Owens Cross Roads, AL is a small rural town located in Madison County, Alabama. While the town only has a population of around 3,000 people, it still has an active local politics scene. The mayor is elected by the citizens of Owens Cross Roads every four years. The current mayor is Marlene Robinson and the city council consists of five members who are also elected by Owens Cross Road’s citizens. The town also holds elections for local school board members which helps to ensure that the education system is running efficiently and effectively for all students. In general, Owens Cross Roads actively participates in local politics and always encourages their citizens to get involved in order to make the community a stronger place to live.
The political climate in Owens Cross Roads, AL is somewhat conservative.
Madison County, AL is leaning conservative. In Madison County, AL 44.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained moderately Republican, 52.8% to 44.8%.
Madison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Owens Cross Roads, AL is somewhat conservative.
Madison County, Alabama is leaning conservative.
Huntsville Metro Area 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.
Owens Cross Roads, 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 Owens Cross Roads, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 589 contributions totaling $68,876 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 460 contributions totaling $182,684 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $397 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)