Tuskegee, AL is a small town located in Macon County and is home to the historic Tuskegee University. Politics in Tuskegee is largely dominated by the Democratic party as evidenced by recent election results. The local government consists of a Mayor and five council members who are responsible for making decisions regarding the city's finances, infrastructure, and social services. The current mayor is Tony Haygood and the current city council members are Wanda Cato Jones, Alvera Bush, Joe Mac McCallister, Clarence Smith Jr., Lisa Moorer-Cooper and Gregory A. Taylor II. All of these officials work together to ensure that the citizens of Tuskegee have access to the resources they need to better their lives and communities. They strive to provide fair representation for all individuals regardless of race or income level while also ensuring that economic development opportunities are available for businesses in the area.
The political climate in Tuskegee, AL is strongly liberal.
Macon County, AL is very liberal. In Macon County, AL 81.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 17.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Macon county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 81.5% to 17.7%.
Macon county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tuskegee, AL is strongly liberal.
Macon County, Alabama is very liberal.
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.
Tuskegee, Alabama: D D D D D D
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 Tuskegee, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 600 contributions totaling $64,643 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $6,319 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)