Fort Oglethorpe, GA is a small city located in the northwest corner of Georgia that has a population of just over 9,000 people. It is part of Catoosa County and has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor and six council members elected at-large by the citizens of Fort Oglethorpe. The current Mayor is Earl Gray and the City Council members are: Craig Maloney, Marilyn James, Kathy Helton, David Stanley, Mary Burress and Willie W. Smith. These politicians work diligently to ensure Fort Oglethorpe remains as an economically vibrant community through initiatives such as supporting local businesses, creating jobs programs for citizens, managing fiscal responsibility and advocating for better schools and infrastructure. With their strong leadership and commitment to the town’s future success, Fort Oglethorpe’s political candidates have been able to make lasting impacts on the lives of its citizens.
The political climate in Fort Oglethorpe, GA is moderately conservative.
Catoosa County, GA is very conservative. In Catoosa County, GA 21.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Catoosa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.1% to 21.2%.
Catoosa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Oglethorpe, GA is moderately conservative.
Catoosa County, Georgia is very conservative.
Chattanooga Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia: R R R R R R
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 Fort Oglethorpe, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,305 contributions totaling $82,675 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,094 contributions totaling $265,297 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)