Gwinnett County, located in the state of Georgia, is known for its diverse political landscape. It has a wide variety of political opinions that can be found within its borders, ranging from liberal to conservative. The county is home to a number of local political parties, such as the Republican and Democratic Parties. It also has several independent and third-party candidates that have been successful in recent elections. Additionally, Gwinnett County is the site of active campaigns by many national candidates seeking office at both the federal and state levels. Because of its large population and diverse range of political views, Gwinnett County is an important area for any candidate hoping to be elected. The county is also known for having some of the most competitive elections in the state, making it even more important for a candidate’s success.
The political climate in 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
Gwinnett County, GA 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.
Gwinnett, 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 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 Gwinnett County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14,440 contributions totaling $1,690,102 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,589 contributions totaling $1,863,402 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $283 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)