Lithonia, GA is located in the metropolitan Atlanta area and is a vibrant locality with a deep history of politics. The Lithonia City Council consists of five members, all of whom are elected to serve four-year terms. Citizens of Lithonia are active politically and participate in local elections and campaigns that shape the city's future. These civic leaders focus on topics like public safety, infrastructure improvements, education, economic growth, and other issues that impact every day life for residents of Lithonia. Community members also come together to support initiatives like the annual Easter Egg hunt and other events that bring people together in celebration of their shared values. Lithonia has a strong sense of community spirit, exemplified by its commitment to fairness and democracy in the political process.
The political climate in Lithonia, 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
Lithonia, GA 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.
Lithonia, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Lithonia, GA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 819 contributions totaling $30,420 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $6,294 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)