McDonough, GA is a growing town in the metro Atlanta area with an estimated population of 22,084. The local government is comprised of an elected mayor and five city council members. McDonough has a council-manager form of government which provides for strong leadership within city government and citizen involvement in the decision-making process. The City Council sets policies and directs staff on how to implement them while the City Manager is responsible for day to day operations. Local elections are held every two years for Mayor and City Council positions, with the Mayor acting as head of the City Council. Elections focus on issues that impact all citizens, such as economic development, public safety, transportation, infrastructure improvements, parks and recreation, and environmental protection. As part of the electoral process McDonough citizens have the right to research and know about their local political candidates before voting.
The political climate in McDonough, GA is somewhat liberal.
Henry County, GA is moderately liberal. In Henry County, GA 59.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Henry county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.7% to 39.2%.
Henry county voted Democratic in 2020 and 2016, after voting Republican in the previous four elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McDonough, GA is somewhat liberal.
Henry County, Georgia is moderately 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.
McDonough, Georgia: R R r r 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 McDonough, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,224 contributions totaling $125,398 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 782 contributions totaling $280,721 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $359 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)