Milton, GA is a small city located in the north of Georgia. It is home to a diverse population and offers plenty of opportunity for local politics. The city council includes members from across Milton and its surrounding areas, ensuring that all voices are heard in the decisions that affect the community. Through this system, citizens can help shape their own futures with initiatives that foster education, economic growth, sustainability, and public safety. In addition to the city council, there are numerous committees dedicated to advocating for environmental protection and public health awareness among other important issues. Local candidates for office have strong connections to the people they serve and work hard to ensure their constituents' needs are met. Overall, Milton provides a healthy political atmosphere where citizens have an active role in determining their own fate.
The political climate in Milton, GA is somewhat 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
Milton, GA is somewhat 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.
Milton, 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 Milton, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,789 contributions totaling $694,985 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,567 contributions totaling $2,723,616 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $764 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)