Kennesaw, Georgia is a vibrant and growing city in Cobb County with an active local government and political scene. The City Council of Kennesaw is composed of five members who are elected to serve four-year terms. The Mayor and Vice Mayor are also elected on an at-large basis and serve four year terms. The City Council is responsible for setting the annual budget, establishing city ordinances, and apportioning resources within the city. Additionally, they are tasked with finding ways to improve the quality of life for those living in Kennesaw through their decisions. With such a diverse population encompassing many different interests, the City Council has worked diligently to ensure that every resident’s voice is heard when making decisions that affect the entire community. Through local elections, citizens have the opportunity to elect representatives who best reflect their values and priorities. In this way, Kennesaw’s citizens actively participate in shaping their local government agenda—one that seeks to provide everyone with a better quality of life while promoting economic growth.
The political climate in Kennesaw, GA is leaning liberal.
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
Kennesaw, GA is leaning liberal.
Cobb County, Georgia 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.
Kennesaw, 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 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 Kennesaw, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,803 contributions totaling $237,959 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,223 contributions totaling $587,703 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)