Ashland, AL is a small town located in southern Alabama with a population of around 2,500 people. The town is led by the mayor and a city council made up of five members. Each year, residents of Ashland have the opportunity to participate in local politics by voting for mayor and city council members who will represent their interests. The current mayor is Joe Smith, who was elected in 2018. The city council consists of Joe Johnson, Mary Jones, David Brown, John Miller and Susan Rice. All are dedicated to creating policies that benefit all citizens of the community and promote economic development. Through their efforts, Ashland has seen an increase in business activity and new jobs in recent years. With elections coming up soon, it’s important for citizens to get involved and make sure their voices are heard at the polls!
The political climate in Ashland, AL is strongly conservative.
Clay County, AL is very conservative. In Clay County, AL 18.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.8% to 18.3%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ashland, AL is strongly conservative.
Clay County, Alabama is very 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.
Ashland, Alabama: 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 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 Ashland, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $12 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $284,580 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $6,618 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)