Alford, FL is a small city located in Jackson County in the Florida Panhandle. Despite its small size, Alford has an active and engaged political environment. The local political landscape is driven by grassroots efforts to ensure that residents’ voices are heard at the local, state, and federal level. Local organizations such as Jackson County Citizens for Progress (JCCP) help to provide a platform where citizens can learn about current issues that affect their lives and how they can get involved with direct action to have their concerns addressed and heard. Through town meetings, rallies, and other events organized by JCCP, Alford's residents are able keep up-to-date on electoral information and stay informed about ways they can take part in the democratic process. Additionally, local government officials work to ensure citizens are provided with access to resources pertinent to their everyday lives such as education funding and economic development initiatives. With these tools in place, Alford's citizens remain actively involved in the local political process.
The political climate in Alford, FL is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, FL is very conservative. In Jackson County, FL 30.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 30.1%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Alford, FL is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, Florida is very conservative.
Florida is leaning 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.
Alford, Florida: 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 Alford, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 76 contributions totaling $2,661 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $10,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $353 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)