Clay County, GA is governed by a Board of Commissioners. The members of this board are selected from the residents of the county and oversee the budgeting, strategic planning and policy development in the area. In addition to local government representation, Clay County also sends representatives to both the Georgia House and Senate who help to create state laws which have an effect on all counties. These individuals are voted into office by the citizens of Clay County and work with other elected officials to ensure the best outcome for all citizens. Additionally, various city mayors within Clay County have a great influence on how their constituents live day-to-day, from passing local ordinances that affect the lives of its citizens to working with government agencies at a larger scale. This level of local government helps create strong ties between political leaders and their constituents in Clay County.
The political climate in Clay County, GA is somewhat liberal.
In Clay County, GA 55.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained strongly Democratic, 55.1% to 44.4%.
Clay county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clay County, GA is somewhat liberal.
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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.
Clay, Georgia: D 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 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 Clay County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $15,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2,500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $6,219 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)