The politics of 30021 Clarkston, GA, are driven by the principles of the Republican and Democratic parties. Both parties have a strong presence in the area and work to promote their ideas through local elections. While there is a wide range of political views in 30021 Clarkston, GA, most residents tend to lean towards one or both of these two major parties. The local government in 30021 Clarkston is headed by an elected mayor and council members that serve four-year terms. Elections for the mayor and city council are held on even-numbered years with all seats up for election every two years. Additionally, there are several state representatives who represent the area in the Georgia Legislature as well as representatives for US Congress that serve at the federal level. All of these offices provide important services to residents in 30021 Clarkston and determine policy making decisions that affect them directly.
The political climate in Zip 30021 (Clarkston, GA) is very liberal.
DeKalb County, GA is very liberal. In DeKalb County, GA 83.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 15.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, DeKalb county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 83.1% to 15.7%.
DeKalb county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30021 (Clarkston, GA) is very liberal.
Clarkston, Georgia is very liberal.
DeKalb County, Georgia 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.
Clarkston, Georgia: D D 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 zip 30021 (Clarkston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 422 contributions totaling $23,658 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $915 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)