Daphne, AL is a small city located in Baldwin County that has experienced rapid growth over the past few decades. As a result, many local elections are highly contested and competitive. The mayor and city council members are responsible for making important decisions about the city’s future, such as deciding on zoning changes, budget allocations, and other development initiatives. These local political candidates often have strong platforms to ensure the best interests of Daphne’s residents are met. Local voters have an opportunity to be informed about political issues and decide which candidate will best represent their interests in upcoming elections. As a result, Daphne is an engaged community where politics drive progress and new ideas for the future of this vibrant city.
The political climate in Daphne, AL is moderately 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
Daphne, AL is moderately 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.
Daphne, 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 Daphne, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,876 contributions totaling $312,739 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,951 contributions totaling $547,582 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $281 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)