Hamilton, GA, located in Harris County, is a small rural town with a population of approximately 1,700. Despite its size, the city has an active and engaged citizenry that takes part in local politics. The Mayor of Hamilton is Robert “Rob” J. Hegwood Jr., who was elected into office in 2019 and sworn into office on January 2nd. In addition to the mayor, several council members serve on the city council to help guide policy decisions and direct government resources where needed. The city council meets regularly to discuss issues pertinent to the city and carry out their duties accordingly. The citizens of Hamilton take an active role in tracking current issues and informing their representatives about how they think they should be addressed. This helps ensure that their voices are heard when it comes time for decision-making at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 31811 (Hamilton, GA) is very conservative.
Harris County, GA is very conservative. In Harris County, GA 27.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harris county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.6% to 27.3%.
Harris county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 31811 (Hamilton, GA) is very conservative.
Hamilton, Georgia is very conservative.
Harris County, Georgia is very conservative.
Columbus 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.
Hamilton, 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 31811 (Hamilton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $862 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $19,462 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $405 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)