The small city of Stone Mountain, GA is located in DeKalb County in the eastern part of the state. It has a history steeped in politics and civic engagement. From its founding by freed slaves after the Civil War to its more recent involvement in the civil rights movement, Stone Mountain is known for taking a stand on important issues and engaging with local political leaders. The city is currently represented at the state level by representatives from both major parties, and there are several local organizations dedicated to advocating for issues that matter to Stone Mountain residents. With an ongoing commitment to engagement and education on key issues, Stone Mountain continues to be an active part of Georgia's political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 30087 (Stone Mountain, GA) is strongly 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 30087 (Stone Mountain, GA) is strongly liberal.
Stone Mountain, Georgia is strongly 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.
Stone Mountain, 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 30087 (Stone Mountain)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,002 contributions totaling $262,161 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 572 contributions totaling $92,077 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)