to 40.2%.
Gwinnett county voted Democratic in 2020 and 2016, after voting Republican in the previous four elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sugar Hill, GA is leaning liberal.
Gwinnett County, Georgia is moderately liberal.
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.
Sugar Hill, Georgia: R R R r 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 Sugar Hill, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,494 contributions totaling $1,338,416 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $383 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,738 contributions totaling $905,312 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $331 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)