Jonesboro, GA is a quaint city located just outside of Atlanta. It's home to a diverse population of people from many different backgrounds and walks of life. The city is governed by an elected mayor and council members, with whom the citizens can voice their opinions on local politics. In recent years, Jonesboro has seen an increase in public engagement in politics, as citizens come together to support various candidates running for office. There have been debates between candidates about topics such as taxes, education funding, and infrastructure improvements. The citizens also hold local forums in order to discuss the issues that are important to them and how they would like their elected officials to address them. With the current political climate being as charged as it is, there's no doubt that Jonesboro will remain an active player in the world of politics for years to come.
The political climate in Jonesboro, GA is strongly liberal.
Clayton County, GA is very liberal. In Clayton County, GA 84.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 14.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clayton county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 84.9% to 14.1%.
Clayton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jonesboro, GA is strongly liberal.
Clayton 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.
Jonesboro, 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 Jonesboro, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,068 contributions totaling $92,456 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 406 contributions totaling $73,769 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)