Canton, Georgia is located in the northwest part of Cherokee County and is home to a population of about 24,000. It has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor serving as the city’s chief executive and the council members responsible for governing policy. The mayor and four council members are elected at-large by all registered Canton voters. The City Council meets twice each month to consider local ordinances affecting the citizens of Canton and to discuss current issues facing the area. Community involvement is highly valued in Canton, with several boards and commissions in place that give citizens an opportunity to take part in creating healthy environment for their community. These include the Economic Development Board, Planning Commission, Historic Preservation Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals, Environmental Advisory Council, Design Review Committee and Citizen Advisory Committee. Each board serves different functions, but all have the same goal: to create a better living environment for all citizens of Canton.
The political climate in Zip 30114 (Canton, GA) is strongly conservative.
Cherokee County, GA is very conservative. In Cherokee County, GA 29.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.7% to 29.5%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30114 (Canton, GA) is strongly conservative.
Canton, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Cherokee County, Georgia 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.
Canton, 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 zip 30114 (Canton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,133 contributions totaling $48,696 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 488 contributions totaling $89,410 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)