Dunwoody, GA is an affluent and growing city located in DeKalb County. While the population of Dunwoody continues to expand, its unique political landscape remains largely the same. The area is served by a nonpartisan mayor-council government, with four elected councilmembers and a mayor chosen among them. Each member of the governing body is elected to a four-year term. All elections occur in November of odd numbered years. Currently, Mayor Lynn Deutsch leads the city’s efforts alongside her Councilmembers: Terry Nall , John Ernst, Pam Tallmadge and Doug Thompson. As Dunwoody continues to develop, its citizens are sure to keep these local politicians at the top of their minds as they look for leaders who will help guide their city through its growth and development.
The political climate in Zip 30338 (Dunwoody, 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 30338 (Dunwoody, GA) is strongly liberal.
Dunwoody, 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.
Dunwoody, 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 30338 (Dunwoody)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,715 contributions totaling $301,524 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 926 contributions totaling $357,563 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $386 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)