Riverview, AL is a small suburban town located in the southeastern region of Alabama. Despite its size, Riverview has an active political landscape that engages citizens regularly in discussions about important local issues. The city is run by an elected mayor and five-member City Council, who work together to ensure the best outcome for the community’s residents. These elected officials are held responsible for decisions that impact Riverview’s infrastructure, public safety, economy, education system, and other areas of life. Local civic organizations also play an important role in educating citizens about politics and encouraging them to participate in the democratic process. Through these efforts, Riverview is able to ensure that its residents have a voice in their local government and can work together to create a thriving community.
The political climate in Riverview, AL is strongly conservative.
Escambia County, AL is very conservative. In Escambia County, AL 30.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Escambia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 30.9%.
Escambia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Riverview, AL is strongly conservative.
Escambia 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.
Riverview, 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 Riverview, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $3,090 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 149 contributions totaling $25,482 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)