The politics in Cumming, Georgia are an important part of the city's culture. Local elections are hotly contested every two years for mayor and council positions. The mayor is responsible for setting the city’s agenda, while the council is responsible for passing laws and ordinances that shape Cumming’s daily life. The City Manager is appointed by the Mayor and Council and serves as the City’s chief executive officer. In addition to local government officials, there are numerous other organizations in Cumming that serve to help citizens engage in local politics and take an active role in their community. Civic clubs, neighborhood associations, and volunteer groups all play a role in ensuring a vibrant civic life in Cumming. While it can be difficult for citizens to stay informed on current issues facing the city, getting involved with local politics offers an opportunity to have a voice and make a difference within one's own community.
The political climate in Cumming, GA is moderately conservative.
Forsyth County, GA is very conservative. In Forsyth County, GA 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Forsyth county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.8% to 32.6%.
Forsyth county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cumming, GA is moderately conservative.
Forsyth 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.
Cumming, 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 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 Cumming, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,552 contributions totaling $170,721 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,492 contributions totaling $1,237,090 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $496 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)