Lawrenceville, GA is located in Gwinnett County and is a rapidly growing city with a population of over 30,000 people. The city is governed by an elected mayor and a five member City Council, who are all committed to the improvement and progress of the city. Lawrenceville has recently seen an increased interest in its political landscape as voters become more engaged in the local elections. Local candidates have been known to run on platforms that focus on the maintenance of existing services while advocating for improvements to infrastructure and transportation systems. Residents of Lawrenceville also care deeply about issues such as public safety, education, economic development, and environmental protection. All of these topics are actively discussed within local forums and debates between candidates seeking office.
The political climate in Zip 30045 (Lawrenceville, GA) is somewhat liberal.
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
Zip 30045 (Lawrenceville, GA) is somewhat liberal.
Lawrenceville, Georgia is somewhat liberal.
Gwinnett County, Georgia 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.
Lawrenceville, 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 zip 30045 (Lawrenceville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 386 contributions totaling $31,786 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $37,723 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $434 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)