Brewton, AL is a small town in Escambia County with a population of just over 5,000. Despite its size, Brewton has an active political scene as candidates for local offices often vie for the support of local residents. In recent years, candidates running for mayor, city council and other positions have campaigned on a variety of issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements and public safety. In addition to the local elections that take place each year, residents also regularly participate in state and national elections to make their voices heard on matters of importance to them. Each election cycle brings new faces and ideas to the forefront of the political discourse in Brewton.
The political climate in Brewton, AL is moderately conservative.
Escambia County, AL is very conservative. In Escambia County, AL 30.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Escambia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 30.9%.
Escambia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brewton, AL is moderately conservative.
Escambia County, Alabama 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.
Brewton, 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 Brewton, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $6,180 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 298 contributions totaling $50,964 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)