Commerce, GA is located in Jackson County and is a part of the greater Atlanta metropolitan area. The city is led by a mayor and six-member council, with each member elected to serve a four-year term. The mayor and council members act as the governing body for Commerce, GA and are responsible for enacting laws and setting policy for the city. They also oversee the operations of local government departments such as public safety, sanitation, water and sewerage services, parks and recreation, library services, planning and zoning regulations. The mayor also serves as an ex officio member of several boards including the Board of Education. In addition to its elected leaders, Commerce has a number of political activists who keep citizens informed about current issues affecting their community. These groups provide valuable resources regarding public safety, housing initiatives, school funding and much more.
The political climate in Zip 30529 (Commerce, GA) is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, GA is very conservative. In Jackson County, GA 20.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.3% to 20.3%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30529 (Commerce, GA) is strongly conservative.
Commerce, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, Georgia is very conservative.
Jefferson 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.
Commerce, 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 30529 (Commerce)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 124 contributions totaling $7,683 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 109 contributions totaling $14,007 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)