Athens, GA is a vibrant city known for its thriving cultural and culinary scenes as well as its political landscape. The 30607 zip code covers the western part of Athens, and this area is home to a diverse population. While there are no local political candidates in the area, residents are extremely active when it comes to civic engagement and politics. Local elections often see strong turnout, as residents take pride in getting involved and staying informed about the issues that affect them. In addition, many organizations and initiatives exist to further educate people on current events and politics. Overall, 30607 Athens has an engaged community that takes an active role in the civic process.
The political climate in Zip 30607 (Athens, GA) is strongly liberal.
Clarke County, GA is very liberal. In Clarke County, GA 70.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 28.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clarke county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.1% to 28.1%.
Clarke county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30607 (Athens, GA) is strongly liberal.
Athens, Georgia is strongly liberal.
Clarke County, Georgia is very liberal.
Athens-Clarke County 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.
Athens, Georgia: D D D D D D
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 30607 (Athens)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 359 contributions totaling $64,881 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $21,317 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)