Sulligent, AL is a small town located in the northwest corner of Alabama. It is a tight-knit community with a population of around 1,800 people. Despite its small size, Sulligent has an active political landscape and plays an important role in both state and national politics. The town’s City Council is made up of five elected members who meet regularly to discuss local issues and make decisions. They are responsible for the day-to-day governance of Sulligent and can pass ordinances that affect local residents. In addition to the City Council, Sulligent also sends representatives to the larger Lamar County Board of Supervisors, which handles countywide issues such as zoning and health regulations. On the state level, citizens of Sulligent are represented by their State Senator and State Representative in Montgomery’s legislative sessions. Lastly, at a national level, Sulligent is part of the 3rd Congressional District and supports their Member of Congress in Washington D.C., where they lobby for policies that will benefit their constituents.
The political climate in Sulligent, AL is strongly conservative.
Lamar County, AL is very conservative. In Lamar County, AL 13.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lamar county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.8% to 13.6%.
Lamar county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sulligent, AL is strongly conservative.
Lamar 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.
Sulligent, 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 Sulligent, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $7,189 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $399 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $245 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)