Kennesaw, GA is located in Cobb County and is a part of the larger Atlanta metropolitan area. Politics in 30144 Kennesaw are focused on local officials taking a proactive role in addressing residents' needs and striving to ensure that the county is well-represented on state and national issues. The city elects two representatives to serve on the Cobb County Board of Commissioners, each with their own district. They are responsible for many decisions concerning the county such as determining budgets, approving development projects, and drafting laws. Additionally, citizens can vote for their representative at the Georgia State House of Representatives to represent them on state level matters like taxes and education policy. At the federal level, residents vote for their Congressperson to be their voice in Washington D.C. As a result, citizens have meaningful opportunities to shape politics in 30144 Kennesaw through participation in elections and by voicing their opinions about important topics.
The political climate in Zip 30144 (Kennesaw, GA) is somewhat liberal.
Cobb County, GA is somewhat liberal. In Cobb County, GA 56.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cobb county remained strongly Democratic, 56.3% to 42.0%.
Cobb county voted Democratic in 2020 and 2016, after voting Republican in the previous four elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30144 (Kennesaw, GA) is somewhat liberal.
Kennesaw, Georgia is somewhat liberal.
Cobb County, Georgia is somewhat 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.
Kennesaw, Georgia: R R r R 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 30144 (Kennesaw)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 636 contributions totaling $44,944 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 425 contributions totaling $136,103 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $320 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)