Attalla, AL is a small town in the northeastern part of Alabama. It is a part of Etowah County and has a population of around 6500 people. The local government in Attalla consists of a Mayor and five City Council Members who are elected to four-year terms by the citizens of the town. The current Mayor is Charles O’Rear and he was elected in 2009. The five City Council members are: Janet Blalock, Greg Anderson, Tony Miller, Stephen Brown, and Mark Lowery. Together they form an important part of the leadership team responsible for determining Attalla's future. They oversee budgeting decisions, legislative actions, and provide guidance about development projects within the city limits. Additionally, they focus on initiatives that will improve public safety, promote economic growth in the area, and encourage quality education for Attalla residents.
The political climate in Attalla, AL is strongly conservative.
Etowah County, AL is very conservative. In Etowah County, AL 24.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Etowah county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.4% to 24.2%.
Etowah county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Attalla, AL is strongly conservative.
Etowah County, Alabama is very conservative.
Gadsden 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.
Attalla, 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 Attalla, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 136 contributions totaling $15,151 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 101 contributions totaling $9,532 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)