Lamar County, Alabama is located in the northwestern part of the state and is home to a diverse population. It is governed by a three-member county commission board and several mayors from each municipality within Lamar County. The county has an active political environment that encourages citizens to get involved. There are several organizations that host events such as candidate forums, public debates, and voter registration drives in order to inform the community about local politics. In addition, the Lamar County Commission holds regular meetings and encourages its citizens to attend and participate in policy decisions. Furthermore, there are numerous civic organizations that advocate for changes in local laws or policies related to public health, education, economic development, and environmental protection. Residents of Lamar County can also contact their elected officials directly should they have any questions or concerns about politics in the area. All of these aspects combined help ensure that Lamar County remains politically engaged and up-to-date on issues important to them.
The political climate in Lamar County, AL is very conservative.
In Lamar County, AL 13.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lamar county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.8% to 13.6%.
Lamar county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lamar 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.
Lamar, 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 Lamar County, AL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 267 contributions totaling $15,124 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 142 contributions totaling $14,978 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)