Bishop, Georgia is a small town located in Oconee County, with a population of about 305 people. The politics in Bishop are focused on the local government, which is administered by the mayor and five-member city council. The current mayor is Dee Hammonds who was elected into office in 2017, and the city council consists of members Emily Lackey, Tom Moody, Eric Lewis, Mike Blalock and Sally Bailey. All five members are actively involved in making decisions that benefit the community. Issues that are currently addressed include improving public safety, maintaining infrastructure such as roads and sidewalks and increasing funding for educational programs.
The political climate in Zip 30621 (Bishop, GA) is strongly conservative.
Oconee County, GA is very conservative. In Oconee County, GA 32.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oconee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.9% to 32.4%.
Oconee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30621 (Bishop, GA) is strongly conservative.
Bishop, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Oconee County, Georgia is very conservative.
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.
Bishop, 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 zip 30621 (Bishop)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 172 contributions totaling $5,195 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $43,610 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $396 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)