Rabun County, Georgia is a rural county located in the northeast corner of the state. It is home to a diverse population of about 16,000 people. Politically, Rabun County is a traditionally conservative area with Republican candidates usually receiving the majority of votes in elections. Recently, however, there has been an increased focus on independent and Democratic candidates as more residents become engaged in local politics. Issues that are important to Rabun County residents include education funding, environmental conservation, and job growth. These issues are discussed during debates between the candidates and new ideas are being brought forward regularly. While the Republicans still remain popular among voters in Rabun County, it's clear that local politics have shifted to be more inclusive of all ideas and backgrounds from across its diverse community.
The political climate in Rabun County, GA is very conservative.
In Rabun County, GA 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rabun county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 20.7%.
Rabun county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rabun County, GA is very conservative.
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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.
Rabun, 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 Rabun County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,406 contributions totaling $65,454 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 344 contributions totaling $71,790 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)