Walker County, AL is a predominantly rural county located in the western part of the state. It is home to many small towns and cities, and is governed by an elected Board of Commissioners. The county government is responsible for providing essential services such as public safety, infrastructure maintenance, and local zoning regulations. In recent years, Walker County has been one of the few counties in Alabama to have seen real growth in population. This trend can be attributed to the increasing number of businesses opening up in the area, as well as new housing developments popping up throughout the county. Politically speaking, Walker County leans slightly towards conservative candidates at both state and federal levels, though there are still many residents who represent both sides of the aisle. Local elections tend to draw a lot of attention from residents and are often hotly contested.
The political climate in Walker County, AL is very conservative.
In Walker County, AL 15.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.4% to 15.5%.
Walker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Walker County, AL is very conservative.
Birmingham-Hoover 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.
Walker, 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 Walker County, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 468 contributions totaling $22,276 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 461 contributions totaling $103,898 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)