Barbour County, Alabama is a small rural county located in the southeastern corner of the state. Politics in this area are largely conservative, with Republicans holding the majority of local and statewide offices. The county typically votes for Republican candidates in presidential and gubernatorial elections, though there have been some instances where Democrats have won statewide races here. Local politics are mainly handled by the Barbour County Commission which is responsible for setting budgets, levying taxes, and making other decisions that impact citizens' daily lives. There are two main political parties in the county: Republicans and Democrats. Most local offices are held by Republicans but there is also a growing number of independent voters who are choosing not to align themselves with either major party. The most recent election saw a strong showing from both major parties as well as independents and third party candidates. As Barbour County continues to grow and become more diverse, it will be interesting to see how its political dynamics will change over time.
The political climate in Barbour County, AL is leaning conservative.
In Barbour County, AL 45.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Barbour county remained moderately Republican, 53.5% to 45.8%.
Barbour county voted Republican in four of the last six Presidential elections (2012 and 2000 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Barbour County, AL is leaning 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.
Barbour, Alabama: d r r d 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 Barbour County, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 146 contributions totaling $3,711 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 117 contributions totaling $41,802 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $357 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)