Carrollton, AL is a small rural town in the southeastern corner of the state. Despite its small size, politics play an important role in the lives of Carrollton's residents. Local elections are held every year to determine the mayor and city council members. The elected officials in Carrollton serve their constituency by enacting legislation that promotes economic development, supports public safety initiatives, and ensures quality education for all citizens. Additionally, these officials take part in regional decision making and work with neighboring towns to benefit the entire region's population. The people of Carrollton take great pride in their local political system and their commitment to preserving democracy through fair and open elections.
The political climate in Carrollton, AL is somewhat conservative.
Pickens County, AL is somewhat conservative. In Pickens County, AL 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pickens county remained very strongly Republican, 57.9% to 41.6%.
Pickens county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carrollton, AL is somewhat conservative.
Pickens County, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
Tuscaloosa Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Carrollton, 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 Carrollton, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $2,700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2,700 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,979 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)