The small town of Nelson, GA is home to a population of 30177 people. Here, citizens are passionate about their local politics, and are very engaged in the voting process. There is no shortage of local candidates running for office each year – with names ranging from City Council members, Mayor, County Commissioner and Sheriff. Community members are also very active in campaigning for their chosen candidates, as they recognize that those who hold the offices will make decisions that can have a direct effect on their day-to-day lives. People take pride in having an important role to play in local politics by casting their vote and making sure their voice is heard.
The political climate in Zip 30177 (Nelson, GA) is very conservative.
Pickens County, GA is very conservative. In Pickens County, GA 16.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pickens county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.2% to 16.4%.
Pickens county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30177 (Nelson, GA) is very conservative.
Nelson, Georgia is very conservative.
Pickens County, Georgia is very conservative.
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta Metro Area is moderately 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.
Nelson, 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 30177 (Nelson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $12,800 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2,560 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)