Our Town, AL is a place filled with great people who are passionate about their political views. Our Town is home to many different opinions and ideas about how the government should handle issues, and there is strong debate among the citizens regarding these topics. Local elections are held to determine who will represent the town in office, and many of our residents take the time to research the candidates before making an informed decision at the ballot box. Voter turnout is always high for local elections, and it serves as an example of how seriously our town takes its civic responsibilities.
The political climate in Our Town, AL is strongly conservative.
Tallapoosa County, AL is very conservative. In Tallapoosa County, AL 27.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tallapoosa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.3% to 27.9%.
Tallapoosa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Our Town, AL is strongly conservative.
Tallapoosa County, Alabama 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.
Our Town, 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 Our Town, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 136 contributions totaling $16,747 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 177 contributions totaling $54,597 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)