The small town of Clarkesville, GA is governed by a city council made up of five members who are elected by the local residents. The current Mayor is Barbara Jones, who has held office for eight years and was re-elected in 2019. The city council works closely with state and federal representatives to ensure that Clarkesville receives adequate funding and resources to maintain its infrastructure and quality of life. Furthermore, they strive to create a prosperous environment for businesses to open and operate in the area while supporting the community through initiatives such as reducing crime, promoting education, improving access to healthcare, investing in infrastructure improvements, offering housing assistance programs, and more. Through their efforts, they have created an environment where Clarkesville can thrive and experience growth while preserving the historic charm that it is known for.
The political climate in Zip 30523 (Clarkesville, GA) is very conservative.
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
Zip 30523 (Clarkesville, GA) is very conservative.
Clarkesville, Georgia is very conservative.
Habersham County, Georgia 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.
Clarkesville, 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 30523 (Clarkesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 305 contributions totaling $23,003 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 223 contributions totaling $98,154 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $440 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)