Ohatchee, Alabama is a small town located in Calhoun County with a population of just under 1,000 people. The political system in Ohatchee reflects the local values and beliefs. The city is represented by both state and federal representatives at all levels of government. At the state level, Ohatchee has two members of the Alabama House of Representatives, one Representative in the Alabama Senate, and two members of the U.S. Congress. Locally, citizens elect officials to serve on the City Council and Mayor. In addition, Ohatchee also has several agencies that are responsible for providing city services such as public works, parks and recreation, fire services, police services, buildings and grounds maintenance among others. It is through these elected offices that residents have direct representation at every level of government and can participate in local decision-making processes to ensure their community is prosperous now and into the future.
The political climate in Ohatchee, AL is strongly conservative.
Calhoun County, AL is very conservative. In Calhoun County, AL 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 29.8%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ohatchee, AL is strongly conservative.
Calhoun County, Alabama is very conservative.
Anniston-Oxford 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.
Ohatchee, 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 Ohatchee, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $1,050 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $5,122 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)