Berkeley Lake, Georgia is a small city located in north-western Gwinnett County. It is known for its beautiful lake and surrounding woodlands which make it an ideal place to live for nature and outdoor enthusiasts. Despite its small size, Berkeley Lake has an active political scene. The city is part of the 11th district of the Georgia State Senate and the 109th district of the Georgia House of Representatives. Both districts are represented by Republicans. At the legislative level, Berkeley Lake is also part of the 6th Congressional District of Georgia which is currently represented by Republican Karen Handel. Politically speaking, Berkeley Lake tends to lean right but there are some more progressive voices in the community that challenge this trend through various campaigns and initiatives.
The political climate in Berkeley Lake, GA is leaning 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
Berkeley Lake, GA is leaning 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.
Berkeley Lake, 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 Berkeley Lake, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,042 contributions totaling $341,410 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,264 contributions totaling $252,568 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)