Pike County, AL is a relatively small county with a population of around 49,000 people. The county is served by the Pike County Commission which consists of five members who are elected from each of the five districts within the county. Each commissioner serves four-year terms and all five members vote on all resolutions or ordinances that come before the commission. In addition to the commissioners, Pike County also has a Sheriff and other elected officials such as judges and district attorneys who oversee criminal matters within the county. The county is also served by local representatives in Albany who shape policy and legislation that affects the residents in Pike County. All elections for political offices in Pike County are held on general election day each year and eligible citizens may vote for candidates running for office in their district.
The political climate in Pike County, AL is moderately conservative.
In Pike County, AL 40.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pike county remained very strongly Republican, 58.1% to 40.7%.
Pike county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pike County, AL is moderately conservative.
Troy Metro Area is moderately 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.
Pike, 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 Pike County, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 88 contributions totaling $12,133 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 267 contributions totaling $78,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $294 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)