Carroll County, GA is a county located in the state of Georgia with a population of approximately 111,000 people. Despite its small size, Carroll County has an active and vibrant political scene. At the local level, politics is driven by the Board of Commissioners, which consists of 4 members who are elected from each district in the county. The Board makes decisions about key issues such as taxes, economic development initiatives, public services and more. At the state level, politics in Carroll County are heavily influenced by representatives from the Georgia General Assembly who represent Carroll County's citizens in state-level matters. Additionally, there are a number of local political organizations that work year-round to support their favored candidates and promote causes throughout the county. With so much activity taking place at both the local and state levels, it is clear that politics plays an important role in Carroll County life.
The political climate in Carroll County, GA is very conservative.
In Carroll County, GA 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 29.8%.
Carroll county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carroll County, GA is very conservative.
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.
Carroll, 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 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 Carroll County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,397 contributions totaling $95,446 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,213 contributions totaling $454,832 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)