Phenix City, AL is a midsized city located in the state of Alabama. It is home to a wide variety of political views and ideologies. The city government is run by a mayor and six council members who are elected by the city’s voters. Decisions made by the council are focused on improving public safety, enhancing economic development, and encouraging civic engagement among its citizens. Phenix City provides multiple opportunities for residents to get involved in local politics through voter registration drives, town hall meetings, political forums, and more. Political candidates regularly campaign throughout the city to reach out to potential voters and communicate their platforms on issues such as education, housing, jobs, and local infrastructure. Through these efforts, local politicians strive to make Phenix City a better place to live for its residents.
The political climate in Phenix City, AL is leaning liberal.
Russell County, AL is leaning liberal. In Russell County, AL 52.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Russell county remained moderately Democratic, 52.6% to 46.2%.
Russell county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Phenix City, AL is leaning liberal.
Russell County, Alabama is leaning liberal.
Auburn-Opelika 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.
Phenix City, Alabama: D d 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 Phenix City, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 511 contributions totaling $55,524 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 519 contributions totaling $68,361 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)