Dalton, Georgia is located in the northwest corner of the state, and is the county seat of Whitfield County. This city is home to a population of around 33,800 people. Dalton has a strong history of political involvement and engagement from its citizens. Local government is made up of a Mayor, six City Council members, and other appointed board members including a City Manager and Clerk. There have been many local initiatives undertaken by city officials in order to create a better living environment for its residents such as improvements in infrastructure and public safety services. Most recently, the city has taken steps to create more job opportunities through government-sponsored programs. Dalton has become an example for other cities in surrounding areas aiming for greater progress through political action.
The political climate in Zip 30721 (Dalton, GA) is strongly conservative.
Whitfield County, GA is very conservative. In Whitfield County, GA 29.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Whitfield county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 29.0%.
Whitfield county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30721 (Dalton, GA) is strongly conservative.
Dalton, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Whitfield County, Georgia is very conservative.
Dalton Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Dalton, 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 30721 (Dalton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 251 contributions totaling $19,549 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 130 contributions totaling $350,838 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,699 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)