La Fayette, AL is a small town in the east central part of Alabama. While the population is not known, the city is governed by a mayor-council system. The current mayor of La Fayette is Cynthia Pickard, who was first elected to her position in November 2020. Alongside her, four council members make up the legislative body of La Fayette. These members are Matilda Cox, Matthew Johnson, Jack Davis and Jill Murray. They are all committed to creating a better future for their constituents and strive to meet the needs of their local community. The city also has several committees and boards that work together to help provide citizens with greater access to resources and information about important topics such as education, economic development and more. All of these efforts in La Fayette are aimed at promoting progress and growth in this small town while maintaining its unique character and charm.
The political climate in La Fayette, AL is leaning conservative.
Chambers County, AL is somewhat conservative. In Chambers County, AL 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chambers county remained very strongly Republican, 57.3% to 41.6%.
Chambers county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
La Fayette, AL is leaning conservative.
Chambers County, Alabama is somewhat 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.
La Fayette, 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 La Fayette, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $1,363 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $13,376 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)