Elba, AL is a small town in southern Alabama known for its picturesque views and friendly residents. Despite its small size, Elba has a strong political system and plays an important role in local politics. The city is served by a mayor who is elected every two years and numerous other local government officials like councilors and a police chief. In addition to the mayor, the Elba City Council focuses on providing resources to the community such as parks and libraries. Moreover, Elba citizens have recently been involved in various state-level elections such as those for governor, senate, and congress. Elba also holds many events throughout the year where citizens can learn more about their local representatives and discuss issues that are important to them. All in all, Elba's political landscape helps keep it informed and engaged with the rest of Alabama's political landscape.
The political climate in Elba, AL is strongly conservative.
Coffee County, AL is very conservative. In Coffee County, AL 22.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Coffee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.9% to 22.8%.
Coffee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elba, AL is strongly conservative.
Coffee County, Alabama is very conservative.
Enterprise 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.
Elba, 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 Elba, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $4,475 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $7,125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)