The city of Powder Springs, GA has a thriving political atmosphere. Located in Cobb County, it is a part of the 7th Congressional District and is represented by Congressman Rob Woodall. The city is also located within the 39th district of the Georgia State Senate which is represented by Senators Bruce Thompson and Kay Kirkpatrick. At the local level, Powder Springs is led by Mayor Al Thurman and City Council members Robb Pitts, Kenneth Westmoreland, Jeff Detwiler, Gayl Price-Gray, John Pachas and Rodney Patrick. Working together they ensure that the needs of Powder Springs are met while keeping the community safe and vibrant. They are dedicated to making sure that citizens have access to quality services such as public safety, roads and sewage systems as well as parks for recreation and activities for residents to enjoy.
The political climate in Zip 30127 (Powder Springs, GA) is leaning 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 30127 (Powder Springs, GA) is leaning liberal.
Powder Springs, Georgia is leaning 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.
Powder Springs, 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 30127 (Powder Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 947 contributions totaling $33,944 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 645 contributions totaling $120,798 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)