The politics of Atlanta, GA is a complex landscape that reflects the diversity of its population. In the city, there are numerous local political candidates who offer unique perspectives and solutions to the challenges faced by its citizens. These candidates bring a variety of backgrounds and ideas to solve issues in the city ranging from education to infrastructure. Many politicians have made it their mission to ensure that Atlanta's residents have access to resources that enable them to live healthy and prosperous lives. The current mayor of Atlanta is Keisha Lance Bottoms, who was elected in 2017 and has focused her efforts on creating an equitable economy for all residents and providing quality public services. In addition, several members of the Georgia State Senate represent parts of the city, working collaboratively with local leaders on behalf of their constituents. Through these efforts, Atlanta politics continues to be vibrant and impactful in its ability to shape a better future for all involved parties.
The political climate in Atlanta, GA is strongly liberal.
Fulton County, GA is very liberal. In Fulton County, GA 72.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fulton county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.6% to 26.2%.
Fulton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Atlanta, GA is strongly liberal.
Fulton County, Georgia is very liberal.
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.
Atlanta, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Atlanta, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 96,872 contributions totaling $22,708,857 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15,852 contributions totaling $34,743,434 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)