Colony, AL is a small town located in the southeastern United States. As a result, the politics of this area are heavily influenced by regional political affiliations. Generally speaking, most Colony residents are conservative and tend to support Republican candidates during elections. Local politicians typically focus on issues such as education reform, economic growth and job creation, and public safety. As the population of Colony grows, more political candidates from both major parties have started campaigning for local offices in recent years. This has led to increased competition in local politics as well as greater diversity of opinion when it comes to policy issues facing the community.
The political climate in Colony, AL is strongly conservative.
Cullman County, AL is very conservative. In Cullman County, AL 10.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cullman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.1% to 10.7%.
Cullman county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Colony, AL is strongly conservative.
Cullman County, Alabama is very conservative.
Cullman Metro Area 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.
Colony, 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 Colony, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $4,189 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $6,718 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)