The city of Auburn, AL is a vibrant and growing community with a strong local political structure. In the city itself, there are several elected positions that help to govern the town. These positions include Mayor, City Council Members, and City Clerk. There is also an active Board of Education for the school district in the area. All of these officials work hard to ensure that Auburn remains a safe and prosperous place to live. The members of local government strive to serve their constituents in the best possible way by addressing issues such as improvements to public safety and infrastructure, economic development initiatives, and quality of life improvement projects. Through public forums held throughout the year, citizens can voice their opinions on important matters relevant to their lives in Auburn.
The political climate in Auburn, AL is leaning conservative.
Lee County, AL is moderately conservative. In Lee County, AL 39.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.1% to 39.0%.
Lee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Auburn, AL is leaning conservative.
Lee County, Alabama is moderately conservative.
Auburn-Opelika Metro Area is moderately 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.
Auburn, 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 Auburn, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,798 contributions totaling $879,875 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,789 contributions totaling $759,378 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)