Wetumpka, Alabama is a small town located on the banks of the Coosa River in Elmore County. It has a rich history and vibrant culture, but also an active political landscape. Wetumpka's mayor serves as its chief executive and is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the city. The City Council is comprised of five members who are elected to four-year terms. The City Council works with the mayor to create policies that benefit the citizens of Wetumpka. Local residents can stay up-to-date with local politics by attending council meetings or engaging with their local representatives online. Elections for both the mayor and City Council take place every four years. With such an active political climate, local residents have a good opportunity to get involved in Wetumpka’s political scene and make sure their voice is heard when it comes to important decisions about their community.
The political climate in Wetumpka, AL is strongly conservative.
Elmore County, AL is very conservative. In Elmore County, AL 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Elmore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.5% to 25.3%.
Elmore county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wetumpka, AL is strongly conservative.
Elmore County, Alabama is very conservative.
Montgomery Metro Area is leaning 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.
Wetumpka, 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 Wetumpka, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 351 contributions totaling $17,150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 598 contributions totaling $76,757 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)