The city of Marietta, GA, in zip code 30008 is a vibrant and diverse community in the greater Atlanta area. It is home to many different cultures and backgrounds, as well as a booming economy. Politically, Marietta leans conservative with a majority of residents voting for Republican candidates in local and national elections. Elected officials at the county level are mostly Republicans, as are the State Representatives from the district that includes Marietta. On the federal level, the 7th Congressional District is represented by Democrat Carolyn Bordeaux. The City Council has two Republicans and three Democrats who work together to craft policy that meets the needs of all of its constituents. All in all, Marietta is an important political center for Georgia and beyond.
The political climate in Zip 30008 (Marietta, 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 30008 (Marietta, GA) is somewhat liberal.
Marietta, 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.
Marietta, 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 30008 (Marietta)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 357 contributions totaling $10,729 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 143 contributions totaling $6,572 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)