Clay, AL County is a rural area located in the southeastern part of Alabama. It is home to a diverse community that values its rural lifestyle and traditions. Politically, Clay, AL County has a strong conservative lean, with most of its residents voting for Republican candidates in local and national elections. At the county level, elected officials advocate for small government policies and fiscal responsibility. The county board of commissioners oversees all services within the county, from public safety to infrastructure improvements. Local candidates focus on issues such as jobs and economic development, education reform, health care access, and conservation of natural resources. Residents are encouraged to become involved in their local politics by engaging with political campaigns or volunteering at their local polling locations. The politics in Clay, AL County reflect its residents' values of hard-work and dedication to their community.
The political climate in Clay County, AL is very conservative.
In Clay County, AL 18.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.8% to 18.3%.
Clay county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clay 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.
Clay, 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 Clay County, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $597 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 189 contributions totaling $407,365 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)