Ringgold, Georgia is a small city situated in the northwestern part of Georgia. It has a population of around 3,300 and covers an area of about 2.6 square miles. The city is governed by a mayor-council type of government, with the mayor and five council members elected by the citizens every two years. The current mayor is Mayor Nick Millwood and the five council members are Billy Burns, Robert Littell, Scottie Burgess, John Franklin and Layne Bowman.
Politics in Ringgold are largely dominated by conservative values and ideals. The primary focus of local politics is on economic development, public safety, tax reduction and maintaining order within the community. In recent years there has been an increased emphasis on education reform with initiatives such as raising teacher salaries and expanding access to college courses for local students. Additionally, the city supports various programs focusing on social services such as homeless shelters and food banks. Local politicians take an active role in promoting these initiatives to ensure that all citizens have equal access to resources they need to thrive.
The political climate in Zip 30736 (Ringgold, GA) is very conservative.
Catoosa County, GA is very conservative. In Catoosa County, GA 21.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Catoosa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.1% to 21.2%.
Catoosa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30736 (Ringgold, GA) is very conservative.
Ringgold, Georgia is very conservative.
Catoosa County, Georgia is very conservative.
Chattanooga Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Ringgold, 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 30736 (Ringgold)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 498 contributions totaling $27,563 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 311 contributions totaling $76,859 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)