Fort Rucker, located in southeast Alabama, has a population of around 8,000 people. It is a community with strong political ties and active participation in local politics. It is represented at the state level by Senator Bobby Singleton and House Representative Pebblin W. Warren. Additionally, many mayors have been elected from the city and its citizens are often involved in local campaigns for office or referendums on initiatives that impact their community. Citizens of Fort Rucker take politics very seriously - voting turnouts are typically among the highest in the state during election cycles. Generally speaking, they are socially conservative when it comes to their views on most issues and they are passionate about ensuring that their voices are heard in Montgomery and Washington DC.
The political climate in Fort Rucker, AL is moderately conservative.
Dale County, AL is very conservative. In Dale County, AL 26.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dale county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.5% to 26.2%.
Dale county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Rucker, AL is moderately conservative.
Dale County, Alabama is very conservative.
Ozark 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.
Fort Rucker, 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 Fort Rucker, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $2,469 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,695 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $339 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)