Riverdale, GA is a unique city located in Clayton County and is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. Politically, the city is primarily represented by its state legislators in both chambers of the Georgia General Assembly. In the Senate, Riverdale is represented by Senator Tonya Anderson while in the House it is represented by Representative Valencia Stovall. Both Anderson and Stovall are Democrats who focus on progressive policies to help their constituents live better lives. They have each been vocal in advocating for increased funding for education and working to improve public safety in the community. Additionally, they both have a strong commitment to protecting civil rights for all people regardless of race, gender or sexuality. The residents of 30274 Riverdale, GA can rest assured knowing that their representatives are actively looking out for their best interests.
The political climate in Zip 30274 (Riverdale, GA) is very liberal.
Clayton County, GA is very liberal. In Clayton County, GA 84.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 14.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clayton county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 84.9% to 14.1%.
Clayton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30274 (Riverdale, GA) is very liberal.
Riverdale, Georgia is very liberal.
Clayton 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.
Riverdale, 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 30274 (Riverdale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 153 contributions totaling $17,555 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $1,273 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)