Cobb County, Georgia is an area of active political involvement. The county is governed by a five-member Board of Commissioners who are elected to serve four-year terms. This board oversees the administration of services such as parks and recreation, public safety, economic development, public works, and more. Additionally, Cobb County is represented in the state legislature by two senators and two representatives from the House of Representatives. All of these state officials are chosen through an election process held every two years. At the federal level, Cobb County is represented in Congress by one representative and two senators from the United States Senate. These officials are also elected every two years. Residents of Cobb County have an opportunity to get involved in local politics and make their voices heard through voting for their representatives at all levels of government.
The political climate in Cobb County, GA is somewhat liberal.
In Cobb County, GA 56.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cobb county remained strongly Democratic, 56.3% to 42.0%.
Cobb county voted Democratic in 2020 and 2016, after voting Republican in the previous four elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cobb County, GA is somewhat 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.
Cobb, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Cobb County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29,734 contributions totaling $2,622,258 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12,735 contributions totaling $5,384,416 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $423 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)