Dunwoody, Georgia is a vibrant city located in the northern part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. Politically, it is represented by Representative Sam Teasley and Senator John Albers at the state level. On the local level, Dunwoody is governed by a mayor-council government. The current mayor is Eva Galambos, who was first elected in 2002 and has held office since then. The city council consists of seven members who serve two year terms. They are responsible for setting policy and overseeing the various departments that make up the city government. In addition to enacting laws, they also have authority to levy taxes and approve budget expenditures. Overall, Dunwoody politics work together for the betterment of all its citizens and strives to keep its excellent quality of life.
The political climate in Dunwoody, GA is moderately liberal.
DeKalb County, GA is very liberal. In DeKalb County, GA 83.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 15.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeKalb county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 83.1% to 15.7%.
DeKalb county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dunwoody, GA is moderately liberal.
DeKalb 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.
Dunwoody, 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 Dunwoody, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,322 contributions totaling $1,658,823 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,128 contributions totaling $2,314,735 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $561 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)