The small town of Carbon Hill, AL is a rural community located in Walker County. It has a rich history and tradition in American politics, with prominent local politicians having come from the area. While the population size is not known, Carbon Hill's political climate is one of strong involvement and passion. Local residents are actively engaged in dynamics that shape government policy on the state and national level. They hold steadfast to their beliefs about public issues such as education, taxation, health care and public safety. In addition to these issues there are also many debates surrounding economic development in this small town which often cause disagreement between different groups within the community. The residents of Carbon Hill are certainly vocal about their political views and take pride in being an active part of the process for their local government.
The political climate in Carbon Hill, AL is strongly conservative.
Walker County, AL is very conservative. In Walker County, AL 15.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.4% to 15.5%.
Walker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carbon Hill, AL is strongly conservative.
Walker County, Alabama is very conservative.
Birmingham-Hoover 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.
Carbon Hill, 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 Carbon Hill, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $1,880 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $7,584 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)