West End-Cobb Town, AL is a small town located in the southern part of the state. With many years of history and tradition, the politics of West End-Cobb Town play an important role in the community. The town is served by both local and state government officials who are elected by the people to serve their interests. Voters have the ability to cast their ballots in local elections to choose representatives for various positions such as mayor, city council members, and school board members. In addition to voting for their representatives, residents also take an active role in discussing issues that affect them and attending public meetings where policies are discussed and decided upon. While West End-Cobb Town may be small, its political climate is vibrant and engaging.
The political climate in West End-Cobb Town, AL is moderately conservative.
Calhoun County, AL is very conservative. In Calhoun County, AL 29.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calhoun county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 29.8%.
Calhoun county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West End-Cobb Town, AL is moderately conservative.
Calhoun County, Alabama is very conservative.
Anniston-Oxford 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.
West End-Cobb Town, 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 West End-Cobb Town, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 145 contributions totaling $8,208 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $3,965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)