Gainesville, AL is a small town located in the northeastern region of the state. While the town may be small, it still has an important role to play in local politics and governance. The town is served by a Mayor, four city council members, and other appointed officials who are responsible for making decisions that affect the citizens of Gainesville. In addition to these local political leaders, state representatives from both parties can be found representing Gainesville in Montgomery. Local elections are held every two years for mayor and city council seats, and they typically attract a large turnout of voters from across the city. All members of the community are encouraged to participate in the democratic process by exercising their right to vote on election day.
The political climate in Gainesville, AL is moderately liberal.
Sumter County, AL is very liberal. In Sumter County, AL 73.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sumter county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 73.9% to 25.4%.
Sumter county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gainesville, AL is moderately liberal.
Sumter County, Alabama is very liberal.
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.
Gainesville, Alabama: D D D D D D
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 Gainesville, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,615 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)