The city of Decatur, GA (30035) is governed by a mayor and four commissioners who serve four-year terms. Elections are held every two years, with the mayor and two commissioners up for election in odd-numbered years and the other two commissioners up for election in even-numbered years. The current mayor is Patti Garrett, who was elected in 2017. The current commission members are Kelly Walsh, Scott Wiliams, Kecia Cunningham and Tony Powers. Decatur is known for its progressive politics, which focus on the community's well-being as well as environmental sustainability. Community involvement is encouraged through several local events including City Hall Open Houses, town hall meetings, a Citizens Advisory Panel and public comment forums. Decatur prides itself on being an inclusive city with opportunities for residents to shape their government鈥檚 decisions and actions.
The political climate in Zip 30035 (Decatur, GA) is very 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 30035 (Decatur, GA) is very liberal.
Decatur, Georgia is very 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.
Decatur, 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 30035 (Decatur)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 142 contributions totaling $6,589 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $4,536 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)