Politics in 30214 Fayetteville, GA are largely driven by the city council which is composed of five members who are elected at-large for four-year terms. The mayor serves as the presiding officer and is elected to a two-year term. This small city of 8,400 people is governed through a variety of ordinances that are primarily focused on providing basic services such as water, sewer, and public safety. The city council meetings are open to citizens so that they can voice their concerns and opinions on the decisions being made within their community. There are also several special boards including the Planning and Zoning Commission, Historic Preservation Commission, and Library Board. Each of these boards makes recommendations to the City Council on how local politics should be handled. With a strong sense of community spirit and participation in its political processes, residents in 30214 Fayetteville, GA have a say in how their municipality is managed.
The political climate in Zip 30214 (Fayetteville, GA) is leaning conservative.
Fayette County, GA is leaning conservative. In Fayette County, GA 45.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained moderately Republican, 52.7% to 45.9%.
Fayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30214 (Fayetteville, GA) is leaning conservative.
Fayetteville, Georgia is leaning conservative.
Fayette County, Georgia is leaning 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.
Fayetteville, 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 30214 (Fayetteville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 988 contributions totaling $75,883 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 293 contributions totaling $113,934 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $389 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)