Avondale Estates, GA is a small city located in DeKalb County and is home to approximately 3,000 residents. Politically, Avondale Estates is part of the Georgia House District 88 and Senate District 42 which are both represented by democratic candidates. Since its incorporation in 1984, the city has had an active local political climate with an elected mayor and four city council members who oversee services such as public safety, parks and recreation, community development, water/sewer maintenance and zoning ordinances. The current mayor of Avondale Estates is Ed Rieker while the four council members are Bob Miller, Bill Orr, John Queen and Gordon Certain. They all work together to ensure that the needs of the community are met while also pushing for positive growth in the town. Additionally, citizens are encouraged to be involved through various volunteer opportunities such as serving on boards or committees or attending public meetings. Through these efforts, Avondale Estates continues to strive towards making their local politics more transparent and accessible for all who reside within the city limits.
The political climate in Avondale Estates, GA is moderately liberal.
DeKalb County, GA is very liberal. In DeKalb County, GA 83.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 15.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeKalb county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 83.1% to 15.7%.
DeKalb county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Avondale Estates, GA is moderately liberal.
DeKalb 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.
Avondale Estates, 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 Avondale Estates, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,616 contributions totaling $884,049 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 519 contributions totaling $99,827 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)