Marietta, GA, located in Cobb County, is an area with a rich political history. It is home to several important state and federal elected officials who represent the citizens of the city in government. On the state level, Marietta residents are represented by Senator Brandon Beach, Representative Erick Allen, and District Attorney Flynn Broady. On the federal level, residents are represented by Senator David Perdue and Representative Lucy McBath in the United States Congress. Additionally, local politics are handled by a seven-member city council that meets monthly to discuss the issues facing Marietta. Issues such as zoning ordinances, economic development opportunities and budget allocations have been regularly discussed within council meetings since its inception in 1834. The Council also works with other county-level representatives to ensure that Marietta’s needs are met on all levels of government. Despite its rich political history and representation from both state and federal levels of government, Marietta does not have any local representatives running for office at this time.
The political climate in Zip 30060 (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 30060 (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 30060 (Marietta)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 839 contributions totaling $48,690 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 311 contributions totaling $169,538 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $545 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)