Cornelia, GA is a small city located in Habersham County. It is home to approximately 4,000 residents and has a long history of being politically involved. The mayor of Cornelia is Dale Grice who was elected in 2020 after serving as an alderman for the past seven years. The city council is also comprised of two additional aldermen, two county commissioners, and an appointed Municipal Court Judge. Together they work to ensure that the best interests of Cornelia's citizens are represented in all decisions made by the government. Local political candidates are often chosen through elections held every four years. This allows residents to voice their opinions and choose their own representatives for local government offices. Furthermore, the city takes great care to ensure that its residents are well informed on political issues and have access to resources they need in order to make educated decisions when choosing representatives.
The political climate in Zip 30531 (Cornelia, GA) is strongly 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 30531 (Cornelia, GA) is strongly conservative.
Cornelia, Georgia is strongly 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.
Cornelia, 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 30531 (Cornelia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $3,855 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 284 contributions totaling $16,443 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)