Clayton, AL is a small town located in Barbour County, Alabama. It is a quiet rural community that focuses on the well-being of its citizens and maintaining a high quality of life. The local politics in Clayton focus on making sure the town remains a safe place for residents to live and work. Issues such as education, public safety, infrastructure improvements and economic development are often key points of discussion at Clayton’s city council meetings. Local politicians strive to maintain the traditional values that have been woven into the fabric of this small town while also looking ahead to ensure that all citizens have access to opportunity and resources that will help them reach their goals. Clayton is proud of its heritage and strives to keep it alive as it progresses into the future.
The political climate in Clayton, AL is leaning conservative.
Barbour County, AL is leaning conservative. In Barbour County, AL 45.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barbour county remained moderately Republican, 53.5% to 45.8%.
Barbour county voted Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections (2012 and 2000 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clayton, AL is leaning conservative.
Barbour County, Alabama is leaning conservative.
Alabama is strongly conservative.
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.
Clayton, Alabama: d r r d 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 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 Clayton, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $510 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $2,208 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)