Cedartown, Georgia is a small city in Polk County with a long history of politics and local civic engagement. Founded in the early 1800s, Cedartown has long been involved in local politics, with active participation from citizens who are passionate about their community. In recent years, the city has held several elections for city council and mayor, providing residents with an opportunity to shape the future of their hometown through their vote. The voting process has always been open and accessible to all members of the community, making it easy for anyone to get involved in local politics. The current mayor is Rufus Lusk III who was elected for his second term in 2020. He is joined on the city council by four other individuals: Tristen Pritchett, Wanda Rogers, Mary Browning and David Wilkins. All five of these individuals have been actively engaged in improving life in Cedartown and continue to work together for a brighter tomorrow for all its residents.
The political climate in Cedartown, GA is moderately conservative.
Polk County, GA is very conservative. In Polk County, GA 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.1% to 21.0%.
Polk county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cedartown, GA is moderately conservative.
Polk County, Georgia is very conservative.
Cedartown Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Cedartown, 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 Cedartown, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 108 contributions totaling $9,019 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 155 contributions totaling $42,172 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)