Bayou La Batre is a small city located on the Gulf Coast of Alabama, known for its fishing and seafood industry. With an estimated population of 2,558 in 2019, Bayou La Batre is home to a diverse mix of cultures and people from many backgrounds. Although the city is relatively small, it has an active political scene with several local candidates vying for office each election season. These candidates typically focus their campaigns around issues such as job growth and economic development, infrastructure improvements, education reform, environmental conservation and public safety. While Bayou La Batre is still a largely rural community, local elections can be decisive in determining who will lead the city into the future. The upcoming 2021 election season promises to be an exciting one for residents and will shape the direction of Bayou La Batre’s politics for years to come.
The political climate in Bayou La Batre, AL is somewhat conservative.
Mobile County, AL is somewhat conservative. In Mobile County, AL 43.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mobile county remained strongly Republican, 55.3% to 43.4%.
Mobile county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bayou La Batre, AL is somewhat conservative.
Mobile County, Alabama is somewhat conservative.
Mobile Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Bayou La Batre, 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 Bayou La Batre, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 324 contributions totaling $35,735 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 505 contributions totaling $89,818 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)