Chatom, AL is a small town in Washington County located near the border of Alabama and Mississippi. Politically, the city is represented at the local level by its mayor and five councilmen. The mayor and councilmen work together to make decisions on issues such as zoning laws, infrastructure development, and public safety. Statewide, Chatom is part of the Senate District 24 which includes parts of Washington and Mobile counties. The current Senator representing this district is Vivian Figures. On a national level, Chatom is a part of Alabama's First Congressional District. The Representative for this district is Bradley Byrne who has been in office since 2013. All levels of government strive to ensure that the residents of Chatom are provided with essential services and resources necessary to maintain a healthy community.
The political climate in Chatom, AL is strongly conservative.
Washington County, AL is very conservative. In Washington County, AL 25.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.0% to 25.4%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chatom, AL is strongly conservative.
Washington 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.
Chatom, 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 Chatom, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $6,433 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)