Maytown, Alabama is a small town located in the heart of the state. As a rural community, politics play an important role in Maytown and it is home to many active civic organizations. The citizens of Maytown are passionate about their local government and work hard to ensure that their voices are heard through voting and other forms of civic engagement. In addition, the people of Maytown often attend town hall meetings to stay informed about local issues and advocate for their causes. As the local population continues to grow, so do the number of political candidates vying for office in Maytown, giving residents even more opportunities to get involved in their local government.
The political climate in Maytown, AL is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, AL is somewhat liberal. In Jefferson County, AL 55.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained strongly Democratic, 55.8% to 42.6%.
Jefferson county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Maytown, AL is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, Alabama is somewhat liberal.
Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area is moderately 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.
Maytown, Alabama: r r 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 Maytown, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 76 contributions totaling $1,900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $4,322 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)