Orange Beach, AL is a small city located on the Gulf Coast of Alabama. It is home to a variety of political opinions and has been represented by politicians from both sides of the political spectrum. Public issues that arise in Orange Beach are often discussed in the local government meetings. These meetings allow citizens to voice their opinions and concerns about various topics, such as budgeting, public safety, infrastructure projects, and recreational facilities. The city council regularly discusses current issues with the local residents at these meetings and strives to make decisions that benefit the community. The local political scene in Orange Beach reflects the diversity of opinion found throughout the state with passionate debate on both sides of any issue. There are several active political campaigns in Orange Beach that are focused on promoting candidates who will represent their views. Residents have access to a wide range of options when choosing which candidate to support through mailers, phone calls, and door-to-door campaigning efforts. In this way, everyone in Orange Beach can get involved in local politics regardless of party affiliation or ideology.
The political climate in Orange Beach, 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
Orange Beach, 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.
Orange Beach, 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 Orange Beach, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 595 contributions totaling $50,079 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 511 contributions totaling $234,883 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $460 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)