Vernon, AL is a small town located in Lamar County. It has a total population of 2,660 people according to the 2019 US Census Bureau estimates. The politics of Vernon are guided and represented by the Mayor and City Council members who are elected into office by the citizens of Vernon every 4 years. The current Mayor of Vernon is Matt Walker, who was first elected in 2020, and he is joined by 5 city council members who form the city government body. Together these officials work towards developing policies that will benefit the local population and ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to important decisions that affect the day-to-day lives of the people living in Vernon. They have established key initiatives such as community development projects, fiscal responsibility measures, and focus on increased transparency across all aspects of municipal government operations. Furthermore, Vernon also holds regular elections for state representatives and senators, giving citizens an opportunity to make their voices heard at higher levels of government as well.
The political climate in Vernon, AL is strongly conservative.
Lamar County, AL is very conservative. In Lamar County, AL 13.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lamar county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.8% to 13.6%.
Lamar county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vernon, AL is strongly conservative.
Lamar 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.
Vernon, 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 Vernon, 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 110 contributions totaling $11,348 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)