The small city of Villa Rica, GA is located in Carroll County, about 45 miles west of Atlanta. It is a vibrant community with a rich history and strong sense of civic pride. Despite its size, the city has an active political scene with several local political candidates running for office. The current mayor is Anthony Ford and there are four City Council members who are elected at-large to serve staggered four-year terms. Issues that the city deals with include economic development, public safety, infrastructure, and other quality of life matters. The City Council meets regularly to discuss these topics and work on solutions that best serve the citizens of Villa Rica. People in the community have a range of opinions on various issues but all share a commitment to making their town a great place to live.
The political climate in Zip 30180 (Villa Rica, GA) is strongly conservative.
Carroll County, GA is very conservative. In Carroll County, GA 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 29.8%.
Carroll county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30180 (Villa Rica, GA) is strongly conservative.
Villa Rica, Georgia is strongly conservative.
Carroll County, Georgia is very conservative.
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.
Villa Rica, 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 30180 (Villa Rica)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 388 contributions totaling $32,523 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 238 contributions totaling $73,415 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)