Gordon County in Georgia is a vibrant community with a strong sense of local politics. The county has several prominent leaders who are committed to ensuring the quality of life for its citizens. The county has a long history of being involved in politics, from the local level up to the state and national level. Local politicians are focused on educating citizens about their rights and responsibilities as well as ensuring that the needs of all residents are met. Important issues such as public safety, jobs for locals, infrastructure development, tax relief, and environmental protection are all on the forefront of political discussions in Gordon County. Citizens can be sure that their voices will be heard by their elected representatives at all levels of government.
The political climate in Gordon County, GA is very conservative.
In Gordon County, GA 18.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gordon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 18.2%.
Gordon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gordon County, GA is very conservative.
Calhoun 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.
Gordon, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Gordon County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 382 contributions totaling $25,937 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 749 contributions totaling $231,127 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $309 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)