The politics in Waleska, GA 30183 are complex but open to public engagement. Located in Cherokee County, this small town is represented by political figures from numerous governments. On the county level, citizens can contact their State Representative for the 22nd District, Michael Caldwell and their State Senator for the 51st District, Bruce Thompson. Community members have access to their Representatives of the United States House of Representatives 11th Congressional District and United States Senate Georgia Class 3 seat as well. The community also has a mayor and five city council members that serve on a number of boards and committees responsible for making decisions around local issues. This openness to communication between citizens and their elected officials allows Waleska residents to build relationships with those representing them at various levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 30183 (Waleska, GA) is very conservative.
Cherokee County, GA is very conservative. In Cherokee County, GA 29.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.7% to 29.5%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30183 (Waleska, GA) is very conservative.
Waleska, Georgia is very conservative.
Cherokee 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.
Waleska, 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 30183 (Waleska)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 654 contributions totaling $13,610 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 165 contributions totaling $19,585 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)