Taylor, AL is a small town located in the southeast corner of the state of Alabama. It is a rural community with a population of around 4,000 people. Politically, Taylor is considered to be a heavily Republican voting district, as evidenced by its voting habits during the recent election cycles. While there are no local political candidates currently running in Taylor, many of the residents do actively participate in politics at the state and national level. People from Taylor are often seen attending rallies for statewide initiatives and getting involved in campaigns for federal officeholders. In addition to this, many of the residents volunteer their time on various causes such as environmental protection and economic development. Ultimately, politics plays an important role in Taylor and its surrounding communities and it continues to shape their future.
The political climate in Taylor, AL is strongly conservative.
Houston County, AL is very conservative. In Houston County, AL 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Houston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.6% to 28.0%.
Houston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Taylor, AL is strongly conservative.
Houston County, Alabama is very conservative.
Dothan 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.
Taylor, 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 Taylor, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 606 contributions totaling $94,471 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,606 contributions totaling $737,690 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $459 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)