Union Springs, AL is a small city of about 4,000 people located in Bullock County. The political landscape of Union Springs is dominated by the Democratic Party and their candidates are regularly elected to City Council and other local offices. While there have been occasional Republican candidates for office in recent years, they have not seen much success at the polls. The local government is focused on economic development, infrastructure improvements and public safety initiatives that benefit the residents of the city. With a vibrant small business community and an active Chamber of Commerce, Union Springs continues to be a great place to live for its residents.
The political climate in Union Springs, AL is strongly liberal.
Bullock County, AL is very liberal. In Bullock County, AL 74.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 24.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bullock county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 74.7% to 24.8%.
Bullock county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union Springs, AL is strongly liberal.
Bullock County, Alabama is very liberal.
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.
Union Springs, 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 Union Springs, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $2,980 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $5,215 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)