The city of Buford, Georgia in the zip code 30519 is an amazing and vibrant place full of life. It is home to a variety of businesses and attractions that make it a great place to live. Politically the area is represented mostly by Republicans, with all three positions in the House of Representatives being held by Republican incumbents. The Senator for the area is Republican Kelly Loeffler, who was appointed to fill Johnny Isakson's seat after his retirement in 2019. Locally, there are multiple city councils and committees which are all active in managing the local government. Even though most people lean towards one political party or another, there is still a lot of dialogue and debate about policies that affect the city and its population. Residents take an active interest in their local political leaders and hold them accountable for their decisions regarding taxes, public safety, infrastructure developments, education initiatives, and more.
The political climate in Zip 30519 (Buford, GA) is leaning liberal.
Gwinnett County, GA is moderately liberal. In Gwinnett County, GA 58.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gwinnett county remained very strongly Democratic, 58.4% to 40.2%.
Gwinnett county voted Democratic in 2020 and 2016, after voting Republican in the previous four elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30519 (Buford, GA) is leaning liberal.
Buford, Georgia is leaning liberal.
Gwinnett County, Georgia is moderately 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.
Buford, 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 30519 (Buford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 405 contributions totaling $25,749 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 399 contributions totaling $111,648 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $280 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)