The city of Pine Lake, GA (Zip Code 30072) is a small suburban town located in the greater metropolitan area of Atlanta. Political representation for the area comes from the state and national level. On the state level, Pine Lake is represented by Senator Zahra Karinshak and Representative Mike Wilensky in the Georgia General Assembly. On the federal level, it is represented by Congressman David Scott and Senators Johnny Isakson and Raphael Warnock in Congress.
The politics of Pine Lake are typically reflective of the views held by many people in the Atlanta area. People in this community tend to be slightly more liberal than their counterparts living outside of metro Atlanta, though still largely vote Republican at both local and national levels. The town has seen some increase in voter registration since 2010 which suggests that there may be a shift towards more progressive ideals going forward. Despite this shift, most people living in Pine Lake still remain strongly supportive of conservative values when it comes to local politics.
The political climate in Zip 30072 (Pine Lake, GA) is very 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 30072 (Pine Lake, GA) is very liberal.
Pine Lake, Georgia is very 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.
Pine Lake, 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 30072 (Pine Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 99 contributions totaling $3,123 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)