Habersham County, Georgia is a beautiful rural county located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Northeast Georgia. It is known for its small-town charm and vibrant community life. The politics in Habersham County are largely based around the values of the people who call it home. Many local residents take an active role in local government by voting in elections and attending town hall meetings and public hearings. There are several elected officials in the county who represent their constituents at the county, state, and federal levels. These officials work to ensure that issues important to Habersham residents such as education, infrastructure, healthcare, and economic development are addressed in a timely manner. Residents of Habersham County have a strong sense of pride and work hard to foster a productive political environment that allows everyone to make their voices heard.
The political climate in Habersham County, GA is very conservative.
In Habersham County, GA 17.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Habersham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.4% to 17.4%.
Habersham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Habersham County, GA is very conservative.
Cornelia 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.
Habersham, 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 Habersham County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 496 contributions totaling $37,244 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 751 contributions totaling $156,846 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)