Calhoun County is located in the southeastern corner of Alabama and has a rich political history. Within the county, there are numerous local offices which are filled through elections throughout the year. The party affiliation of these local candidates will vary within different districts and cities, but they all have a common goal to provide necessary services to their constituents. Each candidate is campaigning hard to make sure that Calhoun County residents have access to quality education, public safety, and other important resources. The people of Calhoun County are passionate about their political involvement and look forward to each election cycle as an opportunity to make their voices heard and help shape their community for future generations.
The political climate in 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
Calhoun County, AL 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.
Calhoun, 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 Calhoun County, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 932 contributions totaling $108,248 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 919 contributions totaling $184,981 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)