Wilton, AL is a small town of approximately 350 people located in Wilcox County, Alabama. It is served by the Wilcox County Commission, which is responsible for maintaining the roads and other infrastructure in the county. The county is also represented by a number of state politicians, including Senator Bobby Singleton and Representative James Buskey. Local politics are primarily focused on improving the quality of life within the county and ensuring that citizens have access to municipal services. There are a number of other issues that local politicians focus on as well, such as education, public safety, economic development, and health care. With its strong community atmosphere, Wilton residents take an active role in their local government to ensure their voices are heard when it comes to important decisions that affect them and their families.
The political climate in Wilton, AL is moderately conservative.
Shelby County, AL is very conservative. In Shelby County, AL 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.3% to 28.9%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wilton, AL is moderately conservative.
Shelby County, Alabama is very conservative.
Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area is moderately 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.
Wilton, 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 Wilton, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 596 contributions totaling $19,273 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 171 contributions totaling $42,984 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $251 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)