Clayton County, Georgia is a vibrant and diverse community that has been shaped by its political landscape. The county is made up of over 276,000 residents who are represented by a number of local officials. On the county level, there is a Board of Commissioners that sets policy for the entire county. Each commissioner is elected from one of the seven districts in Clayton County. In addition to the Board of Commissioners, there are also elected representatives on the state level in both the Georgia House and Senate from Clayton County. Residents also elect non-partisan judges to preside over court cases at various levels of government. Additionally, citizens can engage in their local politics by voting for school board members to ensure quality education for all children living in Clayton County. Through these active elections, Clayton County continues to have a thriving economy and strong civic engagement when it comes to politics.
The political climate in 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
Clayton County, GA 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.
Clayton, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Clayton County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,212 contributions totaling $211,730 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 597 contributions totaling $152,811 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)