Moulton, Alabama is a small town located in Lawrence County. It has an intriguing history of politics that dates back to its founding in 1818. The city is led by the Moulton City Council, which consists of five elected members who serve terms of four years each. The mayor of Moulton, AL is currently Robert D. Bryant and has been in office since 2020. He leads the council with the help of the city's staff and departments. Other political figures in Moulton include State Representative Terri Collins, State Senator Garlan Gudger Jr., and United States Congressman Robert Aderholt - all from District 4. These representatives work to ensure that the residents of Moulton have their voices heard at local, state, and federal levels of government and strive to provide them with better resources and opportunities for growth.
The political climate in Moulton, AL is strongly conservative.
Lawrence County, AL is very conservative. In Lawrence County, AL 22.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.9% to 22.2%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Moulton, AL is strongly conservative.
Lawrence County, Alabama is very conservative.
Decatur 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.
Moulton, Alabama: d 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 Moulton, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $920 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $6,867 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)