Dade County, GA has a rich history in politics. With its close proximity to the state capital of Atlanta, the county has seen a wide variety of political figures and parties come and go over the years. Many influential politicians have hailed from Dade County such as former Georgia governor Roy Barnes and US Congressman Barry Loudermilk. The county is currently represented by Republican State House Representative Bill Hembree in the Georgia General Assembly. In recent years Dade County has become increasingly more conservative in its voting behavior, with it voting largely for Republican presidential candidates in both 2016 and 2018. Regardless of party affiliation or political view, Dade County residents are known for their commitment to good government and service to their fellow citizens.
The political climate in Dade County, GA is very conservative.
In Dade County, GA 16.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dade county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.5% to 16.9%.
Dade county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dade County, GA is very conservative.
Chattanooga Metro Area is strongly 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.
Dade, 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 Dade County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 275 contributions totaling $12,989 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 150 contributions totaling $46,286 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $309 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)