Powder Springs, GA is a vibrant community located in Cobb County. The town is governed by an elected Mayor and four city council members, who serve the residents of Powder Springs. All political decisions are made at City Hall, which is open to the public for meetings and information sessions. By electing local officials, citizens of the town can have a say in who leads their city government and how it functions. Residents also take part in other activities such as attending planning commission meetings, participating in town hall discussions with local representatives, and volunteering on political campaigns. These efforts help ensure that Powder Springs remains a thriving place to live with strong civic engagement and responsible government leadership.
The political climate in Powder Springs, GA is somewhat 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
Powder Springs, GA is somewhat 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.
Powder Springs, 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 Powder Springs, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,550 contributions totaling $367,903 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,695 contributions totaling $786,552 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $292 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)