The politics in Limestone County, AL are quite interesting and diverse. The county is served by the elected officials from various local governing bodies including the City of Athens, City of Elkmont, Town of Tanner, and Limestone County Commission. Each municipality is governed by a Mayor and a City Council, while the County Commission consists of five members who are elected at large to four year terms. The major political parties represented in the county are Democratic and Republican. Primary elections are held every two years to determine the nominees for each party's candidates for office. Additionally, Limestone County has an active voter registration process that allows citizens to participate in state and national elections as well. In recent years, participation in local elections has increased significantly due to initiatives such as early voting opportunities or online registration. As such, Limestone County has become a key contributor in Alabama’s larger political landscape.
The political climate in Limestone County, AL is very conservative.
In Limestone County, AL 27.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Limestone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.4% to 27.8%.
Limestone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Limestone County, AL is very conservative.
Huntsville Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Limestone, 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 Limestone County, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,115 contributions totaling $94,197 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 844 contributions totaling $186,794 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)