Madrid, Alabama is a small town located in the southeastern part of the state. It has a long history of being active in local politics, with citizens regularly participating in town meetings and elections. The local government is composed of Mayor Lexington Black and four council members each serving two-year terms. Elections are held every two years and candidates must meet certain qualifications to be eligible to run for office. The town also holds an annual Town Hall Meeting where citizens can come together to discuss current events in the city as well as voice their opinions on any matters related to Madrid. Local issues such as infrastructure updates, tax changes, and ordinances are all discussed during these meetings. Madrid prides itself on having an engaged citizenry that takes part in local politics, which helps ensure that decisions made by the Mayor and Council members are reflective of the needs and wants of its citizens.
The political climate in Madrid, AL is very conservative.
Houston County, AL is very conservative. In Houston County, AL 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Houston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.6% to 28.0%.
Houston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Madrid, AL is very conservative.
Houston County, Alabama is very conservative.
Dothan 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.
Madrid, 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 Madrid, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $9,810 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $467 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $6,543 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)