Politics in 30030 Decatur, GA is an important part of the community. The city is represented in the Georgia House of Representatives by Democrat Billy Mitchell, who has served since 2013, and by Democrat Renitta Shannon who has served since 2017. In the Georgia Senate they are represented by Democrat Elena Parent who has served since 2011. Decatur also has a mayor-commission form of government with Mayor Patricia A. Garrett having been elected to office in 2017. Local political issues that have been discussed recently include increasing access to public transportation, improving the quality of education for children living in the area, creating more affordable housing options for those with low incomes, as well as providing more support for small businesses within the area. As a city and community it's important to stay informed on local politics so that everyone can be involved in making positive changes for their hometown.
The political climate in Zip 30030 (Decatur, GA) is strongly 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 30030 (Decatur, GA) is strongly liberal.
Decatur, Georgia is strongly 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.
Decatur, 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 30030 (Decatur)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,980 contributions totaling $710,934 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 389 contributions totaling $83,715 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)