Alpharetta, Georgia is a vibrant and growing city known for its strong economic development, beautiful nature, and lively culture. Politics in Alpharetta are focused on improving the quality of life for all of its citizens. The local government works to ensure that all residents have access to essential services like education, transportation, healthcare, and public safety. The City Council works with neighborhood associations to ensure that the voices of local residents are heard when making decisions. Local political candidates strive to bring new ideas and energy to their campaigns so that their constituents can be represented fairly and fully in policymaking. Elections in Alpharetta are typically competitive as many candidates vie for the opportunity to serve their community.
The political climate in Alpharetta, GA is moderately liberal.
Fulton County, GA is very liberal. In Fulton County, GA 72.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fulton county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.6% to 26.2%.
Fulton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alpharetta, GA is moderately liberal.
Fulton 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.
Alpharetta, 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 Alpharetta, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,667 contributions totaling $1,518,356 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,979 contributions totaling $5,025,614 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $720 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)