Forest Park, GA is a small town located just outside of Atlanta. Although it’s a relatively small area, Forest Park still has a lively political scene. The city is represented on the state and federal levels by incumbent politicians who are staunch advocates for the community. At the state level, Representative Jasmine Clark, has been tirelessly working to improve public education in the district as well as expand access to quality healthcare. Clayton County Commissioner Larry Johnson is another key advocate for the residents of Forest Park on both local and regional issues. He has been instrumental in protecting local waterways and promoting economic development in the area. Locally, Mayor Jeffery Lary works closely with members of City Council to ensure that Forest Park maintains its strong sense of community and continues to be a safe place for residents to live and work. As Forest Park grows, its citizens have confidence that their elected officials will continue to be able to serve their needs effectively into the future.
The political climate in Forest Park, GA is strongly liberal.
Clayton County, GA is very liberal. In Clayton County, GA 84.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 14.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clayton county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 84.9% to 14.1%.
Clayton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Forest Park, GA is strongly liberal.
Clayton 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.
Forest Park, 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 Forest Park, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,533 contributions totaling $214,917 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 244 contributions totaling $116,707 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $478 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)