The politics of Fairburn, GA are largely impacted by the local and state governments. Fairburn is located in Fulton County, Georgia and is represented in the Georgia State Senate by Donzella James, whom represents District 35. In the Georgia House of Representatives, Fairburn is represented by Roger Bruce, who serves as the Representative for District 60. The city is also served by two county commissioners, Bob Ellis and Liz Hausmann. On the national level, Fairburn is part of the 5th Congressional District, which is represented by Democrat John Lewis.
Fairburn has seen a lot of political engagement recently due to issues such as education funding reform as well as environmental protection efforts. The citizens have been very active in voicing out their opinions on these topics and are actively involved in creating solutions that can benefit all constituents within the community. With new initiatives being proposed regularly in both the state and county levels, it’s important for citizens of Fairburn to stay informed about their government and ensure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Fairburn, GA is strongly liberal.
Fulton County, GA is very liberal. In Fulton County, GA 72.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fulton county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.6% to 26.2%.
Fulton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fairburn, GA is strongly liberal.
Fulton 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.
Fairburn, 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 Fairburn, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,414 contributions totaling $180,945 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 370 contributions totaling $64,015 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)