Griffin, Georgia is a city located in Spalding County, and has an estimated population of 23,654. The city is served by a mayor-council government style and the current mayor is Dr. Rob Seay. Griffin consists of six wards and each ward has one representative on the City Council. Griffin also hosts several political events throughout the year to keep citizens informed such as mayoral forums, debates, and other civic lectures. As a relatively small yet bustling city, Griffin's politics are largely shaped by its citizens who come together to make decisions and advocate for their interests and values.
The political climate in Zip 30224 (Griffin, GA) is somewhat conservative.
Spalding County, GA is moderately conservative. In Spalding County, GA 39.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Spalding county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 39.1%.
Spalding county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30224 (Griffin, GA) is somewhat conservative.
Griffin, Georgia is somewhat conservative.
Spalding County, Georgia is moderately 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.
Griffin, 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 30224 (Griffin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 244 contributions totaling $14,737 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 277 contributions totaling $73,770 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $266 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)