Morganton, GA (30560) is located in Fannin County and is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Mike Brady, who was elected in 2020. Other members of the city council include John Paul Adams, Charles Meeks, and Josephine Moore. The city council meets every second Tuesday of each month to discuss various issues such as infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, and economic development plans. In addition to the local government, Morganton also has representation at the state level with Georgia Senator Richard Shelby representing the area in Congress. The citizens of Morganton take an active role in their local politics through voting in elections and attending meetings held by local leaders.
The political climate in Zip 30560 (Morganton, GA) is very conservative.
Fannin County, GA is very conservative. In Fannin County, GA 17.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fannin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.0% to 17.3%.
Fannin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30560 (Morganton, GA) is very conservative.
Morganton, Georgia is very conservative.
Fannin County, Georgia is very conservative.
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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.
Morganton, 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 30560 (Morganton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 119 contributions totaling $5,694 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $4,304 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)