The city of Athens, GA (30606) is a vibrant college town and offers an array of diverse political interests. Home to the University of Georgia, the city is full of smart, engaged citizens who are active in local politics and are passionate about making sure their voices are heard. From time to time, many local politicians come out with new ideas and initiatives for the city. These politicians often hold local debates and forums to discuss the best ways to move Athens forward. There are also several non-profit organizations that have been established in Athens to ensure that everyone has an opportunity to engage in local politics. All of these entities work together so that Athens is a place where everyone can feel comfortable getting involved and voicing their opinions on the topics at hand.
The political climate in Zip 30606 (Athens, GA) is strongly liberal.
Clarke County, GA is very liberal. In Clarke County, GA 70.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clarke county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.1% to 28.1%.
Clarke county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30606 (Athens, GA) is strongly liberal.
Athens, Georgia is strongly liberal.
Clarke County, Georgia is very liberal.
Athens-Clarke County Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Athens, 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 zip 30606 (Athens)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,381 contributions totaling $435,501 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 797 contributions totaling $360,129 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $452 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)