Rockdale County, Georgia is a county located in the state of Georgia. The politics in Rockdale are an important part of the county’s identity and culture. The county is served by a Board of Commissioners composed of five members who are elected in staggered four year terms to represent each district within the county. The Board appoints a County Manager who is responsible for managing daily operations as well as developing policy proposals for the board’s consideration. Other local political offices in Rockdale include Clerk of Court, Sheriff, Probate Judge, Tax Commissioner, and Coroner. All of these offices are held by locally elected officials who are chosen every four years with the help of their constituents. Additionally, Rockdale is part of Georgia's 7th congressional district which includes other counties surrounding it such as Newton, Spalding, Butts, Lamar, and Upson. This region is currently represented by Representative Rob Woodall in Congress.
The political climate in Rockdale County, GA is very liberal.
In Rockdale County, GA 69.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 29.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rockdale county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 69.9% to 29.1%.
Rockdale county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rockdale 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.
Rockdale, Georgia: R R 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 Rockdale County, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,189 contributions totaling $87,639 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 636 contributions totaling $131,239 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)