Samson, AL is a small town with a vibrant political culture. Despite its size, the city has a passionate and engaged population that takes an active role in local politics. Citizens of Samson are well-informed on the issues impacting their community and participate in local elections through voting and attending candidate debates. Local politicians often focus on issues such as economic development, education reform, public safety, and environmental sustainability when running for office. The city's residents are proud of the work their elected officials have done to keep Samson a safe and secure place for families to call home.
The political climate in Samson, AL is moderately conservative.
Geneva County, AL is very conservative. In Geneva County, AL 12.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Geneva county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.5% to 12.7%.
Geneva county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Samson, AL is moderately conservative.
Geneva 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.
Samson, 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 Samson, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $32,837 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $966 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)