Cowarts, AL is a small rural town located in Houston County. Although the exact population of Cowarts is unknown, it is clear that the town holds a close-knit community and has its own unique local politics. The town runs under a mayor-council form of government with five council members that are elected to represent the citizens of Cowarts on a local level. These council members take part in important decision making for the town including budgetary issues, infrastructure projects, and public safety initiatives. As such, candidates who run for office must have an understanding of local politics and be able to make decisions in the best interests of the citizens. In addition to these local politicians, Cowarts also participates in state and federal elections to ensure their voice is heard on larger issues.
The political climate in Cowarts, AL is strongly conservative.
Houston County, AL is very conservative. In Houston County, AL 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Houston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.6% to 28.0%.
Houston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cowarts, AL is strongly conservative.
Houston County, Alabama is very conservative.
Dothan 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.
Cowarts, 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 Cowarts, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 361 contributions totaling $29,275 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 838 contributions totaling $374,444 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $447 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)