Winfield, AL is a small town in northwest Alabama that has a history of being actively engaged in the political process. Even though the population is relatively small, citizens take time to make sure their voices are heard on issues impacting their community and state. The local political scene is largely comprised of candidates from the Democratic and Republican parties who are passionate about representing the people of Winfield. During election season, there are always lively debates between candidates at public forums where residents can learn more about each party’s platform. Residents also have the opportunity to participate in town hall meetings or become involved in local campaigns to ensure their voices are represented in the democratic process.
The political climate in Winfield, AL is strongly conservative.
Marion County, AL is very conservative. In Marion County, AL 10.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 88.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 88.4% to 10.6%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winfield, AL is strongly conservative.
Marion County, Alabama 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.
Winfield, 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 Winfield, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 104 contributions totaling $16,260 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 235 contributions totaling $111,706 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $475 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)