Colbert County, AL is a vibrant and diverse community located in the northwest corner of the state. It is home to a variety of businesses, cultural centers, schools and parks, making it an ideal place to live and work. Politically speaking, Colbert County is represented by members of both major political parties at the local level. The County Commission is made up of five members who determine issues such as zoning ordinances, land use regulations, school board appointments, and the budget for services provided by the county. At the state level, residents are represented by Senators and Representatives in both houses of the Alabama Legislature. These officials are responsible for making laws that affect Colbert County residents on topics like taxes, education funding and other important matters that affect everyone in our community. In addition to elected representatives at all levels of government, there are also numerous civic organizations in Colbert County that help bring together citizens from all walks of life to discuss issues and advocate for change in their local communities.
The political climate in Colbert County, AL is very conservative.
In Colbert County, AL 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Colbert county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.9%.
Colbert county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Colbert County, AL is very conservative.
Florence-Muscle Shoals Metro Area is very 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.
Colbert, Alabama: d 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 Colbert County, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 821 contributions totaling $51,432 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 380 contributions totaling $85,412 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)