Winston County, AL is a rural area in Northwest Alabama. It does not have many politicians as the population of the county is small. However, the county is still represented by legislators and other elected officials at the state and federal levels. These officials work hard to ensure that the people of Winston County have access to quality public services and are able to take part in important decisions in their community. The main focus of these politicians is ensuring that all citizens are treated fairly and that any new laws or regulations do not negatively impact those living in the county. In addition, they strive for economic prosperity by supporting local businesses and industries. All elected officials are accountable to their constituents, so it is important for everyone to know who represents them in politics at all levels of government.
The political climate in Winston County, AL is very conservative.
In Winston County, AL 8.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 90.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 90.3% to 8.6%.
Winston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winston County, AL is very conservative.
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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.
Winston, 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 Winston County, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 160 contributions totaling $5,655 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 428 contributions totaling $73,746 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)