The city of Blairsville, GA, located in Union County, is a fairly small community with a population of just over 600 according to the 2019 United States Census. It is rich in history and culture, and is run by a five-member City Council elected to serve staggered four-year terms. The Mayor of Blairsville is elected every two years in an at-large election. The City Council maintains an open and transparent approach to local government for their citizens that includes regular public meetings. Current political candidates include Kenny Westmoreland, James Pritchett, and Harold Johnson. These three men have been actively involved in the development of Blairsville since their election to office and have worked hard to ensure that Blairsville remains a wonderful place to live.
The political climate in Zip 30512 (Blairsville, GA) is very conservative.
Union County, GA is very conservative. In Union County, GA 18.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 18.0%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30512 (Blairsville, GA) is very conservative.
Blairsville, Georgia is very conservative.
Union County, Georgia 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.
Blairsville, 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 30512 (Blairsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,364 contributions totaling $38,745 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 318 contributions totaling $32,024 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)