Duluth, GA is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government with the mayor elected at large and six council members who are elected from single-member districts. The current mayor of Duluth is Nancy Harris, who was elected in 2017 and re-elected to a second term in 2021. The Duluth City Council meets on the first Tuesday of every month to make decisions regarding issues such as infrastructure updates, public safety initiatives, and community programs. The council also oversees the annual budget process and works with state and federal representatives when necessary to ensure Duluth's interests are being met. There are several local political organizations devoted to providing assistance to citizens looking for information about politics in Duluth, as well as holding events to educate residents on issues facing their city.
The political climate in Duluth, GA is somewhat liberal.
Gwinnett County, GA is moderately liberal. In Gwinnett County, GA 58.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gwinnett county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.4% to 40.2%.
Gwinnett county voted Democratic in 2020 and 2016, after voting Republican in the previous four elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Duluth, GA is somewhat liberal.
Gwinnett County, Georgia is moderately 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.
Duluth, 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 Duluth, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,144 contributions totaling $1,387,704 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,757 contributions totaling $2,819,881 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $751 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)