Summerdale, AL is an idyllic town located in central Alabama. It is a quaint place with a small-town atmosphere and friendly people. Despite its size, Summerdale has a rich political history. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government with the Mayor acting as the chief executive and the Council members representing the city's interests on various matters. Each year, local candidates run for office in order to serve their community. Candidates run for Mayor, City Clerk, City Treasurer and Council members positions. All positions are elected by popular vote of the citizens of Summerdale. Local elections are highly contested each year as citizens are passionate about improving their community and making sure their voices are heard when it comes to decisions that affect them and their neighbors.
The political climate in Summerdale, AL is strongly conservative.
Baldwin County, AL is very conservative. In Baldwin County, AL 22.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baldwin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.2% to 22.4%.
Baldwin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Summerdale, AL is strongly conservative.
Baldwin County, Alabama is very conservative.
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley 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.
Summerdale, 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 Summerdale, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 850 contributions totaling $73,966 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 758 contributions totaling $131,904 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)