The politics in Thomasville, AL are an ever-changing landscape. With new candidates running for local offices and new policies being proposed, it is hard to keep up with the current state of affairs. The city is led by a mayor and six council members who are responsible for guiding the city’s development and making sure all citizens’ voices are heard. During election season, citizens can cast their ballots for the candidates they believe will best represent their interests in office. All residents have the opportunity to voice their opinions on various policies through different public forums such as town hall meetings or neighborhood gatherings. The city also strives to ensure that everyone has access to accurate information about these topics so that citizens can make informed decisions when it comes time to vote.
The political climate in Thomasville, AL is leaning conservative.
Clarke County, AL is somewhat conservative. In Clarke County, AL 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clarke county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 43.8%.
Clarke county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Thomasville, AL is leaning conservative.
Clarke County, Alabama 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.
Thomasville, 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 Thomasville, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $2,386 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $12,481 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)