Coosa County, located in east-central Alabama, is a largely rural area with a population of around 11,000 people. The county is governed by an elected board of commissioners, whose members serve four-year terms and are responsible for setting the budget and enacting laws. In addition to the board of commissioners, there are also two elected offices in Coosa County: Sheriff and Tax Assessor/Collector. The Sheriff is responsible for maintaining law and order throughout the county while the Tax Assessor/Collector collects taxes from local residents. Additionally, Coosa County has its own school system that is overseen by a locally elected Board of Education. Overall, Coosa County is centered on cultivating strong civic engagement through regular meetings and events that give citizens the opportunity to voice their opinions about what they believe will improve their local area.
The political climate in Coosa County, AL is very conservative.
In Coosa County, AL 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Coosa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.3% to 32.8%.
Coosa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Coosa County, AL is very conservative.
Talladega-Sylacauga Metro Area is strongly 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.
Coosa, 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 Coosa County, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $725 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $12,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)