Fort Oglethorpe, GA (30742) is a small city located in Catoosa County with a population of around 9,000 people. It has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor and council members elected for four-year terms. The current mayor is Lynn Long; the City Council consists of Gayle Bagwell, Bill Rogers, Jackie Mullins, Joanie Frix, Kevin Tanner and Virginia Burress. Their focus is mainly on providing basic services like water and sewerage systems management as well as public safety related expenditures. Additionally, they are responsible for maintaining local parks and recreation activities such as sports fields and playgrounds. The Council also regulates development in the city through zoning regulations and approving local businesses that meet the city's standards. They work to ensure that Fort Oglethorpe remains an attractive area for residents to live and businesses to invest in by investing in infrastructure improvements which help create jobs and opportunities for growth in the local economy.
The political climate in Zip 30742 (Fort Oglethorpe, GA) is strongly conservative.
Catoosa County, GA is very conservative. In Catoosa County, GA 21.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Catoosa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.1% to 21.2%.
Catoosa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30742 (Fort Oglethorpe, GA) is strongly conservative.
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Catoosa County, Georgia is very conservative.
Chattanooga Metro Area is strongly 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.
Fort Oglethorpe, 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 30742 (Fort Oglethorpe)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $889 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $2,190 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)