Spanish Fort, AL is a small town located along the eastern shore of Mobile Bay in Baldwin County. The city is home to just over 6,000 residents and is known for its quiet, rural atmosphere. Politically speaking, Spanish Fort has traditionally leaned conservative, with most of the elected officials representing Republican values. However, recently there have been more moderate voices added to the political landscape as well. Local issues that are important to Spanish Fort citizens include public safety, economic development and infrastructure improvements. Spanish Fort City Council meets on the first and third Tuesdays of every month to discuss city business and decide on policy changes. They are led by Mayor Mike McMillan who was re-elected in 2020 for his fourth term in office.
The political climate in Spanish Fort, AL is strongly conservative.
Baldwin County, AL is very conservative. In Baldwin County, AL 22.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Baldwin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.2% to 22.4%.
Baldwin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spanish Fort, AL is strongly conservative.
Baldwin County, Alabama is very conservative.
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley 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.
Spanish Fort, 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 Spanish Fort, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 735 contributions totaling $41,029 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 542 contributions totaling $121,178 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)