Autauga, AL County is located in Central Alabama and has a population of approximately 55,100 inhabitants. It is governed by a board of county commissioners who are elected from each of the four districts in the county. The commissioners are responsible for setting the annual budget, managing and maintaining the county's infrastructure, and providing services to its citizens. The county also has a number of elected officials including the sheriff, district attorney, probate judge and circuit court judge. Additionally, Autauga is home to several state representatives who are responsible for advocating for the interests of their constituents in Montgomery. Political issues that affect Autauga County include education funding, job creation initiatives, economic development projects and public safety.
The political climate in Autauga County, AL is very conservative.
In Autauga County, AL 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Autauga county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.4% to 27.0%.
Autauga county voted Republican in every Presidential elections since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Autauga County, AL 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.
Autauga, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Autauga County, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 316 contributions totaling $16,584 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 429 contributions totaling $85,433 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)