Cartersville, GA is located in Bartow County and is known for its rich history and vibrant culture. While the city's population is not officially recorded, recent estimates place it at over 20,000 people. The local government consists of a mayor-council system, with the mayor elected by the citizens of Cartersville to serve as the head of government. The council serves as the legislative body and works to enact laws that address issues like public safety, infrastructure, economic development, education, and more. Local political candidates are regularly elected for positions in both the mayor's office and on the council. These candidates strive to make Cartersville a better place to live by improving services, creating jobs, and advocating for the needs of their constituents. With strong leadership from both the mayor's office and council members, Cartersville continues to be an attractive place to call home for many Georgia residents.
The political climate in Cartersville, GA is moderately conservative.
Bartow County, GA is very conservative. In Bartow County, GA 23.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bartow county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.6% to 23.9%.
Bartow county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cartersville, GA is moderately conservative.
Bartow County, Georgia is very conservative.
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.
Cartersville, 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 Cartersville, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 676 contributions totaling $40,505 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,404 contributions totaling $346,454 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)