The city of Stone Mountain, GA is a vibrant and diverse community located just outside of the Atlanta metro area. It has a long history of political involvement both at the municipal and state levels. The city is served by an elected mayor and city council that shape the laws and policies for all local citizens. In addition to this, Stone Mountain also elects representatives to the Georgia State House and Senate who advocate for their constituents at the state level. Beyond this, Stone Mountain residents are active participants in national politics as well, engaging in conversations regarding issues such as immigration, healthcare reform, and civil rights. With election season coming up, it will be interesting to see how these important topics shape the dialogue within the town leading up to Election Day.
The political climate in Stone Mountain, GA is strongly 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
Stone Mountain, GA is strongly 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.
Stone Mountain, 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 Stone Mountain, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,726 contributions totaling $356,238 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 787 contributions totaling $114,202 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)