Sanford, AL is a small town in Houston County with a population of around 1,500. The town operates under the mayor-council government style which includes an elected mayor and five council members. The mayor serves as the chief executive of the town while the council sets policy, approves zoning ordinances, and determines how to utilize taxpayer funds. For the 2020 election, Mayor Phil Boles is seeking re-election to serve another four year term. Joining him on the ballot for this upcoming election are Council Member Robert Lowery and former Councilman Mike Kirkpatrick who are running for mayor. Voters will have the chance to choose who will be leading their local government and setting policy for the next few years.
The political climate in Sanford, AL is very conservative.
Covington County, AL is very conservative. In Covington County, AL 15.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Covington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.7% to 15.6%.
Covington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sanford, AL is very conservative.
Covington 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.
Sanford, 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 Sanford, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 215 contributions totaling $22,807 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $40,495 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $309 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)