Lithonia, GA, located in DeKalb County, is a small city with a population of just under 2,000 people. The city's political landscape is largely influenced by the county government and local elections decide who will be in charge. In local elections, residents of Lithonia have the opportunity to vote for their representatives in various roles within the city council or other legislative bodies. Examples of offices that may be filled include mayor, city council members, school board members, and county commissioners. In addition to voting for local candidates, Lithonia citizens are also responsible for voting on important initiatives such as tax levies or bond issues that affect the entire community. All eligible voters over 18 years old are encouraged to participate in these elections and take an active role in shaping their city's future.
The political climate in Zip 30038 (Lithonia, 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 30038 (Lithonia, GA) is strongly liberal.
Lithonia, 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.
Lithonia, 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 30038 (Lithonia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 785 contributions totaling $94,835 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $2,757 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)