Lawrenceville, Georgia is located in Gwinnett County and has a population of approximately 30,711 people. Lawrenceville is governed by a mayor and city council. The current Mayor of Lawrenceville is Judy Johnson and the City Council consists of five members: Rich Oden, Chuck Warbington, Carmelette Robinson, Tom Henderson, and Tom Witts. All members are elected to four-year terms with elections taking place on an alternating basis. Lawrenceville residents can take part in local politics by attending City Council meetings or voicing their opinions on local issues. Additionally, voting in local elections helps ensure that the city’s residents are represented within its government.
The political climate in Zip 30046 (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 30046 (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 30046 (Lawrenceville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 437 contributions totaling $39,014 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 277 contributions totaling $154,288 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $557 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)