Piedmont, Alabama is a small town located in Calhoun County with a population of 4,878. The local politics of Piedmont are managed by the City Council, which consists of five members who are elected to serve four-year terms. The City Council is responsible for making laws and ordinances that will ensure the safety and well-being of its citizens. They also oversee the city's budget and manage the city's infrastructure including parks, roads and economic development initiatives. Additionally, they appoint citizens to boards and commissions which help to provide advice and input on issues affecting the community. Over the years, Piedmont has been able to maintain its small-town charm while still making progress towards becoming a modern city with economic growth opportunities for its citizens.
The political climate in Piedmont, 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
Piedmont, 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.
Piedmont, 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 Piedmont, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $1,852 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 142 contributions totaling $21,490 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)